nba league average free throw percentage by position by decade 2000s

Point guards had a free-throw percentage of 79.8 in the 2000s.

POSITIONDECADEFT%GPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTATS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
2000s
79.8
49,103
24.4
9.5
2.4
4.2
0.9
0.1
3.5
8.2
42.5
0.8
2.2
35.2
1.8
2.2
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
2000s
80.2
47,188
25.6
11.1
3.0
2.4
0.9
0.2
4.0
9.3
43.3
0.9
2.6
36.4
2.1
2.6
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
2000s
76.9
47,220
25.7
10.7
4.1
1.9
0.8
0.4
4.0
8.9
44.5
0.7
2.0
35.9
2.0
2.6
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
2000s
73.0
49,534
23.5
9.5
5.6
1.4
0.6
0.6
3.7
7.8
46.6
0.3
0.9
34.5
1.9
2.6
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
2000s
67.5
51,439
20.8
7.4
5.5
0.9
0.5
1.0
2.9
5.9
49.1
0.1
0.2
31.9
1.6
2.3
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