worst field goal percentage with a minimum of 1 shot made by a player in a game after 1970

Since 1970-71, Mike Newlin has the lowest field-goal percentage in a game with 1+ field goal, at 4.5 percent against the Seattle SuperSonics on January 31, 1973.

Interpreted as:
worst field goal percentage with a minimum of 1 shot made by a player in a regular-season game after 1970
NAME FG% FGM DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGA 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Mike Newlin
M. Newlin
4.5
1
1/31/1973
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
29
6
5
4
22
4
6
66.7
12.2
3
2 Sam Hauser
S. Hauser
5.6
1
4/5/2024
BOS BOS
vs
SAC SAC
36
3
7
3
1
0
18
1
13
7.7
0
0
8.3
1
6
0
1
-5
3 Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
5.6
1
11/11/2019
BOS BOS
vs
DAL DAL
35
5
8
4
1
0
18
0
3
0.0
3
4
75.0
12.7
3
5
1
3
+16
4 Robert Covington
R. Covington
5.6
1
11/24/2018
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
35
4
6
1
3
3
18
0
10
0.0
2
2
100.0
10.6
1
5
1
6
+11
5 Chris Bosh
C. Bosh
5.6
1
2/24/2011
MIA MIA
@
CHI CHI
42
7
9
1
0
1
18
0
0
5
6
83.3
17.0
1
8
1
2
+2
6 Gordon Hayward
G. Hayward
5.9
1
11/20/2013
UTA UTA
@
NOP NOP
39
6
6
11
1
2
17
0
8
0.0
4
4
100.0
16.0
1
5
1
4
+5
7 Quentin Richardson
Q. Richardson
5.9
1
4/11/2004
LAC LAC
vs
SAS SAS
43
5
10
2
0
0
17
0
4
0.0
3
4
75.0
13.3
5
5
2
3
-7
8 Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
5.9
1
1/21/2002
NJN NJN
@
DAL DAL
44
3
8
15
1
0
17
1
7
14.3
0
0
8.8
2
6
6
1
-6
9 Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
5.9
1
2/25/1982
DET DET
vs
SAS SAS
38
4
7
9
3
0
17
0
2
0.0
2
3
66.7
10.9
1
4
10 Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
5.9
1
11/8/1974
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
33
5
6
3
17
3
4
75.0
13.3
4
11 Reggie Jackson
R. Jackson
6.3
1
2/3/2020
DET DET
@
MEM MEM
24
3
7
4
0
0
16
1
6
16.7
0
0
9.4
2
5
1
0
-6
12 Mike Conley
M. Conley
6.3
1
10/23/2019
UTA UTA
vs
OKC OKC
27
5
0
5
1
0
16
0
6
0.0
3
4
75.0
14.1
0
0
2
5
+1
13 Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
6.3
1
2/10/2013
POR POR
@
ORL ORL
40
4
3
12
1
1
16
0
8
0.0
2
2
100.0
11.8
0
3
4
0
-4
14 Stephen Jackson
S. Jackson
6.3
1
2/22/2010
CHA CHA
@
LAC LAC
39
7
6
5
4
2
16
0
5
0.0
5
7
71.4
18.3
1
5
5
6
-1
15 Ben Gordon
B. Gordon
6.3
1
11/15/2009
DET DET
vs
DAL DAL
41
5
1
2
1
0
16
0
6
0.0
3
6
50.0
13.4
1
0
4
2
-13
16 Karl Malone
K. Malone
6.3
1
11/30/2002
UTA UTA
@
SAS SAS
31
7
9
4
0
0
16
0
0
5
7
71.4
18.3
4
5
2
4
-15
17 Bryon Russell
B. Russell
6.3
1
1/27/2000
UTA UTA
@
POR POR
37
4
7
2
1
0
16
1
6
16.7
1
2
50.0
11.8
4
3
1
3
-10
18 Rony Seikaly
R. Seikaly
6.3
1
11/26/1997
ORL ORL
vs
MIA MIA
26
3
3
1
0
0
16
0
0
1
2
50.0
8.9
1
2
1
1
-24
19 Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
6.3
1
11/3/1990
POR POR
@
SAC SAC
41
13
10
4
4
2
16
0
3
0.0
11
14
78.6
29.3
3
7
5
3
20 Larry Drew
L. Drew
6.3
1
4/22/1990
LAL LAL
@
POR POR
44
4
5
5
1
0
16
0
4
0.0
2
2
100.0
11.8
0
5
6
4
21 Herm Gilliam
H. Gilliam
6.3
1
11/30/1970
BUF BUF
BOS BOS
25
3
5
1
16
1
4
25.0
8.4
3
22 CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
6.7
1
3/17/2025
NOP NOP
vs
DET DET
30
3
4
5
2
0
15
0
7
0.0
1
5
20.0
8.7
2
2
0
0
-19
23 Jordan Clarkson
J. Clarkson
6.7
1
3/24/2021
UTA UTA
vs
BKN BKN
21
3
2
0
0
0
15
1
11
9.1
0
0
10.0
0
2
2
0
-6
24 Justin Anderson
J. Anderson
6.7
1
8/11/2020
BKN BKN
@
ORL ORL
31
2
5
2
0
1
15
0
12
0.0
0
1
0.0
6.5
0
5
2
3
+9
25 Bogdan Bogdanović
B. Bogdanović
6.7
1
8/4/2020
SAC SAC
vs
DAL DAL
21
3
3
2
1
0
15
1
8
12.5
0
0
10.0
0
3
0
3
+5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal percentage going back to the 1982-83 season.

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1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
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50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
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5
Clippers Clippers
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33
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21
.744
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
3/27
UTA UTA
@
DEN DEN
93-129
Fri
3/28
SAC SAC
@
ORL ORL
91-121
Fri
3/28
BKN BKN
@
WAS WAS
115-112
Fri
3/28
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
118-95
Fri
3/28
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
120-119

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/18
DEN DEN
@
OKC OKC
3:30 PM
Wed
5/21
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Fri
5/23
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Sun
5/25
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM
Tue
5/27
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM