nba league average field goal percentage by position in 2021

Point guards hit 44.3 percent from the field in 2020-21.

POSITIONFG%SEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
44.3
2020-21
4,498
23.5
11.7
3.1
4.0
0.9
0.2
4.2
9.5
1.4
3.9
36.9
1.8
2.3
80.5
55.7
0.5
2.6
1.6
105,828
52,715
14,068
18,205
3,895
1,050
7,328
7,342
+731
2
Shooting Guard
43.9
2020-21
6,213
22.7
10.6
3.0
2.2
0.7
0.3
3.8
8.6
1.5
4.1
36.9
1.5
1.8
81.1
55.9
0.5
2.5
1.2
140,926
65,551
18,720
13,574
4,514
1,820
7,192
10,539
-544
3
Small Forward
45.9
2020-21
3,511
23.2
10.1
3.9
1.9
0.7
0.4
3.6
7.9
1.3
3.4
36.9
1.5
1.9
78.9
57.3
0.8
3.1
1.1
81,374
35,306
13,604
6,801
2,559
1,342
3,894
6,217
-809
4
Power Forward
48.2
2020-21
5,275
21.9
10.0
4.8
1.7
0.6
0.5
3.7
7.7
1.0
2.8
36.6
1.5
2.0
76.0
58.1
1.1
3.7
1.1
115,478
52,794
25,078
9,229
3,306
2,855
5,739
9,724
+1458
5
Center
54.4
2020-21
3,556
21.9
10.1
6.8
1.6
0.6
1.0
3.9
7.3
0.5
1.4
34.2
1.7
2.4
71.4
60.6
2.1
4.8
1.2
77,844
35,751
24,216
5,768
2,082
3,457
4,415
7,846
-830

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
24
1
.960
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.5
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.5
4
Lakers Lakers
17
7
.708
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
17
7
.708
6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
16
9
.640
8.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
20
5
.800
2
Knicks Knicks
17
7
.708
2.5
3
Celtics Celtics
15
10
.600
5.0
4
Magic Magic
15
10
.600
5.0
5
76ers 76ers
14
10
.583
5.5
6
Raptors Raptors
15
11
.577
5.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/11
ATL ATL
@
SAC SAC
133-100
Tue
11/11
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
130-116
Wed
11/12
TOR TOR
@
CLE CLE
126-113
Wed
11/12
IND IND
@
PHX PHX
98-133
Wed
11/12
ATL ATL
@
UTA UTA
132-122

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/13
NYK NYK
@
ORL ORL
5:30 PM
Sat
12/13
SAS SAS
@
OKC OKC
9:00 PM
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
IND IND
3:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CHA CHA
@
CLE CLE
3:30 PM
Sun
12/14
PHI PHI
@
ATL ATL
6:00 PM