most missed shots in a game by a single player nba

Joe Fulks has missed the most field goals in a game, with 42 misses versus the Providence Steam Rollers on March 18, 1948.

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most missed shots in a regular-season game by a single player NBA
NAMEFG MISSDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
42
3/18/1948
vs
35
13
55
23.6
9
10
90.0
29.5
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
37
10/28/1962
@
53
53
27
2
23
60
38.3
7
17
41.2
39.3
2
3George Mikan
G. Mikan
35
11/17/1951
vs
32
8
43
18.6
16
21
76.2
30.6
3
4Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
35
12/30/1947
@
31
12
47
25.5
7
8
87.5
30.7
5Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
34
12/3/1946
vs
37
16
50
32.0
5
8
62.5
34.6
2
6Rick Barry
R. Barry
33
2/5/1967
@
53
48
9
3
17
50
34.0
14
16
87.5
42.1
4
7Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33
1/24/1962
48
55
32
5
23
56
41.1
9
11
81.8
45.2
1
8Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
33
11/1/1961
@
21
7
40
17.5
7
8
87.5
24.1
6
9Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
33
2/22/1949
@
21
0
8
41
19.5
5
6
83.3
24.1
3
10Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
33
11/27/1947
vs
24
0
7
40
17.5
10
13
76.9
26.2
5
11Jerry West
J. West
32
1/20/1966
@
37
7
7
11
43
25.6
15
15
100.0
37.3
5
12Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
12/26/1961
48
51
29
1
21
53
39.6
9
14
64.3
43.1
2
13Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
32
12/8/1961
@
63
31
7
23
55
41.8
17
24
70.8
48.0
4
14Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
11/27/1960
@
48
41
27
4
16
48
33.3
9
17
52.9
37.0
3
15Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
12/30/1959
vs
46
45
32
3
19
51
37.3
7
11
63.6
40.3
3
16Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
31
11/10/2025
vs
45
46
12
11
5
2
14
45
31.1
2
11
18.2
16
18
88.9
43.5
5
7
2
4
+10
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31
11/26/1964
@
48
63
32
3
27
58
46.6
9
20
45.0
47.2
2
18Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31
1/26/1964
@
48
49
19
2
18
49
36.7
13
24
54.2
41.1
4
19Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31
12/8/1961
vs
63
78
43
1
31
62
50.0
16
31
51.6
51.6
4
20Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
30
11/7/2002
@
46
41
9
4
4
0
17
47
36.2
0
8
0.0
7
7
100.0
40.9
2
7
5
3
-3
21Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
30
12/11/1962
vs
48
61
26
1
27
57
47.4
7
11
63.6
49.3
0
22Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
29
2/23/1963
@
46
34
22
0
14
43
32.6
6
9
66.7
36.2
3
23Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
29
1/10/1960
@
48
35
27
7
13
42
31.0
9
13
69.2
36.7
2
24George Mikan
G. Mikan
29
11/19/1949
@
34
7
36
19.4
20
23
87.0
36.9
6
25George Mikan
G. Mikan
29
2/18/1949
@
28
10
39
25.6
8
11
72.7
31.9
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for missed field goals going back to the 1982-83 season.

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