worst field goal percentage with at least 17 attempts in a playoff game

Max Zaslofsky has the lowest field-goal percentage with 17+ field-goal attempts in a playoff game, at 5.3 percent in Game 2 of the 1947 NBA Finals versus the Philadelphia Warriors.

Interpreted as:
worst field goal percentage by a player with at least 17 field goal attempts in a playoff 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 Max Zaslofsky
M. Zaslofsky
5.3
19
4/17/1947
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
4
0
1
2
2
100.0
10.1
3
2 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
5.6
18
3/25/1954
BOS BOS
@
SYR SYR
40
14
1
4
1
12
12
100.0
30.1
4
3 Michael Finley
M. Finley
5.9
17
5/14/2001
DAL DAL
@
SAS SAS
39
2
2
4
2
0
1
0
4
0.0
0
0
5.9
1
1
1
2
-24
4 Karl Malone
K. Malone
10.0
20
5/8/1997
UTA UTA
@
LAL LAL
34
15
10
0
0
0
2
0
0
11
12
91.7
29.7
2
8
2
3
-19
5 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
10.0
20
4/13/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
58
12
3
11
2
8
10
80.0
24.6
4
6 James Harden
J. Harden
11.1
18
4/18/2018
HOU HOU
vs
MIN MIN
31
12
4
7
3
3
2
1
10
10.0
7
8
87.5
27.9
0
4
3
2
+1
7 LeBron James
L. James
11.1
18
5/6/2008
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
39
12
9
9
1
1
2
0
6
0.0
8
10
80.0
26.8
2
7
10
4
-7
8 John Starks
J. Starks
11.1
18
6/22/1994
NYK NYK
@
HOU HOU
42
8
2
2
0
0
2
0
11
0.0
4
4
100.0
20.2
1
1
0
5
9 Slater Martin
S. Martin
11.1
18
4/11/1957
STL STL
vs
BOS BOS
46
6
5
2
2
3
66.7
15.5
2
10 Red Rocha
R. Rocha
11.1
18
3/25/1948
STL STL
vs
PHI PHI
4
0
2
0
2
0.0
10.6
5
11 Lenny Wilkens
L. Wilkens
11.8
17
4/3/1966
STL STL
@
LAL LAL
41
8
3
9
2
4
4
100.0
21.3
4
12 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
11.8
17
4/5/1959
MIN MIN
@
BOS BOS
35
13
12
2
9
11
81.8
29.8
5
13 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
11.8
17
3/14/1959
MIN MIN
vs
DET DET
14
2
10
11
90.9
32.1
4
14 Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
11.8
17
3/20/1952
PHI PHI
@
SYR SYR
7
3
0
2
3
4
75.0
18.7
6
15 Bob Doll
B. Doll
11.8
17
3/27/1948
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
4
0
2
0
0
11.8
3
16 Kenyon Martin
K. Martin
13.0
23
6/15/2003
NJN NJN
@
SAS SAS
39
6
10
1
1
2
3
0
2
0.0
0
0
13.0
0
10
2
3
-8
17 Hal Greer
H. Greer
13.0
23
3/26/1969
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
45
11
8
6
3
5
6
83.3
21.5
5
18 Frank Johnson
F. Johnson
13.6
22
5/1/1982
WAS WAS
vs
BOS BOS
40
9
7
8
0
3
1
3
33.3
2
2
100.0
19.7
3
19 Lou Williams
L. Williams
14.3
21
4/26/2019
LAC LAC
vs
GSW GSW
27
8
2
7
1
0
3
0
3
0.0
2
2
100.0
18.3
1
1
3
2
-28
20 Woody Sauldsberry
W. Sauldsberry
14.3
21
3/16/1960
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
38
6
11
1
3
0
1
0.0
14.0
6
21 James Harden
J. Harden
15.0
20
4/20/2019
HOU HOU
@
UTA UTA
39
22
4
10
6
1
3
2
13
15.4
14
16
87.5
40.7
0
4
4
5
+4
22 Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
15.0
20
5/21/2002
BOS BOS
@
NJN NJN
46
18
14
4
2
1
3
1
5
20.0
11
20
55.0
31.3
3
11
3
2
+8
23 Vince Carter
V. Carter
15.0
20
4/23/2000
TOR TOR
@
NYK NYK
37
16
4
6
1
0
3
1
4
25.0
9
10
90.0
32.8
2
2
2
4
-10
24 Jim McMillian
J. McMillian
15.0
20
4/9/1972
LAL LAL
vs
MIL MIL
42
6
9
2
3
0
0
15.0
1
25 Bill Sharman
B. Sharman
15.0
20
4/13/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
48
9
1
3
3
3
3
100.0
21.1
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts and field-goal percentage going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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68
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52
30
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50
32
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50
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50
32
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49
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64
18
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61
21
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3.0
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51
31
.622
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50
32
.610
14.0
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Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
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Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0