nba league average field goal percentage by position 2000s

Point guards had a field-goal percentage of 42.5 between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons.

POSITIONFG%GPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
42.5
49,103
24.4
9.5
2.4
4.2
0.9
0.1
3.5
8.2
0.8
2.2
35.2
1.8
2.2
79.8
51.9
0.5
2.0
1.7
1,196,852
464,801
120,285
204,871
45,911
6,278
81,153
90,856
-306
2
Shooting Guard
43.3
47,188
25.6
11.1
3.0
2.4
0.9
0.2
4.0
9.3
0.9
2.6
36.4
2.1
2.6
80.2
53.1
0.7
2.3
1.4
1,206,027
523,362
142,801
112,550
41,602
11,569
67,937
91,340
+2071
3
Small Forward
44.5
47,220
25.7
10.7
4.1
1.9
0.8
0.4
4.0
8.9
0.7
2.0
35.9
2.0
2.6
76.9
53.1
1.1
3.0
1.4
1,211,294
505,114
192,784
88,406
39,262
19,067
66,494
101,015
-315
4
Power Forward
46.6
49,534
23.5
9.5
5.6
1.4
0.6
0.6
3.7
7.8
0.3
0.9
34.5
1.9
2.6
73.0
53.0
1.7
3.9
1.3
1,163,872
471,638
276,202
68,741
32,170
31,710
65,332
118,694
+3194
5
Center
49.1
51,439
20.8
7.4
5.5
0.9
0.5
1.0
2.9
5.9
0.1
0.2
31.9
1.6
2.3
67.5
53.5
1.8
3.7
1.2
1,071,711
379,914
282,347
44,799
24,517
50,866
59,357
129,676
-4644

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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