nba league average field goal percentage by position 70s

Point guards sank 45.3 percent from the field 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
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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