lowest field goal percentage in a game by a player with over 30 points post 1970

Elvin Hayes had the worst field-goal percentage by a big man in a game with more than 30 points in 1969-70, at 37.5 percent against the Suns on February 1, 1970.

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  • Regular season
NAMEFG%PTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
37.5
32
2/1/1970
vs
45
16
0
12
32
8
11
72.7
43.4
4
2Mel Counts
M. Counts
38.9
31
11/26/1969
@
48
11
2
14
36
3
3
100.0
41.5
4
3Bob Rule
B. Rule
41.0
35
11/21/1969
vs
45
11
0
16
39
3
7
42.9
41.6
3
4Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
41.9
33
3/6/1970
@
46
29
1
13
31
7
9
77.8
47.2
2
5Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
42.3
31
12/30/1969
@
15
2
11
26
9
16
56.3
46.9
3
6Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
42.3
32
12/23/1969
vs
48
26
4
11
26
10
13
76.9
50.4
5
7Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42.9
36
11/1/1969
@
48
27
1
15
35
6
11
54.5
45.2
3
8Happy Hairston
H. Hairston
43.5
31
3/18/1970
vs
41
6
2
10
23
11
13
84.6
54.0
1
9Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
43.8
38
2/27/1970
@
46
10
0
14
32
10
11
90.9
51.6
2
10Bob Rule
B. Rule
44.4
33
3/22/1970
@
41
15
1
12
27
9
14
64.3
49.8
3
11Willis Reed
W. Reed
45.2
40
2/11/1970
vs
50
22
2
14
31
12
18
66.7
51.4
4
12Bob Rule
B. Rule
45.2
41
12/26/1969
vs
44
13
2
14
31
13
20
65.0
51.5
4
13Connie Dierking
C. Dierking
45.5
31
3/4/1970
@
8
3
10
22
11
12
91.7
56.8
4
14Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
45.8
32
3/1/1970
vs
48
17
3
11
24
10
13
76.9
53.8
3
15Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
46.4
36
2/10/1970
@
47
20
8
13
28
10
12
83.3
54.1
3
16Bob Rule
B. Rule
46.7
33
11/23/1969
vs
33
9
0
14
30
5
8
62.5
49.2
5
17Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
46.7
43
10/28/1969
vs
47
14
4
14
30
15
19
78.9
56.0
3
18Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
46.9
34
1/4/1970
vs
45
18
1
15
32
4
7
57.1
48.5
4
19Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
47.1
34
1/17/1970
vs
15
1
16
34
2
5
40.0
47.0
3
20Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
47.1
41
11/22/1969
vs
22
1
16
34
9
10
90.0
53.4
2
21Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
47.4
31
1/10/1970
vs
15
3
9
19
13
14
92.9
61.6
2
22Jim Fox
J. Fox
47.6
31
12/25/1969
vs
37
10
2
10
21
11
13
84.6
58.0
3
23Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
47.8
31
11/21/1969
@
47
15
0
11
23
9
13
69.2
54.0
6
24Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
48.0
32
2/11/1970
vs
18
2
12
25
8
12
66.7
52.8
5
25Willis Reed
W. Reed
48.0
31
1/18/1970
@
39
13
1
12
25
7
9
77.8
53.5
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal percentage going back to the 1982-83 season.

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