top nba league average field goal percentage 1997

Gheorghe Muresan had the best field-goal percentage in 1996-97, at 60.4 percent.

Interpreted as:
top NBA league average field goal percentage with a minimum of 300 field-goals made per 82 team games by a player 1997
NAMEFG%SEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Gheorghe Muresan
G. Muresan
60.4
1996-97
73
25.3
10.6
6.6
0.4
0.6
1.3
4.5
7.4
0.0
0.0
1.7
2.7
61.8
61.8
1.9
4.7
1.6
1,849
777
481
29
43
96
117
230
+236
2Tyrone Hill
T. Hill
60.0
1996-97
74
34.9
12.9
9.9
1.2
0.9
0.4
4.8
8.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.3
5.1
63.3
62.6
3.5
6.4
2.0
2,582
955
736
92
63
30
147
268
+243
3Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
55.8
1996-97
62
30.5
15.1
6.8
1.2
0.8
1.0
6.1
11.0
0.1
0.5
27.3
2.7
4.3
63.8
58.8
2.0
4.8
1.8
1,892
938
419
74
48
59
114
198
+327
4Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
55.7
1996-97
51
38.1
26.2
12.5
3.1
0.9
2.9
10.8
19.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.5
9.4
48.4
55.6
3.8
8.7
2.9
1,941
1,336
640
159
46
147
146
180
+268
5Chris Mullin
C. Mullin
55.3
1996-97
79
34.6
14.5
4.0
4.1
1.6
0.4
5.5
10.0
1.1
2.6
41.1
2.3
2.7
86.4
64.5
0.9
3.1
2.4
2,733
1,143
317
322
130
33
192
155
-270
6Karl Malone
K. Malone
55.0
1996-97
82
36.6
27.4
9.9
4.5
1.4
0.6
10.5
19.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
6.4
8.4
75.5
60.0
2.4
7.5
2.8
2,998
2,249
809
368
113
48
233
217
+768
7John Stockton
J. Stockton
54.8
1996-97
82
35.3
14.4
2.8
10.5
2.0
0.2
5.1
9.3
0.9
2.2
42.2
3.4
4.0
84.6
65.6
0.5
2.2
3.0
2,896
1,183
228
860
166
15
248
194
+658
8Dale Davis
D. Davis
53.8
1996-97
80
32.4
10.4
9.7
0.7
0.8
1.0
4.6
8.6
0.0
0.0
1.2
2.7
42.8
53.2
3.8
5.9
1.4
2,589
832
772
59
60
77
108
233
+12
9Danny Manning
D. Manning
53.6
1996-97
77
27.7
13.5
6.1
2.2
1.1
1.0
5.5
10.3
0.1
0.5
19.4
2.4
3.3
72.1
57.4
1.8
4.3
2.1
2,134
1,040
469
173
81
74
161
268
+112
10Gary Trent
G. Trent
53.6
1996-97
82
23.4
10.8
5.2
1.1
0.6
0.4
4.4
8.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.0
2.8
69.9
56.9
1.9
3.3
1.6
1,918
882
428
87
48
35
129
186
+75
11Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
53.4
1996-97
66
35.2
19.8
9.9
1.6
0.8
2.9
7.2
13.4
0.0
0.1
11.1
5.5
8.6
64.2
57.8
2.9
7.1
3.4
2,320
1,310
656
104
56
189
226
272
+465
12Otis Thorpe
O. Thorpe
53.2
1996-97
79
33.7
13.1
7.9
1.7
0.7
0.2
5.3
10.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.8
65.3
56.3
2.9
5.0
1.8
2,661
1,036
622
133
59
17
145
298
+282
13Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
52.7
1996-97
80
37.2
13.3
11.6
1.4
0.6
3.3
4.8
9.0
0.0
0.0
3.8
5.4
70.5
58.4
3.4
8.3
2.3
2,973
1,066
929
110
49
264
186
249
+432
14Chris Gatling
C. Gatling
52.5
1996-97
TOT
47
27.3
19.0
7.9
0.6
0.8
0.7
7.0
13.3
0.0
0.1
16.7
5.0
7.0
71.7
58.0
2.9
5.0
2.6
1,283
891
370
28
39
31
120
138
-90
15Anthony Mason
A. Mason
52.5
1996-97
73
43.1
16.2
11.4
5.7
1.0
0.5
5.9
