Jack Smiley had the lowest field-goal percentage in 1948-49, at 24.7 percent in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:

1948-49 worst field goal percentage with a minimum of 300 field-goals missed per 82 team games by a player

	NAME	FG%	SEASON	TM	GP	PPG	APG	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PTS	AST	PF
1	Jack Smiley J. Smiley	24.7	1948-49	FTW	59	6.7	2.3	2.4	9.7	1.9	2.8	68.3	30.6	394	138	202
2	Leo Klier L. Klier	25.4	1948-49	FTW	47	7.4	1.2	2.7	10.5	2.1	2.9	70.8	31.4	347	56	124
3	Ralph Hamilton R. Hamilton	25.5	1948-49	TOT	48	6.0	1.7	2.4	9.3	1.3	1.9	67.0	29.7	289	83	67
4	John Mahnken J. Mahnken	25.9	1948-49	TOT	57	9.4	2.2	3.8	14.6	1.8	2.9	62.3	29.6	534	125	215
5	Blackie Towery B. Towery	26.3	1948-49	TOT	60	10.0	2.9	3.4	12.9	3.3	4.4	74.1	33.9	601	171	243
6	George Senesky G. Senesky	26.7	1948-49	PHI	60	6.5	3.9	2.3	8.6	1.9	2.5	73.0	33.2	387	233	133
7	Irv Rothenberg I. Rothenberg	27.5	1948-49	NYK	53	5.9	1.3	1.9	6.9	2.1	3.3	64.4	35.4	314	68	174
8	Price Brookfield P. Brookfield	27.6	1948-49	IND	54	8.2	2.5	3.3	11.8	1.7	2.3	72.0	31.9	442	136	145
9	Dermie O'Connell D. O'Connell	27.6	1948-49	BOS	21	9.7	3.1	4.1	15.0	1.4	2.7	53.6	30.0	204	65	40
10	Bob Tough B. Tough	27.7	1948-49	FTW	53	8.8	1.9	3.5	12.5	1.9	2.6	72.5	32.3	466	99	101
11	Kenny Rollins K. Rollins	27.7	1948-49	CHI	59	6.2	2.8	2.4	8.8	1.3	1.8	74.0	32.3	365	167	150
12	Dick Triptow D. Triptow	27.8	1948-49	FTW	55	6.1	1.7	2.1	7.6	1.9	2.6	72.3	34.9	334	96	107
13	Stan Stutz S. Stutz	28.1	1948-49	BAL	59	6.3	1.4	2.1	7.3	2.2	2.7	82.4	37.2	373	82	149
14	Sonny Hertzberg S. Hertzberg	28.5	1948-49	WAS	60	7.4	1.9	2.6	9.0	2.2	2.7	81.7	36.0	442	114	140
15	Jerry Fleishman J. Fleishman	29.0	1948-49	PHI	59	5.5	2.0	2.1	7.2	1.3	2.0	65.3	33.9	323	120	137
16	Sid Tanenbaum S. Tanenbaum	29.1	1948-49	TOT	46	8.5	2.7	3.2	10.9	2.2	2.6	82.5	35.3	391	125	74
17	Mel Riebe M. Riebe	29.2	1948-49	TOT	43	9.8	2.4	4.0	13.7	1.8	3.1	59.4	32.7	423	104	110
18	Charlie Black C. Black	29.4	1948-49	TOT	58	9.8	2.4	3.5	11.9	2.8	5.0	55.3	34.6	567	140	247
19	Don Putman D. Putman	29.7	1948-49	STL	59	4.2	2.4	1.7	5.6	0.9	1.6	53.6	33.3	248	140	132
20	Art Spector A. Spector	30.0	1948-49	BOS	59	5.5	1.3	2.2	7.4	1.1	2.0	55.2	33.4	324	77	111
21	Les Pugh L. Pugh	30.2	1948-49	PRO	60	7.7	1.0	2.8	9.3	2.1	2.8	74.9	36.6	461	59	168
22	Matt Zunic M. Zunic	30.3	1948-49	WAS	56	4.9	0.9	1.8	5.8	1.4	1.9	70.6	36.8	273	50	182
23	Tommy Byrnes T. Byrnes	30.5	1948-49	TOT	57	7.2	1.8	2.8	9.2	1.6	2.6	61.7	34.9	412	102	84
24	Curly Armstrong C. Armstrong	30.6	1948-49	FTW	52	7.3	2.0	2.5	8.2	2.3	3.3	69.8	37.8	380	105	152
25	Easy Parham E. Parham	30.7	1948-49	STL	60	5.7	2.5	2.1	6.7	1.6	2.9	55.8	35.9	344	151	134