John Stockton had the highest field-goal percentage by a point guard in 1996-97, at 54.8 percent.

Interpreted as:

highest fg% with a minimum of 300 field-goals made per 82 team games average by a pg in 1996-97

	NAME	FG%	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	John Stockton J. Stockton	54.8	1996-97	UTA	82	35.3	14.4	2.8	10.5	2.0	0.2	5.1	9.3	0.9	2.2	42.2	3.4	4.0	84.6	65.6	0.5	2.2	3.0	2,896	1,183	228	860	166	15	248	194	+658
2	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	50.2	1996-97	MIL	79	29.3	9.7	2.4	5.4	1.0	0.1	3.9	7.7	0.5	1.4	33.3	1.4	2.2	66.7	55.7	0.7	1.7	1.9	2,316	764	193	427	78	10	153	191	-121
3	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	49.6	1996-97	PHX	70	38.0	20.1	3.6	9.3	1.5	0.2	6.3	12.7	1.3	2.9	44.1	6.3	7.4	85.2	63.1	0.8	2.8	3.1	2,658	1,410	253	653	102	12	217	141	+145
4	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	47.7	1996-97	SAS	76	32.5	10.5	1.9	6.8	1.3	0.2	4.3	9.0	0.1	0.3	23.1	1.8	2.7	69.0	51.7	0.4	1.5	1.9	2,472	800	147	513	96	15	146	158	-377
5	Gary Payton G. Payton	47.6	1996-97	SEA	82	39.2	21.8	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	8.6	18.1	1.5	4.6	31.3	3.1	4.3	71.5	54.5	1.3	3.3	2.6	3,213	1,785	378	583	197	13	215	208	+624
6	David Wesley D. Wesley	46.8	1996-97	BOS	74	40.4	16.8	3.6	7.3	2.2	0.2	6.2	13.2	1.4	3.9	36.0	3.0	3.9	78.1	56.3	0.9	2.7	2.9	2,991	1,240	264	537	162	13	211	221	-407
7	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	46.6	1996-97	WAS	82	36.5	17.2	4.1	8.9	1.7	0.2	6.3	13.5	0.2	0.9	16.9	4.5	6.1	73.8	53.3	1.2	2.9	3.3	2,997	1,410	335	727	143	14	270	166	+78
8	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	44.7	1996-97	ORL	59	37.6	20.5	4.5	5.6	1.6	0.6	7.1	15.9	1.4	4.5	31.8	4.8	5.8	82.0	55.4	1.4	3.1	2.5	2,221	1,210	263	332	93	35	145	123	+198
9	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	44.5	1996-97	SAC	75	28.4	13.7	1.6	2.5	0.7	0.1	5.5	12.3	1.3	3.3	38.2	1.5	1.8	84.6	52.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	2,131	1,031	122	189	56	6	119	174	-150
10	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	43.8	1996-97	CLE	78	36.8	19.5	3.9	6.3	1.8	0.4	7.4	16.8	1.3	3.5	37.3	3.4	3.8	90.2	52.6	0.6	3.2	2.3	2,868	1,519	301	490	138	30	178	177	+128
11	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	43.2	1996-97	ATL	78	39.2	17.4	5.3	5.9	2.7	0.3	6.4	14.9	2.8	7.7	36.6	1.7	2.2	75.3	54.8	1.5	3.8	2.4	3,056	1,354	413	463	212	20	185	141	+585
12	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	43.0	1996-97	TOT	61	28.1	15.9	3.0	5.0	1.3	0.3	5.5	12.8	1.3	3.8	35.1	3.5	4.1	84.5	54.1	0.8	2.2	2.8	1,714	967	182	305	77	19	168	200	-70
13	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	42.7	1996-97	POR	82	37.6	17.5	4.4	7.1	2.0	0.2	5.9	13.9	1.6	4.5	36.1	4.1	5.3	76.8	54.0	1.1	3.3	2.4	3,081	1,436	363	584	162	15	193	222	+342
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	41.6	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
15	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	41.5	1996-97	MIA	81	38.7	20.3	3.4	8.6	1.9	0.1	7.1	17.1	2.5	7.3	34.4	3.6	4.5	79.9	53.2	0.6	2.8	2.8	3,136	1,644	277	695	151	9	230	165	+535
16	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	40.8	1996-97	MIN	67	34.7	15.8	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	5.3	13.0	1.5	4.3	35.4	3.7	5.0	72.7	51.9	0.8	1.9	3.1	2,324	1,057	184	522	67	19	210	159	-157
17	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	40.4	1996-97	DET	82	36.9	14.2	2.8	1.9	1.6	0.3	5.1	12.7	2.0	5.7	35.5	1.9	2.5	77.8	51.5	0.7	2.1	1.2	3,023	1,166	233	154	129	24	96	206	+247
18	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	40.2	1996-97	LAL	79	37.2	15.3	2.9	8.5	0.9	0.1	5.5	13.6	2.2	5.9	37.8	2.1	2.5	82.5	51.8	0.6	2.3	2.7	2,937	1,206	226	672	75	10	212	110	+256
19	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	40.1	1996-97	TOR	81	40.9	20.2	4.1	8.8	1.5	0.2	7.0	17.4	2.2	6.1	35.5	4.1	5.0	82.3	51.6	1.1	3.0	3.6	3,311	1,634	330	709	123	13	288	162	-213