best fg% in a game by a guard with at least 40 points

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 by a guard with at least 40 points
NAME FG% PTS DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Jerry West
J. West
94.1
45
1/25/1967
LAL LAL
vs
BAL BAL
47
8
8
16
17
13
15
86.7
95.3
5
2 Mike Woodson
M. Woodson
91.7
48
2/20/1983
KCK KCK
vs
HOU HOU
32
3
2
1
1
22
24
1
1
100.0
3
6
50.0
90.1
0
2
3 Larry Wright
L. Wright
90.0
43
10/28/1977
WAS WAS
@
IND IND
41
4
5
18
20
7
8
87.5
91.4
3
4 Gary Trent Jr.
G. Trent Jr.
89.5
44
4/10/2021
TOR TOR
@
CLE CLE
33
7
4
1
0
17
19
7
9
77.8
3
3
100.0
108.3
0
7
1
2
+31
5 Jim Paxson
J. Paxson
88.9
40
1/15/1985
POR POR
vs
HOU HOU
37
1
5
3
0
16
18
1
2
50.0
7
8
87.5
92.9
0
1
1
2
6 Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
85.7
42
3/3/1988
POR POR
@
PHX PHX
39
13
2
4
0
18
21
0
0
6
8
75.0
85.6
5
8
4
2
7 Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
85.7
40
11/25/1973
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
29
4
9
2
0
12
14
16
18
88.9
91.2
0
4
3
8 Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
85.0
44
1/21/2019
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
27
3
2
0
1
17
20
10
11
90.9
0
0
110.0
0
3
2
2
+29
9 Zach LaVine
Z. LaVine
84.2
42
2/24/2025
SAC SAC
vs
CHA CHA
31
3
2
1
0
16
19
8
9
88.9
2
3
66.7
103.3
0
3
3
0
+36
10 Mitch Richmond
M. Richmond
84.2
40
3/19/1991
GSW GSW
vs
POR POR
43
8
6
3
0
16
19
1
1
100.0
7
7
100.0
90.6
4
4
5
2
11 Jamal Murray
J. Murray
84.0
50
2/19/2021
DEN DEN
@
CLE CLE
38
6
2
2
0
21
25
8
10
80.0
0
0
100.0
0
6
1
4
+24
12 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
82.8
52
11/16/1988
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
43
9
1
4
2
24
29
0
1
0.0
4
4
100.0
84.5
3
6
4
2
13 Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
82.6
54
1/31/2020
BKN BKN
vs
CHI CHI
32
5
5
1
0
19
23
7
9
77.8
9
10
90.0
98.5
0
5
4
3
+20
14 Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
82.4
41
2/3/1967
STL STL
@
BOS BOS
39
2
5
14
17
13
15
86.7
86.9
4
15 Jeff Mullins
J. Mullins
81.8
43
1/24/1972
GSW GSW
@
CHI CHI
44
4
7
18
22
7
9
77.8
82.8
3
16 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
81.3
44
2/10/2023
OKC OKC
@
POR POR
39
3
7
2
1
13
16
0
1
0.0
18
19
94.7
90.3
0
3
4
1
+22
17 Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
81.3
46
2/25/2006
WAS WAS
vs
NYK NYK
30
1
2
4
0
13
16
7
10
70.0
13
14
92.9
103.8
0
1
1
2
+20
18 Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
81.0
44
11/10/2023
DAL DAL
vs
LAC LAC
32
6
6
1
0
17
21
6
9
66.7
4
4
100.0
96.7
0
6
1
1
+32
19 Butch Carter
B. Carter
81.0
42
1/25/1983
IND IND
vs
DAL DAL
34
5
3
0
0
17
21
2
3
66.7
6
6
100.0
88.8
2
3
0
4
20 Dana Barros
D. Barros
80.8
50
3/14/1995
PHI PHI
vs
HOU HOU
42
6
8
2
0
21
26
6
8
75.0
2
2
100.0
93.0
2
4
4
2
21 George Gervin
G. Gervin
80.8
42
1/25/1985
SAS SAS
@
HOU HOU
38
2
3
2
0
21
26
0
0
0
0
80.8
1
1
2
3
22 Devin Booker
D. Booker
80.0
51
11/30/2022
PHX PHX
vs
CHI CHI
31
4
6
1
0
20
25
6
7
85.7
5
6
83.3
92.3
0
4
2
3
+23
23 Reggie Miller
R. Miller
80.0
40
3/15/1995
IND IND
vs
MIL MIL
36
6
1
1
0
12
15
6
8
75.0
10
12
83.3
98.6
1
5
1
1
24 Otis Birdsong
O. Birdsong
80.0
49
1/29/1980
KCK KCK
@
DEN DEN
40
4
3
3
1
20
25
0
0
9
15
60.0
77.5
1
3
2
3
25 Joe Dumars
J. Dumars
79.2
42
4/9/1991
DET DET
@
MIL MIL
39
2
1
0
0
19
24
1
1
100.0
3
3
100.0
82.9
0
2
3
2
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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