worst field goal percentage in a playoff game by a player with over 40 points

Elgin Baylor has the worst field-goal percentage with more than 40 points in a playoff game, at 32.5 percent in Game 7 of the 1962 NBA Finals versus the Celtics.

NAME FG% PTS DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
32.5
41
4/18/1962
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
51
22
4
13
40
15
21
71.4
41.6
6
2 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
37.8
47
3/27/1961
LAL LAL
@
STL STL
48
20
17
45
13
16
81.3
45.2
4
3 Rick Barry
R. Barry
38.9
41
4/12/1967
SFW SFW
@
STL STL
46
11
5
14
36
13
17
76.5
47.1
5
4 LeBron James
L. James
39.3
41
5/24/2009
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
42
7
9
2
1
11
28
1
8
12.5
18
24
75.0
53.2
0
7
2
3
-12
5 Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
39.3
43
6/18/2006
MIA MIA
vs
DAL DAL
50
4
4
3
0
11
28
0
2
0.0
21
25
84.0
55.1
0
4
3
1
+1
6 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
39.5
51
4/19/2017
OKC OKC
@
HOU HOU
41
10
13
4
1
17
43
2
11
18.2
15
18
83.3
50.1
2
8
4
3
+11
7 Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
40.5
43
4/26/1987
ATL ATL
vs
IND IND
43
8
5
0
2
15
37
1
2
50.0
12
13
92.3
50.3
3
5
0
2
8 Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
41.0
41
5/12/2019
TOR TOR
vs
PHI PHI
43
8
3
3
0
16
39
2
9
22.2
7
8
87.5
48.2
4
4
4
1
-2
9 CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
41.0
41
5/3/2019
POR POR
vs
DEN DEN
60
8
4
4
1
16
39
4
11
36.4
5
6
83.3
49.2
2
6
1
4
+6
10 Rick Barry
R. Barry
41.5
43
4/20/1967
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
45
7
3
17
41
9
12
75.0
46.5
5
11 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
41.9
46
4/27/2018
OKC OKC
@
UTA UTA
44
10
5
2
0
18
43
7
19
36.8
3
6
50.0
50.4
1
9
5
3
-1
12 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
41.9
41
4/24/1966
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
46
16
2
13
31
15
17
88.2
53.3
1
13 Rick Barry
R. Barry
42.1
44
4/24/1967
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
44
6
2
16
38
12
13
92.3
50.3
5
14 Jerry West
J. West
42.1
52
4/5/1965
LAL LAL
vs
BAL BAL
5
9
16
38
20
21
95.2
55.0
4
15 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
42.4
46
6/1/2001
PHI PHI
@
MIL MIL
44
2
3
1
1
14
33
5
9
55.6
13
15
86.7
58.1
1
1
6
1
-16
16 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
42.9
45
6/14/1998
CHI CHI
@
UTA UTA
44
1
1
4
0
15
35
3
7
42.9
12
15
80.0
54.1
0
1
1
2
+2
17 Jerry West
J. West
42.9
49
4/3/1965
LAL LAL
vs
BAL BAL
6
8
15
35
19
21
90.5
55.4
5
18 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
43.3
41
4/27/2013
OKC OKC
@
HOU HOU
47
14
4
2
1
13
30
4
9
44.4
11
13
84.6
57.4
1
13
4
3
+3
19 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
43.5
42
4/28/2002
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
44
5
4
5
0
10
23
3
5
60.0
19
20
95.0
66.0
0
5
3
3
+10
20 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
43.6
45
4/25/2018
OKC OKC
vs
UTA UTA
44
15
7
0
0
17
39
5
9
55.6
6
6
100.0
54.0
3
12
5
3
+10
21 James Harden
J. Harden
43.8
41
5/4/2019
HOU HOU
vs
GSW GSW
45
9
6
1
0
14
32
5
13
38.5
8
8
100.0
57.7
2
7
3
4
-4
22 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
43.8
43
5/8/2012
LAL LAL
vs
DEN DEN
43
6
5
2
0
14
32
5
11
45.5
10
11
90.9
58.4
1
5
3
2
-6
23 Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
43.8
42
4/28/2001
ORL ORL
vs
MIL MIL
50
8
10
3
2
14
32
0
2
0.0
14
18
77.8
52.6
0
8
2
3
+12
24 Slick Leonard
S. Leonard
43.8
42
3/25/1957
MIN MIN
vs
STL STL
52
8
14
32
14
14
100.0
55.0
3
25 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
43.9
48
6/6/2001
PHI PHI
@
LAL LAL
52
5
6
5
0
18
41
3
8
37.5
9
9
100.0
53.4
2
3
3
0
+6
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal percentage going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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