most field goal attempts by a player in a game where they made less than 4 field goals

John Logan has the most attempted shots in a game with fewer than 4 field goals, with 28 attempts against the Cleveland Rebels on February 1, 1947.

Interpreted as:
most field goal attempts by a player in a regular-season game where they made less than 4 field goals
NAME FGA FGM DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 John Logan
J. Logan
28
3
2/1/1947
STL STL
vs
CLE CLE
9
10.7
3
3
100.0
15.3
2
2 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
27
3
11/22/1968
LAL LAL
vs
SFW SFW
46
16
16
3
11.1
10
11
90.9
25.1
2
3 Frankie Baumholtz
F. Baumholtz
27
3
11/16/1946
CLE CLE
@
STL STL
6
11.1
0
1
0.0
10.9
3
4 Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
24
2
4/3/2013
PHI PHI
@
CHA CHA
37
5
6
8
3
0
8.3
0
5
0.0
1
1
100.0
10.2
3
3
3
4
-10
5 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
24
3
12/14/1968
BOS BOS
@
BAL BAL
10
12.5
4
5
80.0
19.1
6 Jerry Sloan
J. Sloan
24
3
12/26/1966
CHI CHI
vs
BAL BAL
43
9
13
2
12.5
3
3
100.0
17.8
3
7 Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
24
3
11/11/1957
STL STL
@
BOS BOS
39
13
20
12.5
7
14
50.0
21.6
4
8 Bob Doll
B. Doll
24
3
12/29/1946
STL STL
vs
PHI PHI
10
12.5
4
7
57.1
18.5
3
9 Lionel Simmons
L. Simmons
23
3
3/9/1993
SAC SAC
vs
PHX PHX
29
11
15
2
2
0
13.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
21.5
11
4
2
2
10 Truck Robinson
T. Robinson
23
2
1/6/1979
NOJ NOJ
vs
CLE CLE
35
6
13
1
0
2
8.7
2
2
100.0
12.6
7
6
2
2
11 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
23
2
1/31/1954
BOS BOS
@
MIN MIN
15
8.7
11
14
78.6
25.7
2
12 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
23
2
2/10/1952
BOS BOS
vs
ROC ROC
37
13
10
8.7
9
12
75.0
23.0
4
13 Kenny Sailors
K. Sailors
23
3
11/29/1949
DEN DEN
vs
PHI PHI
10
3
13.0
4
6
66.7
19.5
2
14 Ernie Calverley
E. Calverley
23
2
12/26/1947
PRO PRO
@
PHI PHI
7
5
8.7
3
5
60.0
13.9
2
15 Angelo Musi
A. Musi
23
1
12/9/1947
PHI PHI
vs
PRO PRO
3
0
4.3
1
3
33.3
6.2
5
16 Max Zaslofsky
M. Zaslofsky
23
2
3/31/1947
CHI CHI
vs
STL STL
11
8.7
7
7
100.0
21.1
2
17 Lauri Markkanen
L. Markkanen
22
3
3/11/2023
UTA UTA
@
CHA CHA
36
13
13
3
0
0
13.6
1
9
11.1
6
6
100.0
26.4
4
9
1
1
+17
18 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
22
3
4/22/2012
OKC OKC
@
LAL LAL
47
14
4
10
1
0
13.6
0
4
0.0
8
8
100.0
27.4
1
3
3
5
-10
19 Corey Maggette
C. Maggette
22
3
1/26/2010
GSW GSW
@
SAC SAC
36
19
12
1
2
0
13.6
0
1
0.0
13
16
81.3
32.7
5
7
4
5
-10
20 Richard Hamilton
R. Hamilton
22
3
12/18/2004
DET DET
vs
POR POR
42
11
8
6
0
0
13.6
0
2
0.0
5
5
100.0
22.7
3
5
1
4
+9
21 Lionel Simmons
L. Simmons
22
3
3/8/1991
SAC SAC
vs
CLE CLE
43
14
11
3
1
1
13.6
0
0
8
10
80.0
26.5
4
7
1
3
22 Bob Love
B. Love
22
3
3/17/1974
CHI CHI
vs
MIL MIL
37
13
12
1
0
0
13.6
7
7
100.0
25.9
5
7
4
23 Paul Silas
P. Silas
22
3
10/20/1973
BOS BOS
@
CAP CAP
29
8
14
0
13.6
2
2
100.0
17.5
3
24 Mike Newlin
M. Newlin
22
1
1/31/1973
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
29
6
5
4
4.5
4
6
66.7
12.2
3
25 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
22
2
12/4/1960
BOS BOS
@
LAL LAL
42
11
4
9.1
7
10
70.0
20.8
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1982-83 season.

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