player with the highest fg% in a 40 point game before 2003

Before 2002-03, Wilt Chamberlain had the highest field-goal percentage in a game with 40+ points, at 100.0 percent against the Baltimore Bullets on February 24, 1967.

Interpreted as:
Player with the highest FG% in a 40 or more Point regular-season Game before 2003
NAMEFG%PTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
100.0
42
2/24/1967
45
30
10
18
18
6
14
42.9
86.9
3
2Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
94.1
43
2/23/1991
vs
31
4
6
6
0
16
17
0
0
11
15
73.3
91.1
2
2
2
2
3Jerry West
J. West
94.1
45
1/25/1967
vs
47
8
8
16
17
13
15
86.7
95.3
5
4Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
94.1
41
11/25/1966
@
43
19
4
16
17
9
11
81.8
93.9
1
5Cedric Ceballos
C. Ceballos
93.3
40
3/9/1993
@
42
12
2
1
3
14
15
0
0
12
12
100.0
98.6
5
7
3
4
6George Gervin
G. Gervin
93.3
41
1/23/1977
vs
34
4
2
1
2
14
15
13
14
92.9
96.9
0
4
6
7Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
92.9
43
2/23/2000
vs
33
16
0
0
5
13
14
0
0
17
24
70.8
87.5
7
9
2
2
+6
8Mike 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
9Larry Wright
L. Wright
90.0
43
10/28/1977
@
41
4
5
18
20
7
8
87.5
91.4
3
10Bernard King
B. King
89.5
43
12/8/1982
@
38
9
4
17
19
0
0
9
11
81.8
90.2
3
6
3
11Don Kojis
D. Kojis
89.5
40
12/3/1969
vs
41
9
0
17
19
6
6
100.0
92.4
5
12Jim 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
13Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
88.9
41
3/20/1970
@
39
15
6
16
18
9
9
100.0
93.4
2
14Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
88.9
41
2/14/1966
48
23
13
16
18
9
17
52.9
80.5
2
15Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
87.0
44
1/23/1971
vs
37
17
7
20
23
4
9
44.4
81.6
2
16Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
87.0
53
12/20/1967
@
45
38
6
20
23
13
26
50.0
76.9
2
17Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
86.4
44
3/2/1990
vs
35
9
3
1
0
19
22
1
1
100.0
5
5
100.0
90.9
3
6
1
1
18Gene Banks
G. Banks
86.4
44
4/13/1983
vs
42
11
4
1
0
19
22
0
0
6
6
100.0
89.3
5
6
1
1
19Clyde 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
20Gail 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
21Kenny Sears
K. Sears
85.7
41
11/7/1958
@
17
12
14
17
18
94.4
93.5
3
22Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
85.0
41
10/30/1971
vs
13
0
17
20
7
8
87.5
87.2
23Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
84.6
41
11/19/1999
vs
43
17
1
1
7
11
13
0
0
19
31
61.3
77.0
7
10
2
4
+14
24Mitch 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
25Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
84.0
53
10/23/1965
vs
45
21
2
21
25
11
15
73.3
83.9
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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