nba league average fg percentage by position in 1970s

Point guards had a field-goal percentage of 45.3 between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons.

POSITIONFG%GPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
45.3
25,760
26.7
11.8
2.8
4.5
1.3
0.2
4.7
10.3
2.5
3.2
78.9
50.6
0.7
1.8
2.3
686,850
303,929
70,979
114,872
21,982
2,880
14,597
62,340
2
Shooting Guard
45.8
31,552
24.3
11.7
2.7
2.8
1.0
0.2
4.8
10.4
2.2
2.8
79.2
50.5
0.9
1.7
2.0
766,746
369,131
86,718
88,066
21,521
4,755
14,803
71,375
3
Small Forward
46.4
30,413
24.1
11.4
4.5
2.1
0.9
0.3
4.6
9.9
2.2
2.8
77.7
51.1
1.4
2.9
1.9
732,253
346,471
138,374
62,495
17,966
6,395
14,412
73,866
4
Power Forward
45.9
30,674
24.2
10.1
6.7
1.6
0.8
0.6
4.0
8.8
2.0
2.9
71.9
50.3
2.1
4.5
1.9
741,262
310,588
206,495
48,019
15,188
12,001
13,143
82,491
5
Center
47.8
29,023
24.6
10.5
8.0
1.9
0.7
1.1
4.2
8.8
2.0
2.9
69.5
51.8
2.2
5.3
2.1
712,809
303,828
232,136
55,550
12,360
21,443
14,030
79,767

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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