Bob Fitzgerald has the lowest field-goal percentage by a rookie, at 19.3 percent in 1946-47.

Interpreted as:

lowest fg% with a minimum of 300 field-goals missed per 82 team games by a rookie in NBA history

	NAME	FG%	SEASON	TM	GP	PPG	APG	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PTS	AST	PF
1	Bob Fitzgerald B. Fitzgerald	19.3	1946-47	TOT	60	3.7	0.6	1.2	6.0	1.4	2.2	62.3	26.4	221	35	153
2	Moe Becker M. Becker	19.6	1946-47	TOT	43	3.8	0.7	1.6	8.3	0.5	1.0	50.0	21.5	162	30	98
3	Bob Dille B. Dille	19.7	1946-47	DET	57	5.2	0.7	1.9	9.9	1.3	1.9	66.7	24.2	296	40	92
4	Grady Lewis G. Lewis	20.4	1946-47	DET	60	4.8	0.9	1.8	8.7	1.3	2.3	54.3	24.7	287	54	166
5	Petey Rosenberg P. Rosenberg	20.9	1946-47	PHI	51	2.9	0.5	1.2	5.6	0.6	1.0	61.2	24.3	150	27	64
6	Ray Wertis R. Wertis	21.6	1946-47	TOT	61	3.5	0.6	1.3	6.0	0.9	1.5	61.5	26.4	214	39	82
7	Roy Hurley R. Hurley	22.4	1946-47	TOR	46	5.2	0.7	2.2	9.7	0.8	1.4	60.9	25.1	239	34	85
8	Tom King T. King	23.7	1946-47	DET	58	5.1	0.6	1.7	7.1	1.7	2.8	63.1	30.7	295	32	102
9	Dick Schulz D. Schulz	23.7	1946-47	TOT	57	6.2	1.0	2.3	9.6	1.6	2.4	68.1	29.1	354	56	123
10	Tony Kappen T. Kappen	23.8	1946-47	TOT	59	6.5	0.5	2.2	9.1	2.2	2.7	79.5	31.6	384	28	78
11	Dick Fitzgerald D. Fitzgerald	23.8	1946-47	TOR	60	4.6	0.7	2.0	8.3	0.7	1.0	68.3	26.6	277	40	89
12	Gene Stump G. Stump	23.9	1947-48	BOS	43	3.3	0.4	1.4	5.7	0.6	0.9	63.2	26.9	142	18	66
13	Ariel Maughan A. Maughan	24.1	1946-47	DET	59	9.0	1.0	3.8	15.7	1.4	1.9	73.7	27.2	532	57	180
14	John Abramovic J. Abramovic	24.2	1946-47	PIT	47	11.2	0.7	4.3	17.7	2.6	3.8	69.1	28.9	527	35	161
15	Michael Bytzura M. Bytzura	24.4	1946-47	PIT	60	3.5	0.5	1.5	5.9	0.6	1.2	50.0	27.1	210	31	108
16	Dick O'Keefe D. O'Keefe	24.5	1947-48	WAS	37	4.2	0.5	1.7	6.9	0.8	1.6	50.8	27.6	156	18	85
17	Don Putman D. Putman	24.6	1946-47	STL	58	6.6	0.5	2.7	10.9	1.2	1.8	64.8	27.9	380	30	106
18	Jack Smiley J. Smiley	24.7	1948-49	FTW	59	6.7	2.3	2.4	9.7	1.9	2.8	68.3	30.6	394	138	202
19	Chuck Connors C. Connors	24.7	1946-47	BOS	49	4.6	0.8	1.9	7.8	0.8	1.7	46.4	27.2	227	40	129
20	Harold Brown H. Brown	24.8	1946-47	DET	54	4.9	0.7	1.8	7.1	1.4	2.2	63.2	30.4	264	39	122
21	Bulbs Ehlers B. Ehlers	24.9	1947-48	BOS	40	7.2	1.1	2.6	10.4	2.0	3.6	54.2	29.8	286	44	92
22	Sid Tanenbaum S. Tanenbaum	25.0	1947-48	NYK	24	10.1	1.5	3.8	15.0	2.6	3.1	83.8	30.8	242	37	33
23	Bob Doll B. Doll	25.3	1946-47	STL	60	8.7	0.4	3.2	12.8	2.2	3.4	65.0	30.4	522	22	167
24	Johnny Ezersky J. Ezersky	25.3	1947-48	PRO	25	10.1	0.6	3.8	15.0	2.5	4.2	60.6	30.0	253	16	62
25	Charlie Hoefer C. Hoefer	25.3	1946-47	TOT	58	6.1	0.6	2.2	8.9	1.6	2.4	65.5	30.5	351	33	142