nba league average free throw percentage by position in 1988

Point guards sank 80.8 percent from the free-throw line in 1987-88.

POSITIONFT%SEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTATS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
80.8
1987-88
3,763
23.8
9.4
2.3
5.2
1.2
0.1
3.6
7.8
46.5
0.3
0.8
32.1
1.9
2.3
53.2
0.6
1.7
1.8
89,710
35,275
8,668
19,746
4,386
541
6,766
7,074
2
Shooting Guard
80.3
1987-88
3,855
24.6
12.0
2.8
3.0
1.1
0.3
4.7
10.1
46.8
0.3
0.9
34.1
2.2
2.8
53.0
0.9
1.8
1.6
94,739
46,393
10,634
11,690
4,077
1,003
6,124
8,101
3
Small Forward
76.5
1987-88
3,708
24.4
12.6
4.3
2.0
0.8
0.5
5.0
10.3
48.4
0.1
0.5
29.8
2.5
3.2
53.7
1.6
2.7
1.6
90,463
46,573
15,894
7,388
3,006
1,845
6,053
8,749
4
Power Forward
74.3
1987-88
3,906
24.0
10.5
6.2
1.4
0.7
0.7
4.0
8.1
49.3
0.0
0.2
25.2
2.5
3.3
54.9
2.1
4.1
1.6
93,889
40,921
24,106
5,375
2,604
2,711
6,178
10,853
5
Center
72.2
1987-88
4,007
21.5
8.7
5.6
1.1
0.5
1.0
3.4
6.8
49.6
0.0
0.0
20.0
1.9
2.7
54.4
1.8
3.8
1.5
86,239
34,831
22,526
4,400
1,982
4,060
5,867
10,684

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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