lowest fg percentage on a 20 point game nba

Howie McCarty has the lowest career field-goal percentage when scoring 20+ points, at 12.2 percent.

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lowest fg percentage by a player on a 20 or more point game NBA
NAMEFG%PTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Howie McCarty
H. McCarty
12.2
21
19
1.1
0.1
0.5
4.3
0.1
0.5
10.0
12.2
2
22
2Joe Mullaney
J. Mullaney
12.9
30
37
0.8
1.4
0.2
1.9
0.3
0.4
80.0
19.6
52
30
3Ralph Siewert
R. Siewert
13.6
20
21
1.0
0.2
0.3
2.1
0.4
0.7
53.3
19.8
4
18
4Dan Kraus
D. Kraus
14.3
21
13
1.6
0.5
0.4
2.7
0.8
1.8
45.8
23.0
7
24
5Dave Deutsch
D. Deutsch
16.7
21
19
4.9
1.1
1.1
0.8
0.3
1.9
0.5
1.1
45.0
23.4
93
21
15
17
6Hook Dillon
H. Dillon
18.2
36
22
1.6
0.2
0.5
2.5
0.7
1.0
72.7
27.8
5
19
7Jim Walsh
J. Walsh
18.5
20
10
7.2
2.0
1.5
0.8
0.5
2.7
1.0
1.7
58.8
29.0
72
15
8
9
8Al Negratti
A. Negratti
18.8
31
11
2.8
0.5
1.2
6.3
0.5
0.7
62.5
21.4
5
20
9Virgil Vaughn
V. Vaughn
19.2
45
17
2.6
0.6
0.9
4.6
0.9
1.6
53.6
24.9
10
18
10Hank Lefkowitz
H. Lefkowitz
19.3
51
24
2.1
0.2
0.9
4.8
0.3
0.5
53.8
21.3
4
35
11Bob Fitzgerald
B. Fitzgerald
19.4
240
78
3.1
0.6
1.0
5.0
1.1
1.8
62.9
26.5
47
179
12Moe Becker
M. Becker
19.6
162
43
3.8
0.7
1.6
8.3
0.5
1.0
50.0
21.5
30
98
13Glen Selbo
G. Selbo
19.6
42
13
3.2
1.8
0.8
3.9
1.7
2.2
75.9
32.9
23
15
14Bob Dille
B. Dille
19.7
296
57
5.2
0.7
1.9
9.9
1.3
1.9
66.7
24.2
40
92
15Ben Schadler
B. Schadler
19.8
56
37
1.5
0.2
0.6
3.1
0.3
0.4
76.9
23.0
6
40
16Fred Sheffield
F. Sheffield
19.9
74
22
3.4
0.2
1.3
6.6
0.7
1.2
61.5
23.5
4
34
17Ben Scharnus
B. Scharnus
19.9
103
52
2.0
0.4
0.6
3.2
0.7
1.2
61.7
26.8
19
83
18Devon Hall
D. Hall
20.0
20
11
7.4
1.8
0.6
1.2
0.4
0.1
0.5
2.7
0.4
1.5
23.5
0.4
0.7
50.0
29.8
0.2
0.5
0.5
81
7
13
4
1
5
6
+9
19Dick Murphy
D. Murphy
20.0
34
31
1.1
0.3
0.5
2.4
0.1
0.3
44.4
21.5
8
15
20Herschel Baltimore
H. Baltimore
20.2
138
58
2.4
0.3
0.9
4.5
0.6
1.2
46.4
23.5
16
98
21Brendan McCann
B. McCann
20.4
74
41
8.1
1.8
1.2
1.6
0.6
2.8
0.7
1.0
70.0
28.3
331
50
65
37
22Nemanja Nedovic
N. Nedovic
20.5
26
24
5.9
1.1
0.6
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.3
1.6
0.1
0.8
16.7
0.3
0.3
87.5
30.6
0.1
0.5
0.5
142
15
13
0
1
13
13
-70
23Bob O'Brien
B. O'Brien
20.6
81
46
1.8
0.2
0.6
2.8
0.6
1.3
46.6
25.9
10
72
24Petey Rosenberg
P. Rosenberg
20.9
150
51
2.9
0.5
1.2
5.6
0.6
1.0
61.2
24.3
27
64
25Connie Rea
C. Rea
20.9
23
20
7.7
1.2
1.6
0.8
0.5
2.2
0.3
0.8
31.3
23.0
154
31
16
13

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