which player has the best career shooting percentage basketball forwards

Zion Williamson has the best career field-goal percentage by a forward, at 59.1 percent.

Interpreted as:
Which player has the best career shooting percentage with a minimum of 2000 field-goals made basketball forwards?
NAMEFG%FGMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Zion Williamson
Z. Williamson
59.1
2,525
276
31.0
23.8
6.4
4.1
1.0
0.6
15.5
0.1
0.4
32.4
5.4
7.8
69.5
63.0
2.2
4.2
2.7
8,555
6,581
1,768
1,119
279
172
734
624
+319
2Amir Johnson
A. Johnson
57.4
2,339
745
22.3
7.5
5.7
1.2
0.6
1.0
5.5
0.1
0.3
34.0
1.1
1.6
67.4
60.5
2.1
3.6
1.1
16,623
5,559
4,215
895
463
782
832
2,287
+970
3Domantas Sabonis
D. Sabonis
55.7
2,083
358
29.3
14.9
9.7
4.2
0.7
0.4
10.4
0.4
1.3
32.6
2.9
4.0
72.8
61.3
2.4
7.3
2.3
10,498
5,350
3,474
1,500
258
158
838
1,116
+574
4Kevin McHale
K. McHale
55.4
6,830
971
31.0
17.9
7.3
1.7
0.4
1.7
12.7
0.0
0.2
26.1
3.7
4.7
79.8
60.5
2.4
4.9
1.9
30,118
17,335
7,122
1,670
344
1,690
1,893
2,758
5Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
55.4
7,898
895
32.7
24.1
9.9
5.0
1.1
1.2
15.9
0.6
2.2
28.5
5.8
8.4
69.1
61.3
1.9
8.0
3.0
29,272
21,531
8,882
4,484
995
1,088
2,701
2,617
+3110
6Bobby Jones
B. Jones
55.0
3,412
774
26.1
11.5
5.5
2.4
1.4
1.3
8.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.7
3.5
78.0
60.4
1.7
3.8
1.8
20,177
8,911
4,256
1,888
1,050
982
1,217
2,104
7Buck Williams
B. Williams
55.0
6,329
1,266
33.0
13.1
10.1
1.3
0.8
0.9
9.1
0.0
0.0
16.7
3.1
4.7
66.3
58.8
3.5
6.6
2.2
41,726
16,582
12,834
1,625
1,063
1,085
2,746
4,174
+143
8Otis Thorpe
O. Thorpe
54.7
6,453
1,178
31.5
14.1
8.3
2.2
0.7
0.4
10.0
0.0
0.1
4.8
3.1
4.5
68.8
58.6
2.7
5.5
2.2
37,161
16,564
9,748
2,597
781
484
2,629
3,848
-720
9John Collins
J. Collins
54.6
3,300
541
28.8
15.7
7.7
1.4
0.6
1.0
11.2
1.1
2.9
36.9
2.4
3.1
78.9
62.7
2.1
5.6
1.5
15,602
8,488
4,172
767
348
530
819
1,623
-621
10Kenneth Faried
K. Faried
54.6
2,190
478
24.5
11.4
8.1
1.0
0.7
0.8
8.4
0.0
0.1
22.2
2.2
3.3
65.4
57.7
3.1
5.1
1.3
11,728
5,430
3,884
470
351
392
626
1,180
-126
11Larry Nance
L. Nance
54.6
6,370
920
33.4
17.1
8.0
2.6
0.9
2.2
12.7
0.0
0.1
14.5
3.2
4.2
75.5
58.6
2.5
5.5
1.9
30,697
15,687
7,352
2,393
872
2,027
1,711
2,703
12Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
54.6
3,433
835
28.5
12.5
6.3
2.2
0.8
0.5
7.5
0.0
0.0
5.3
4.3
5.5
78.4
62.9
2.5
3.8
2.2
23,769
10,465
5,261
1,862
671
433
1,841
2,273
13Dale Davis
D. Davis
54.3
2,530
646
29.5
9.4
9.0
0.8
0.7
1.3
7.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.6
3.0
52.8
55.2
3.4
5.6
1.2
19,084
6,081
5,784
548
449
871
788
1,899
+722
14Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
54.1
8,435
1,073
36.7
22.1
11.7
3.9
1.5
0.8
14.5
0.5
1.9
26.6
5.9
8.1
73.5
61.2
4.0
7.7
3.1
39,330
23,757
12,546
4,215
1,648
888
3,376
3,287
+532
15Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
54.0
8,169
955
35.8
24.3
5.7
3.0
1.0
0.2
15.8
0.0
0.1
17.1
7.2
8.7
81.8
61.7
2.3
3.4
2.9
34,151
23,177
5,455
2,830
944
150
2,503
2,550
16Gene Banks
G. Banks
53.9
2,134
468
27.9
11.3
5.8
2.9
0.9
0.2
8.5
0.0
0.1
4.3
2.2
3.0
73.0
57.9
2.2
3.7
1.8
13,074
5,305
2,718
1,335
436
101
835
1,289
17David Lee
D. Lee
53.2
3,379
667
27.7
12.4
8.1
2.0
0.7
0.4
9.5
0.0
0.0
5.6
2.3
3.0
76.8
57.3
2.5
5.6
1.7
18,450
8,299
5,420
1,356
460
267
1,115
1,653
+372
18Larry Smith
L. Smith
53.1
2,519
883
25.9
6.7
9.2
1.1
0.8
0.5
5.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.8
53.1
54.1
3.9
5.3
1.4
22,879
5,904
8,125
941
699
457
1,280
2,966
19Derrick Favors
D. Favors
53.0
2,821
666
23.7
10.4
6.7
1.0
0.7
1.2
8.0
0.1
0.3
20.1
1.9
2.8
66.6
56.4
2.4
4.4
1.2
15,757
6,925
4,470
679
472
785
811
1,633
+179
20Walter Davis
W. Davis
52.9
2,889
350
27.7
20.3
3.9
3.3
1.3
0.2
15.6
0.1
0.3
16.7
3.8
4.5
84.2
57.8
1.2
2.8
2.8
9,712
7,104
1,378
1,172
462
75
965
923
21Calvin Natt
C. Natt
52.8
4,003
599
31.4
17.2
6.8
2.2
0.9
0.3
12.7
0.0
0.1
21.9
3.8
4.9
76.8
57.9
2.3
4.5
2.1
18,818
10,291
4,070
1,306
525
191
1,256
1,386
22Anthony Davis
A. Davis
52.5
5,969
676
34.2
23.4
10.5
2.5
1.3
2.3
16.8
0.4
1.5
28.9
5.3
6.7
79.2
59.2
2.7
7.8
2.0
23,150
15,834
7,081
1,690
873
1,546
1,321
1,582
+695
23Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
52.5
6,139
810
30.3
19.7
3.4
2.1
0.6
0.3
14.4
0.3
0.7
36.8
4.3
4.9
87.2
59.4
1.1
2.3
1.6
24,521
15,980
2,785
1,668
468
243
1,310
1,560
24Carlos Boozer
C. Boozer
52.2
5,416
802
31.2
16.1
9.5
2.2
0.9
0.4
12.9
0.0
0.0
7.1
2.6
3.6
72.4
55.5
2.4
7.1
2.1
25,019
12,943
7,627
1,783
720
328
1,675
2,426
+28
25Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
52.1
2,766
911
31.7
7.3
13.1
1.8
0.7
0.6
5.8
0.1
0.4
23.1
1.2
2.0
58.4
54.6
4.8
8.4
1.6
28,839
6,683
11,954
1,600
611
531
1,484
2,843
+827

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.305
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52
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54
28
.659
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53
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.646
11.0
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52
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.634
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49
33
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.549
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8
42
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.512
22.0
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37
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56
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38.0
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38.0
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