nba league average effective field goal percentage by position 1999

Point guards had an eFG% of 45.8 in 1998-99.

POSITIONeFG%SEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
45.8
1998-99
3,001
24.2
8.6
2.4
4.2
1.1
0.1
3.2
7.6
41.5
0.7
2.0
33.4
1.6
2.0
76.9
50.2
0.5
1.9
1.7
72,558
25,679
7,167
12,493
3,161
368
5,179
5,303
+315
2
Shooting Guard
46.4
1998-99
2,655
24.9
10.0
2.9
2.2
0.9
0.3
3.6
8.7
41.3
0.9
2.6
34.5
2.0
2.5
79.3
51.2
0.8
2.1
1.5
66,223
26,564
7,632
5,803
2,451
665
4,005
4,777
+458
3
Small Forward
46.3
1998-99
2,900
25.3
10.0
3.9
1.8
0.9
0.4
3.7
8.6
43.0
0.6
1.6
35.1
2.0
2.7
75.8
51.1
1.1
2.8
1.4
73,478
29,011
11,256
5,318
2,697
1,157
4,090
6,341
-165
4
Power Forward
46.9
1998-99
3,400
22.4
8.6
5.2
1.1
0.7
0.6
3.3
7.1
46.0
0.1
0.4
30.5
1.9
2.7
69.9
51.6
1.8
3.4
1.3
76,022
29,281
17,747
3,849
2,227
2,068
4,444
8,085
-338
5
Center
47.6
1998-99
2,965
21.0
7.5
5.6
0.9
0.5
1.0
2.9
6.1
47.5
0.0
0.1
21.7
1.7
2.6
64.5
51.7
1.9
3.7
1.2
62,369
22,257
16,593
2,587
1,577
2,938
3,524
7,700
-270

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EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0