which nba player have the worst field goal percentage in nba history with at least 40 attempts in one game

Richie Guerin and Joe Fulks are tied for the lowest field-goal percentage in a game with 40+ field-goal attempts, at 17.5 percent.

Interpreted as:
Which NBA player have the worst field goal percentage in NBA history with at least 40 field goal attempts in one regular-season game?
NAME FG% FGA DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
17.5
40
11/1/1961
NYK NYK
@
DET DET
21
7
7
8
87.5
24.1
6
2 Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
17.5
40
11/27/1947
PHI PHI
vs
NYK NYK
24
0
7
10
13
76.9
26.2
5
3 George Mikan
G. Mikan
18.6
43
11/17/1951
MIN MIN
vs
FTW FTW
32
8
16
21
76.2
30.6
3
4 Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
19.5
41
2/22/1949
PHI PHI
@
ROC ROC
21
0
8
5
6
83.3
24.1
3
5 Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
23.6
55
3/18/1948
PHI PHI
vs
PRO PRO
35
13
9
10
90.0
29.5
6 Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
25.5
47
12/30/1947
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
31
12
7
8
87.5
30.7
7 Jerry West
J. West
25.6
43
1/20/1966
LAL LAL
@
BAL BAL
37
7
7
11
15
15
100.0
37.3
5
8 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31.0
42
1/10/1960
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
48
35
27
7
13
9
13
69.2
36.7
2
9 Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
32.0
50
12/3/1946
PHI PHI
vs
PRO PRO
37
16
5
8
62.5
34.6
2
10 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
32.5
40
1/19/1971
SDR SDR
@
NYK NYK
50
29
35
1
13
3
5
60.0
34.4
2
11 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
32.5
40
2/8/1969
SDR SDR
@
DET DET
53
28
24
0
13
2
4
50.0
33.5
4
12 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32.6
43
2/23/1963
SFW SFW
@
CHI CHI
46
34
22
0
14
6
9
66.7
36.2
3
13 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33.3
48
11/27/1960
PHI PHI
@
LAL LAL
48
41
27
4
16
9
17
52.9
37.0
3
14 Rick Barry
R. Barry
34.0
50
2/5/1967
SFW SFW
@
CHI CHI
53
48
9
3
17
14
16
87.5
42.1
4
15 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
34.9
43
11/17/1961
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
44
37
28
8
15
7
9
77.8
39.4
5
16 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34.9
43
11/24/1960
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
34
55
4
15
4
10
40.0
35.9
3
17 John Williamson
J. Williamson
35.0
40
3/4/1978
NJN NJN
@
BUF BUF
40
14
12
12
100.0
44.2
18 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
35.0
40
3/4/1963
LAL LAL
vs
CIN CIN
35
12
14
7
9
77.8
39.8
2
19 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
35.7
42
2/3/1965
BOS BOS
vs
BAL BAL
37
38
5
1
15
8
9
88.9
41.3
4
20 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
35.7
42
11/1/1961
LAL LAL
vs
CIN CIN
41
19
15
11
14
78.6
42.6
2
21 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
36.2
47
11/7/2002
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
46
41
9
4
4
0
17
0
8
0.0
7
7
100.0
40.9
2
7
5
3
-3
22 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
36.6
41
10/27/1970
SDR SDR
@
MIL MIL
46
34
21
0
15
4
9
44.4
37.8
5
23 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
36.7
49
1/26/1964
SFW SFW
@
LAL LAL
48
49
19
2
18
13
24
54.2
41.1
4
24 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
37.3
51
12/30/1959
PHI PHI
vs
MIN MIN
46
45
32
3
19
7
11
63.6
40.3
3
25 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
37.5
40
2/10/1965
CIN CIN
NYK NYK
53
37
12
9
15
7
7
100.0
42.9
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts and field-goal percentage going back to the 1982-83 season.

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