nba league average field goal percentage by position 1997

Point guards sank 43.1 percent from the field in 1996-97.

POSITIONFG%SEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
43.1
1996-97
4,693
24.6
9.7
2.3
4.5
1.1
0.1
3.5
8.0
1.0
2.7
36.0
1.8
2.3
78.0
53.5
0.5
1.7
1.8
115,606
45,503
10,677
20,972
5,059
647
8,374
8,642
+455
2
Shooting Guard
43.3
1996-97
4,734
25.3
11.0
2.8
2.3
1.0
0.3
3.9
9.0
1.1
3.0
36.9
2.1
2.6
79.8
54.1
0.7
2.1
1.5
119,865
52,181
13,250
10,972
4,525
1,200
7,151
9,130
+514
3
Small Forward
45.1
1996-97
4,553
26.4
10.9
4.1
2.1
0.9
0.4
4.1
9.0
0.8
2.1
35.9
2.0
2.7
75.2
53.5
1.2
2.9
1.5
120,099
49,508
18,646
9,469
4,098
2,036
7,002
10,413
-803
4
Power Forward
48.0
1996-97
5,059
23.8
9.3
5.9
1.3
0.7
0.6
3.6
7.5
0.2
0.5
32.7
1.9
2.8
69.5
53.3
2.0
3.9
1.4
120,249
46,983
29,626
6,793
3,459
3,013
7,209
12,307
-363
5
Center
49.1
1996-97
4,718
21.1
7.7
5.4
0.9
0.5
1.0
3.0
6.2
0.0
0.1
31.8
1.6
2.4
67.1
53.3
1.8
3.6
1.3
99,351
36,258
25,504
4,220
2,345
4,778
6,042
12,110
+197

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EasternWLPCTGB
1
40
13
.755
2
35
19
.648
5.5
3
35
20
.636
6.0
4
34
21
.618
7.0
5
32
23
.582
9.0
6
30
24
.556
10.5
7
28
25
.528
12.0
8
29
27
.518
12.5
9
26
29
.473
15.0
10
26
30
.464
15.5
11
24
31
.436
17.0
12
23
30
.434
17.0
13
15
38
.283
25.0
14
15
40
.273
26.0
15
14
39
.264
26.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
42
14
.750
2
38
16
.704
3.0
3
35
20
.636
6.5
4
33
20
.623
7.5
5
33
21
.611
8.0
6
34
22
.607
8.0
7
32
23
.582
9.5
8
29
26
.527
12.5
9
27
29
.482
15.0
10
26
28
.481
15.0
11
20
33
.377
20.5
12
19
35
.352
22.0
13
18
38
.321
24.0
14
15
41
.268
27.0
15
12
44
.214
30.0

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