nba league average field goal percentage by position in 1998

Point guards hit 42.1 percent from the field in 1997-98.

POSITIONFG%SEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
42.1
1997-98
4,917
23.9
8.7
2.3
4.3
1.1
0.1
3.2
7.6
0.6
1.8
33.6
1.7
2.2
78.3
51.0
0.5
1.8
1.7
117,635
42,843
11,250
21,082
5,224
672
8,445
9,070
-249
2
Shooting Guard
43.2
1997-98
4,858
25.2
10.7
2.8
2.3
0.9
0.2
3.9
9.0
0.9
2.5
36.7
2.0
2.5
79.5
52.7
0.8
2.0
1.4
122,424
51,911
13,624
10,952
4,527
1,166
6,904
9,220
+977
3
Small Forward
45.2
1997-98
4,490
25.4
10.5
4.1
1.9
0.9
0.4
3.9
8.7
0.5
1.5
34.3
2.2
2.8
76.0
52.9
1.3
2.8
1.5
114,047
47,192
18,282
8,671
4,021
1,970
6,762
10,216
+218
4
Power Forward
47.4
1997-98
5,057
24.1
9.5
5.8
1.4
0.7
0.6
3.7
7.8
0.1
0.4
29.1
2.1
3.0
69.4
52.5
2.0
3.8
1.4
121,856
48,257
29,451
7,183
3,707
3,219
7,329
12,665
-1181
5
Center
48.2
1997-98
4,679
21.2
7.9
5.6
1.0
0.5
1.1
3.1
6.4
0.0
0.2
28.7
1.7
2.6
66.7
52.6
1.9
3.7
1.2
99,158
37,066
26,191
4,498
2,464
5,035
5,847
12,107
+235

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

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
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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
3/18
@
111-130
Wed
3/18
@
99-105
Wed
3/18
@
115-110
Wed
3/18
@
100-101
Wed
3/18
@
134-126

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
4/18
@
6:00 PM
Sat
4/18
@
8:30 PM
Sun
4/19
@
1:00 PM
Sun
4/19
@
3:30 PM
Sun
4/19
@
6:30 PM