best fg% in a game when scoring 40 points as a guard

Jerry West has the best field-goal percentage by a guard in a game with 40+ points, at 94.1 percent against the Baltimore Bullets on January 25, 1967.

Interpreted as:
Best fg% in a regular-season game when scoring 40 or more points as a guard
NAMEFG%PTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Jerry West
J. West
94.1
45
1/25/1967
vs
47
8
8
16
17
13
15
86.7
95.3
5
2Mike Woodson
M. Woodson
91.7
48
2/20/1983
vs
32
3
2
1
1
22
24
1
1
100.0
3
6
50.0
90.1
0
2
3Larry Wright
L. Wright
90.0
43
10/28/1977
@
41
4
5
18
20
7
8
87.5
91.4
3
4Gary Trent Jr.
G. Trent Jr.
89.5
44
4/10/2021
@
33
7
4
1
0
17
19
7
9
77.8
3
3
100.0
108.3
0
7
1
2
+31
5Jim Paxson
J. Paxson
88.9
40
1/15/1985
vs
37
1
5
3
0
16
18
1
2
50.0
7
8
87.5
92.9
0
1
1
2
6Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
85.7
42
3/3/1988
@
39
13
2
4
0
18
21
0
0
6
8
75.0
85.6
5
8
4
2
7Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
85.7
40
11/25/1973
vs
29
4
9
2
0
12
14
16
18
88.9
91.2
0
4
3
8Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
85.0
44
1/21/2019
@
27
3
2
0
1
17
20
10
11
90.9
0
0
110.0
0
3
2
2
+29
9Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
84.6
40
1/20/2026
@
34
2
10
2
0
11
13
7
8
87.5
11
11
100.0
112.1
0
2
3
4
+1
10Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
84.2
40
1/21/2026
@
33
7
11
1
0
16
19
2
2
100.0
6
7
85.7
90.6
2
5
2
0
+19
11Zach LaVine
Z. LaVine
84.2
42
2/24/2025
vs
31
3
2
1
0
16
19
8
9
88.9
2
3
66.7
103.3
0
3
3
0
+36
12Mitch Richmond
M. Richmond
84.2
40
3/19/1991
vs
43
8
6
3
0
16
19
1
1
100.0
7
7
100.0
90.6
4
4
5
2
13Jamal Murray
J. Murray
84.0
50
2/19/2021
@
38
6
2
2
0
21
25
8
10
80.0
0
0
100.0
0
6
1
4
+24
14Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
82.8
52
11/16/1988
@
43
9
1
4
2
24
29
0
1
0.0
4
4
100.0
84.5
3
6
4
2
15Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
82.6
54
1/31/2020
vs
32
5
5
1
0
19
23
7
9
77.8
9
10
90.0
98.5
0
5
4
3
+20
16Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
82.4
41
2/3/1967
@
39
2
5
14
17
13
15
86.7
86.9
4
17Jeff Mullins
J. Mullins
81.8
43
1/24/1972
@
44
4
7
18
22
7
9
77.8
82.8
3
18Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
81.3
44
2/10/2023
@
39
3
7
2
1
13
16
0
1
0.0
18
19
94.7
90.3
0
3
4
1
+22
19Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
81.3
46
2/25/2006
vs
30
1
2
4
0
13
16
7
10
70.0
13
14
92.9
103.8
0
1
1
2
+20
20Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
81.0
44
11/10/2023
vs
32
6
6
1
0
17
21
6
9
66.7
4
4
100.0
96.7
0
6
1
1
+32
21Butch Carter
B. Carter
81.0
42
1/25/1983
vs
34
5
3
0
0
17
21
2
3
66.7
6
6
100.0
88.8
2
3
0
4
22Dana Barros
D. Barros
80.8
50
3/14/1995
vs
42
6
8
2
0
21
26
6
8
75.0
2
2
100.0
93.0
2
4
4
2
23George Gervin
G. Gervin
80.8
42
1/25/1985
@
38
2
3
2
0
21
26
0
0
0
0
80.8
1
1
2
3
24Devin Booker
D. Booker
80.0
51
11/30/2022
vs
31
4
6
1
0
20
25
6
7
85.7
5
6
83.3
92.3
0
4
2
3
+23
25Reggie Miller
R. Miller
80.0
40
3/15/1995
vs
36
6
1
1
0
12
15
6
8
75.0
10
12
83.3
98.6
1
5
1
1
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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