11.3
0.0
0.0
33.3
4.4
5.9
74.5
58.5
2.5
8.8
2.3
3,143
1,186
829
414
76
33
165
202
+118
16Chris Webber
C. Webber
51.8
1996-97
72
39.0
20.1
10.3
4.6
1.7
1.9
8.4
16.2
0.8
2.1
39.7
2.5
4.3
56.5
55.4
3.3
7.0
3.2
2,806
1,445
743
331
122
137
230
258
+158
17Horace Grant
H. Grant
51.5
1996-97
67
37.3
12.6
9.0
2.4
1.5
1.0
5.3
10.4
0.0
0.1
16.7
1.9
2.7
71.5
54.6
3.1
5.9
1.5
2,496
845
600
163
101
65
99
157
+87
18Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
51.2
1996-97
76
34.4
12.8
5.2
2.3
0.8
0.5
4.9
9.7
0.4
1.4
32.4
2.5
3.6
69.3
57.0
2.2
3.0
1.8
2,613
976
393
174
64
36
136
249
+158
19Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
51.0
1996-97
78
36.6
23.2
9.2
3.0
1.5
2.2
9.3
18.3
0.1
0.2
31.3
4.5
5.7
78.7
55.8
2.2
7.0
3.6
2,852
1,810
716
236
117
173
281
249
+382
20Shawn Kemp
S. Kemp
51.0
1996-97
81
34.0
18.7
10.0
1.9
1.5
1.0
6.5
12.7
0.1
0.4
36.4
5.6
7.5
74.2
58.3
3.4
6.6
3.5
2,750
1,516
807
156
125
81
280
320
+462
21Rony Seikaly
R. Seikaly
50.7
1996-97
74
35.3
17.3
9.5
1.2
0.7
1.4
6.2
12.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.8
6.8
71.4
56.7
3.7
5.8
2.9
2,615
1,277
701
92
49
107
218
275
-57
22Calbert Cheaney
C. Cheaney
50.5
1996-97
79
30.5
10.6
3.4
1.4
1.0
0.2
4.7
9.2
0.1
0.4
13.3
1.2
1.7
69.3
53.0
0.9
2.5
1.2
2,411
837
268
114
77
18
94
226
+56
23Vin Baker
V. Baker
50.5
1996-97
78
40.5
21.0
10.3
2.7
1.0
1.4
8.1
16.0
0.2
0.7
27.8
4.6
6.7
68.7
55.3
3.4
6.9
3.1
3,159
1,637
804
211
81
112
245
275
-63
24Isaac Austin
I. Austin
50.2
1996-97
82
22.9
9.7
5.8
1.2
0.5
0.5
3.9
7.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.8
2.8
66.4
53.6
1.7
4.2
2.0
1,881
792
478
101
45
43
161
244
+116
25Sherman Douglas
S. Douglas
50.2
1996-97
79
29.3
9.7
2.4
5.4
1.0
0.1
3.9
7.7
0.5
1.4
33.3
1.4
2.2
66.7
55.7
0.7
1.7
1.9
2,316
764
193
427
78
10
153
191
-121

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14
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2
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20
.667
5.5
3
39
22
.639
7.0
4
38
24
.613
8.5
5
35
25
.583
10.5
6
33
27
.550
12.5
7
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14.0
8
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14.0
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.500
15.5
10
30
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.492
16.0
11
26
33
.441
19.0
12
25
36
.410
21.0
13
16
43
.271
29.0
14
15
45
.250
30.5
15
15
46
.246
31.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
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15
.758
2
43
17
.717
3.0
3
37
22
.627
8.5
4
38
23
.623
8.5
5
37
24
.607
9.5
6
36
24
.600
10.0
7
34
26
.567
12.0
8
31
29
.517
15.0
9
28
31
.475
17.5
10
29
33
.468
18.0
11
23
36
.390
22.5
12
21
39
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25.0
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19
43
.306
28.0
14
18
42
.300
28.0
15
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