Kevin McHale had the best field-goal percentage in 1986-87, at 60.4 percent.

Interpreted as:

NBA shot percentage with a minimum of 300 field-goals made per 82 team games leaders 1987

	NAME	FG%	SEASON	TM	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	Kevin McHale K. McHale	60.4	1986-87	BOS	77	39.7	26.1	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	10.3	17.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.6	6.6	83.6	65.5	3.2	6.7	2.6	3,060	2,008	763	198	38	172	197	240
2	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	59.7	1986-87	SAS	82	29.3	11.4	7.1	1.8	0.5	1.2	4.2	7.1	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.3	68.0	63.4	2.3	4.8	2.2	2,405	934	579	150	39	95	178	235
3	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	59.4	1986-87	PHI	68	40.3	23.0	14.6	4.9	1.8	1.5	8.2	13.8	0.3	1.5	20.2	6.3	8.3	76.1	66.0	5.7	8.9	4.7	2,740	1,564	994	331	119	104	322	252
4	James Donaldson J. Donaldson	58.6	1986-87	DAL	82	36.9	10.8	11.9	0.8	0.6	1.7	3.8	6.5	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.0	81.2	65.8	3.6	8.3	1.3	3,028	889	973	63	51	136	104	191
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	56.4	1986-87	LAL	78	31.3	17.5	6.7	2.6	0.6	1.2	7.2	12.7	0.0	0.0	33.3	3.1	4.4	71.4	59.7	1.9	4.8	2.4	2,441	1,366	523	203	49	97	186	245
6	Buck Williams B. Williams	55.7	1986-87	NJN	82	36.3	18.0	12.5	1.6	1.0	1.1	6.4	11.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.2	7.2	73.1	61.6	3.9	8.5	3.4	2,976	1,472	1,023	129	78	91	280	315
7	Robert Parish R. Parish	55.6	1986-87	BOS	80	37.4	17.5	10.6	2.2	0.8	1.8	7.4	13.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	73.5	58.8	3.2	7.5	2.4	2,995	1,403	851	173	64	144	191	266
8	Steve Johnson S. Johnson	55.6	1986-87	POR	79	29.7	16.8	7.2	2.0	0.6	1.0	6.3	11.3	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.2	69.8	60.2	2.5	4.7	3.5	2,345	1,330	566	155	49	76	276	340
9	Rodney McCray R. McCray	55.2	1986-87	HOU	81	38.7	14.4	7.1	5.4	1.1	0.7	5.3	9.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	4.9	77.9	61.2	2.3	4.8	2.6	3,136	1,170	578	434	88	53	208	172
10	Larry Nance L. Nance	55.1	1986-87	PHX	69	37.2	22.5	8.7	3.4	1.2	2.1	8.5	15.4	0.0	0.1	20.0	5.5	7.1	77.3	60.7	2.7	6.0	2.2	2,569	1,552	599	233	86	148	149	223
11	Tim McCormick T. McCormick	54.5	1986-87	PHI	81	34.8	12.8	7.5	1.4	0.4	0.8	4.8	8.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.3	71.9	59.3	2.2	5.3	1.9	2,817	1,033	611	114	36	64	153	270
12	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	54.0	1986-87	SAC	82	36.0	18.9	10.0	2.5	0.6	0.7	6.9	12.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	6.6	76.1	60.0	3.2	6.8	2.3	2,956	1,547	819	201	46	60	189	292
13	James Worthy J. Worthy	53.9	1986-87	LAL	82	34.4	19.4	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	7.9	14.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.6	4.7	75.1	57.8	1.9	3.8	2.0	2,819	1,594	466	226	108	83	168	206
14	A.C. Green	53.8	1986-87	LAL	79	28.4	10.8	7.8	1.1	0.9	1.0	4.0	7.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.8	3.6	78.0	59.9	2.7	5.1	1.3	2,240	852	615	84	70	80	102	171
15	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	53.8	1986-87	CLE	80	33.7	15.7	8.1	3.8	0.6	0.8	6.1	11.3	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.0	69.6	57.9	1.9	6.2	3.1	2,695	1,253	647	304	49	63	248	248
16	Kevin Willis K. Willis	53.6	1986-87	ATL	81	32.4	16.1	10.5	0.8	0.8	0.8	6.6	12.4	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.8	4.0	70.9	57.0	4.0	6.5	2.1	2,626	1,304	849	62	65	61	173	313
17	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	53.4	1986-87	MIL	79	31.7	19.5	3.4	1.8	0.8	0.3	7.3	13.6	0.0	0.4	10.7	4.9	5.6	88.0	60.6	1.5	1.9	1.5	2,505	1,540	266	144	64	24	120	222
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	53.4	1986-87	DET	81	33.8	21.5	4.1	2.0	0.8	0.1	7.4	13.9	0.0	0.1	16.7	6.7	8.2	81.2	61.4	1.3	2.8	2.2	2,736	1,742	332	162	63	7	181	193
19	Walter Berry W. Berry	53.1	1986-87	TOT	63	25.2	15.9	4.9	1.7	0.6	0.6	6.5	12.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.6	64.9	56.1	2.2	2.7	2.4	1,586	1,001	309	105	38	40	153	196
20	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	53.1	1986-87	NYK	58	34.3	17.5	7.7	1.7	0.7	0.4	5.8	10.9	0.0	0.0		6.0	7.6	79.0	61.7	2.3	5.4	2.2	1,989	1,016	445	96	40	26	128	188
21	Phil Hubbard P. Hubbard	53.1	1986-87	CLE	68	30.6	11.8	5.7	2.0	1.0	0.1	4.7	8.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.0	59.6	55.5	2.6	3.1	2.3	2,083	804	388	136	66	7	156	224
22	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	52.7	1986-87	PHI	68	38.6	15.6	3.2	7.9	2.6	0.2	6.1	11.6	0.1	0.3	23.5	3.3	4.3	77.7	57.9	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,624	1,061	215	538	180	15	173	109
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	52.5	1986-87	BOS	74	40.6	28.1	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	10.6	20.2	1.2	3.0	40.0	5.6	6.1	91.0	61.2	1.7	7.5	3.2	3,005	2,076	682	566	135	70	240	185
24	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	52.3	1986-87	POR	79	38.3	26.9	3.2	2.8	0.7	0.2	10.2	19.6	0.5	1.0	48.1	5.9	6.7	88.6	59.7	1.1	2.1	1.8	3,029	2,122	251	220	52	17	139	137
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	52.2	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	8.5	16.4	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.2	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	1,909	504	977	138	36	300	168