highest effective field goal percentage by a player to average 30+ ppg in a season before 2025/26

Before this season, Stephen Curry had the best eFG% with 30.0+ points per game in a season, at 63.0 percent in 2015-16.

	NAME	EFG%	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Stephen Curry S. Curry	63.0	30.1	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	2,700	2,375	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	62.4	30.4	2023-24	MIL	73	35.2	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	11.5	18.8	61.1	0.5	1.7	27.4	7.0	10.7	65.7	64.9	2.7	8.8	3.4	2,567	2,222	841	476	87	79	250	210	+339
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	60.7	30.4	2024-25	MIL	67	34.2	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	11.8	19.7	60.1	0.2	0.9	22.2	6.5	10.6	61.7	62.5	2.2	9.7	3.1	2,289	2,036	798	433	58	78	206	155	+334
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	60.5	32.0	2020-21	GSW	63	34.1	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	10.4	21.7	48.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	5.7	6.3	91.6	65.5	0.5	5.0	3.4	2,151	2,015	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242
5	LeBron James L. James	59.0	30.3	2021-22	LAL	56	37.2	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	11.4	21.8	52.4	2.9	8.0	35.9	4.5	6.0	75.6	61.9	1.1	7.1	3.5	2,084	1,695	459	349	73	59	196	121	-117
6	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	58.0	30.7	1982-83	UTA	22	40.3	6.4	4.8	0.9	0.0	10.6	18.3	58.0	0.0	0.0		9.5	11.3	84.7	66.1	2.6	3.7	3.7	887	676	140	105	20	0	81	62
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	57.7	31.7	1970-71	MIL	82	40.1	16.0	3.3			13.0	22.5	57.7				5.7	8.3	69.0	60.6				3,288	2,596	1,311	272				264
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	57.4	34.8	1971-72	MIL	81	44.2	16.6	4.6			14.3	24.9	57.4				6.2	9.0	68.9	60.3				3,583	2,822	1,346	370				235
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	57.3	33.1	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	57.3	33.9	2023-24	DAL	70	37.5	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	2,624	2,370	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	57.2	31.1	2022-23	MIL	63	32.1	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	11.2	20.3	55.3	0.7	2.7	27.5	7.9	12.3	64.5	60.5	2.2	9.6	3.9	2,023	1,959	742	359	52	51	246	197	+341
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	57.0	30.3	1981-82	UTA	81	39.8	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	11.2	19.6	57.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	8.0	10.1	79.2	63.1	2.9	3.5	3.7	3,222	2,457	514	324	95	14	299	252
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	56.9	32.7	2024-25	OKC	76	34.2	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	2,598	2,484	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	56.7	30.1	2023-24	OKC	75	34.0	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	10.6	19.8	53.5	1.3	3.6	35.3	7.6	8.7	87.4	63.6	0.9	4.7	2.2	2,553	2,254	415	465	150	67	162	184	+613
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	56.7	31.0	1989-90	UTA	82	38.1	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	11.1	19.8	56.2	0.2	0.5	37.2	8.5	11.1	76.2	62.6	2.8	8.3	3.7	3,122	2,540	911	226	121	50	304	259
16	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	56.4	32.2	2022-23	POR	58	36.3	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	9.6	20.7	46.3	4.2	11.3	37.1	8.8	9.6	91.4	64.5	0.8	4.0	3.3	2,106	1,866	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	56.1	34.7	2023-24	PHI	39	33.6	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	11.5	21.8	52.9	1.4	3.6	38.8	10.2	11.6	88.3	64.4	2.4	8.6	3.8	1,309	1,353	430	219	46	66	150	112	+267
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	56.0	32.4	2022-23	DAL	66	36.2	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	22.0	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	2,390	2,138	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	56.0	32.0	2013-14	OKC	81	38.5	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	10.5	20.8	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	9.9	87.3	63.5	0.7	6.7	3.5	3,122	2,593	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
20	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	55.9	30.7	1980-81	UTA	80	42.7	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	11.4	20.3	55.9	0.0	0.1	28.6	7.9	9.8	80.6	62.2	2.4	4.0	3.5	3,417	2,452	509	322	109	18	282	245
21	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	55.8	30.6	1983-84	UTA	79	37.8	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	10.2	18.2	55.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	10.3	12.0	85.9	65.2	2.3	3.4	3.3	2,984	2,418	448	310	61	4	263	201
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	55.4	30.2	1972-73	MIL	76	42.8	16.1	5.0			12.9	23.3	55.4				4.3	6.1	71.3	58.0				3,254	2,292	1,224	379				208
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	55.0	33.6	1989-90	CHI	82	39.0	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	12.6	24.0	52.6	1.1	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	84.8	60.6	1.7	5.1	3.0	3,197	2,753	565	519	227	54	247	241
24	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	54.7	30.6	1973-74	BUF	74	43.0	15.1	2.3	1.2	3.3	12.2	22.3	54.7				6.2	7.8	79.3	59.4	3.8	11.3		3,185	2,261	1,117	170	88	246		252
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	54.7	31.5	1990-91	CHI	82	37.0	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	85.1	60.5	1.4	4.6	2.5	3,034	2,580	492	453	223	83	202	229