who lead the nba in field goal percentage in 1981

Artis Gilmore had the highest field-goal percentage in 1980-81, at 67.0 percent.

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	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	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	67.0	1980-81	CHI	82	34.5	17.9	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	6.7	10.0	0.0	0.0		4.6	6.5	70.5	69.9	2.7	7.4	2.9	2,832	1,469	828	172	47	198	236	295
2	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	60.7	1980-81	PHI	76	27.5	14.0	7.2	1.4	0.5	1.5	5.6	9.2	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.0	72.0	64.1	1.4	5.8	2.9	2,088	1,065	545	109	38	112	220	316
3	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	58.8	1980-81	BOS	81	33.7	15.2	6.5	2.7	1.0	0.8	5.4	9.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.6	78.2	65.1	2.7	3.7	2.2	2,730	1,234	525	219	79	68	180	256
4	Bernard King B. King	58.8	1980-81	GSW	81	36.0	21.9	6.8	3.5	0.9	0.4	9.0	15.4	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.8	5.4	70.3	61.7	2.2	4.6	3.3	2,914	1,771	551	287	72	34	265	304
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	57.4	1980-81	LAL	80	37.2	26.2	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	10.5	18.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	6.9	76.6	61.6	2.5	7.8	3.1	2,976	2,095	821	272	59	228	249	244
6	Kermit Washington K. Washington	56.9	1980-81	POR	73	29.0	11.4	9.4	2.0	1.2	1.2	4.5	7.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.9	62.8	59.6	3.2	6.2	2.0	2,120	831	686	149	85	86	144	258
7	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	55.9	1980-81	UTA	80	42.7	30.7	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	11.4	20.3	0.0	0.1	28.6	7.9	9.8	80.6	62.2	2.4	4.0	3.5	3,417	2,452	509	322	109	18	282	245
8	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	55.4	1980-81	NYK	82	35.7	20.1	7.5	1.4	0.6	1.0	7.5	13.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	6.3	78.8	61.1	2.0	5.5	2.4	2,925	1,646	613	111	48	83	200	259
9	Swen Nater S. Nater	55.3	1980-81	SDC	82	34.3	15.6	12.4	2.4	0.6	0.6	6.3	11.4	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.7	79.5	59.7	3.6	8.8	2.6	2,809	1,278	1,017	199	49	46	211	295
10	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	55.2	1980-81	MIL	76	33.4	20.3	6.8	4.6	1.5	0.5	8.4	15.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	5.0	70.6	58.3	3.0	3.9	2.5	2,542	1,541	518	346	115	41	190	196
11	Robert Parish R. Parish	54.5	1980-81	BOS	82	28.0	18.9	9.5	1.8	1.0	2.6	7.7	14.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.8	71.0	57.9	3.0	6.5	2.3	2,298	1,552	777	144	81	214	191	310
12	Reggie King R. King	54.4	1980-81	KCK	81	33.9	14.9	9.7	1.5	1.3	0.5	5.8	10.7	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.8	68.4	58.3	2.9	6.8	2.0	2,743	1,208	786	122	102	41	164	227
13	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	54.4	1980-81	KCK	71	36.5	24.6	3.6	3.3	1.3	0.3	10.0	18.4	0.1	0.5	28.6	4.5	6.4	69.7	58.0	1.7	2.0	2.4	2,593	1,747	258	233	93	18	173	172
14	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	54.1	1980-81	MIL	80	30.2	14.0	5.1	3.3	1.1	0.5	5.0	9.2	0.0	0.1	22.2	4.0	5.0	80.4	61.4	2.3	2.8	1.8	2,417	1,122	406	264	90	37	145	156
15	Bobby Jones B. Jones	53.9	1980-81	PHI	81	25.3	13.5	5.4	2.8	1.2	0.9	5.0	9.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	4.3	81.3	60.4	1.8	3.6	1.8	2,046	1,096	435	226	95	74	149	226
16	Walter Davis W. Davis	53.9	1980-81	PHX	78	28.0	18.0	2.6	3.9	1.2	0.2	7.6	14.1	0.1	0.2	41.2	2.7	3.2	83.6	57.9	0.8	1.8	2.8	2,182	1,402	200	302	97	12	222	192
17	Jim Paxson J. Paxson	53.6	1980-81	POR	79	34.2	17.1	2.7	3.8	1.8	0.1	7.4	13.8	0.0	0.4	6.7	2.3	3.1	73.4	56.4	0.9	1.7	1.7	2,701	1,354	211	299	140	9	131	172
18	Vinnie Johnson V. Johnson	53.4	1980-81	SEA	81	28.5	13.0	4.5	4.2	1.0	0.2	5.2	9.7	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.6	3.3	79.3	58.3	2.4	2.1	2.7	2,311	1,053	366	341	78	20	216	198
19	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	53.4	1980-81	PHI	81	29.8	9.4	3.0	6.9	2.4	0.5	3.8	7.2	0.0	0.1	37.5	1.7	2.2	78.7	57.9	0.8	2.2	2.1	2,415	763	245	560	193	39	174	231
20	Kevin McHale K. McHale	53.3	1980-81	BOS	82	20.1	10.0	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	4.3	8.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.9	67.9	55.6	1.9	2.5	1.3	1,645	818	359	55	27	151	110	260
21	Billy Knight B. Knight	53.3	1980-81	IND	82	29.1	17.5	5.0	1.9	1.0	0.1	6.7	12.5	0.0	0.2	15.8	4.2	5.0	83.2	59.6	2.3	2.7	2.2	2,385	1,436	410	157	84	12	177	155
22	Terry Tyler T. Tyler	53.2	1980-81	DET	82	31.1	13.4	6.9	1.7	1.4	2.2	5.8	10.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	3.0	59.2	54.7	2.4	4.5	2.0	2,549	1,100	567	136	112	180	163	215
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	53.2	1980-81	LAL	37	37.1	21.6	8.6	8.6	3.4	0.7	8.4	15.9	0.1	0.5	17.6	4.6	6.1	76.0	58.2	2.7	5.9	3.9	1,371	798	320	317	127	27	143	100
24	Ben Poquette B. Poquette	52.8	1980-81	UTA	82	34.2	9.5	7.7	2.0	0.8	2.1	4.0	7.5	0.0	0.1	50.0	1.5	2.0	77.8	56.7	2.0	5.7	1.5	2,808	777	629	161	67	174	122	342
25	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	52.7	1980-81	ATL	63	33.8	17.6	10.1	2.6	1.2	1.9	6.8	12.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.6	72.1	57.5	3.7	6.4	2.8	2,128	1,108	634	161	76	119	178	258

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