nba league average fg percentage by position in 1980s

Point guards hit 46.6 percent from the field between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons.

POSITIONFG%GPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
46.6
35,401
24.5
9.8
2.3
5.1
1.3
0.2
3.8
8.2
0.2
0.6
28.5
2.0
2.5
79.1
52.6
0.6
1.7
2.0
868,676
346,977
82,489
180,337
44,461
5,538
69,392
74,413
2
Shooting Guard
47.3
39,856
23.8
11.9
2.6
2.9
1.0
0.2
4.7
10.0
0.2
0.6
31.1
2.2
2.8
79.3
52.9
0.9
1.7
1.7
949,613
472,972
104,724
114,139
40,191
9,603
67,983
85,244
3
Small Forward
48.9
38,006
24.5
12.6
4.4
2.1
0.9
0.4
5.0
10.2
0.1
0.3
28.8
2.5
3.2
76.7
54.0
1.6
2.8
1.7
932,679
477,367
167,491
80,533
32,563
16,279
66,093
91,335
4
Power Forward
49.7
40,992
23.1
9.8
5.8
1.5
0.7
0.7
3.8
7.7
0.0
0.1
22.1
2.1
2.9
72.2
54.4
2.0
3.8
1.6
945,829
402,924
237,665
60,306
27,809
28,232
67,431
113,635
5
Center
50.3
38,404
22.9
9.6
6.2
1.4
0.6
1.1
3.8
7.5
0.0
0.0
19.8
2.1
2.9
72.5
55.0
1.9
4.2
1.6
878,833
370,031
236,744
53,591
21,495
42,096
62,775
107,709

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EasternWLPCTGB
1
2
0
1.000
2
1
0
1.000
0.5
3
1
0
1.000
0.5
4
1
0
1.000
0.5
5
1
0
1.000
0.5
6
1
0
1.000
0.5
7
1
0
1.000
0.5
8
0
1
.000
1.5
9
0
1
.000
1.5
10
0
1
.000
1.5
11
0
1
.000
1.5
12
0
1
.000
1.5
13
0
1
.000
1.5
14
0
1
.000
1.5
15
0
1
.000
1.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
2
0
1.000
2
1
0
1.000
0.5
3
1
0
1.000
0.5
4
1
0
1.000
0.5
5
1
0
1.000
0.5
6
1
0
1.000
0.5
7
1
0
1.000
0.5
8
0
1
.000
1.5
9
0
1
.000
1.5
10
0
1
.000
1.5
11
0
1
.000
1.5
12
0
1
.000
1.5
13
0
1
.000
1.5
14
0
1
.000
1.5
15
0
1
.000
1.5

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