nba league average field goal percentage for shooting guards by decades

Shooting guards had a field-goal percentage of 30.2 in the 1940s.

	POSITION	DECADE	FG%	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shooting Guard	1940s	30.2	4,135		7.4		1.2			2.8	9.3				1.8	2.6	69.1	35.5					30,543		5,103				8,457
2	Shooting Guard	1950s	36.2	14,430	24.8	8.7	3.4	2.4			3.1	8.6				2.5	3.3	75.0	43.4				247,188	125,616	39,002	34,891				36,154
3	Shooting Guard	1960s	42.7	14,734	25.4	12.2	3.7	2.9			4.7	11.1				2.8	3.6	76.0	48.2				374,872	180,084	53,870	42,238				38,411
4	Shooting Guard	1970s	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
5	Shooting Guard	1980s	47.3	39,856	23.8	11.9	2.6	2.9	1.0	0.2	4.7	10.0	0.2	0.6	31.1	2.2	2.8	79.3	52.9	0.9	1.7	1.7	949,613	472,972	104,724	114,139	40,191	9,603	67,983	85,244
6	Shooting Guard	1990s	44.9	43,469	25.0	11.5	2.9	2.5	1.0	0.3	4.3	9.6	0.7	2.1	35.7	2.2	2.7	79.4	53.4	0.9	2.0	1.5	1,088,490	499,399	124,954	109,404	42,442	11,367	66,875	87,106	+1949
7	Shooting Guard	2000s	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
8	Shooting Guard	2010s	43.1	51,880	23.9	10.5	2.8	2.1	0.8	0.3	3.8	8.7	1.2	3.3	36.2	1.7	2.1	80.1	53.9	0.5	2.3	1.3	1,238,827	542,255	143,723	110,690	40,655	12,999	66,317	89,780	-2028
9	Shooting Guard	2020s	44.3	46,425	22.9	10.8	3.0	2.3	0.8	0.3	3.8	8.7	1.5	4.1	36.7	1.5	1.9	81.3	56.5	0.6	2.4	1.2	1,061,200	499,874	139,193	108,821	34,970	13,116	55,646	78,863	-5592

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Shooting guards had a field-goal percentage of 30.2 in the 1940s.

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