Before 1976-77, John Shumate had the best field-goal percentage, at 56.1 percent.

Interpreted as:

most fg% with a minimum of 150 field-goals made per 82 team games by a player before 1977

	NAME	FG%	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	John Shumate J. Shumate	56.1	75	26.3	11.7	7.4	1.7	1.1	0.5	4.4	7.9	2.8	4.3	65.0	59.6	1.9	5.5	1,976	876	554	127	82	34	159
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	54.5	549	42.5	30.0	15.6	4.4	1.3	3.7	12.4	22.8	5.2	7.5	69.6	57.6	3.3	11.9	23,333	16,486	8,544	2,421	296	833	1,725
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	54.0	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7			47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643			2,075
4	Bob Gross B. Gross	52.3	76	19.4	6.8	4.0	2.1	1.2	0.6	2.8	5.3	1.3	1.9	68.3	55.7	1.8	2.2	1,474	515	307	163	91	43	186
5	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	51.6	1,043	37.3	20.1	13.7	2.4	0.7	0.6	7.6	14.7	4.9	7.8	63.2	55.4	3.4	6.2	38,940	20,941	14,241	2,544	52	48	3,536
6	Jim McElroy J. McElroy	51.0	51	22.2	7.5	2.2	2.1	0.9	0.1	3.0	5.8	1.6	2.2	73.6	55.6	0.7	1.5	1,134	383	110	107	44	4	70
7	Clifford Ray C. Ray	51.0	399	28.1	8.2	10.7	2.8	0.9	1.5	3.3	6.4	1.7	2.8	61.0	53.9	3.3	7.4	11,216	3,283	4,289	1,098	231	372	1,361
8	Jimmy Jones J. Jones	50.8	137	18.7	6.5	2.0	2.1	0.8	0.1	2.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	74.2	55.1	0.5	1.5	2,557	895	268	282	109	15	317
9	Terry Dischinger T. Dischinger	50.6	652	27.4	13.8	5.6	1.8			5.3	10.5	3.2	4.2	75.8	55.9			17,841	9,012	3,646	1,151			2,055
10	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	50.3	476	33.6	17.3	8.9	2.2	0.9	0.5	7.2	14.3	2.9	3.8	77.5	54.2	2.4	5.9	15,996	8,244	4,238	1,042	207	109	1,208
11	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	50.2	314	40.2	28.5	12.6	2.6	1.2	2.5	11.2	22.3	6.1	7.8	78.5	55.5	3.5	10.3	12,614	8,960	3,965	803	273	580	1,084
12	Willie Norwood W. Norwood	50.1	319	15.9	7.6	3.7	0.7	0.8	0.1	2.9	5.8	1.8	2.6	69.1	54.8	1.3	2.0	5,083	2,428	1,186	232	125	13	757
13	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	50.1	600	38.2	12.1	15.6	3.8	1.2	0.7	4.9	9.8	2.2	3.5	63.8	53.1	3.6	9.1	22,917	7,233	9,340	2,282	255	143	1,651
14	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	49.9	829	38.8	17.0	15.6	3.3	0.4	0.3	6.9	13.8	3.2	4.1	78.3	54.4	0.8	4.3	32,131	14,053	12,942	2,730	28	24	2,389
15	Larry Steele L. Steele	49.7	376	26.7	8.0	3.4	3.3	2.4	0.3	3.2	6.5	1.5	1.9	78.2	54.1	1.1	2.4	10,031	2,990	1,264	1,251	570	67	1,217
16	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	49.7	464	35.9	22.1	12.4	3.4	1.2	2.3	9.0	18.1	4.2	5.4	77.3	54.1	3.2	9.2	16,656	10,275	5,736	1,564	264	505	1,560
17	Steve Hawes S. Hawes	49.7	127	18.2	6.4	6.1	1.6	0.6	0.5	2.7	5.4	1.0	1.4	75.4	53.4	2.0	4.1	2,308	810	772	203	80	61	268
18	Kevin Kunnert K. Kunnert	49.6	219	22.1	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.5	1.1	4.2	8.4	1.1	1.6	66.8	51.7	2.6	4.9	4,837	2,071	1,635	306	101	243	689
19	Ollie Johnson O. Johnson	49.4	311	24.7	8.3	4.3	2.0	0.8	0.5	3.4	6.9	1.5	1.8	80.5	53.7	1.4	2.6	7,673	2,589	1,341	623	186	105	734
20	Joe Meriweather J. Meriweather	49.4	81	25.2	10.2	6.4	1.0	0.4	1.5	4.2	8.4	1.9	3.0	64.4	52.6	2.0	4.4	2,042	830	516	82	36	120	219
21	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	49.4	306	20.2	10.8	2.1	3.0	1.3	0.4	4.3	8.8	2.2	2.7	79.4	54.3	0.7	1.6	6,188	3,315	632	915	327	105	671
22	Dick Snyder D. Snyder	49.3	768	29.7	13.7	3.2	3.2	0.9	0.4	5.7	11.6	2.3	2.8	82.0	53.5	0.7	2.4	22,795	10,511	2,486	2,488	218	102	2,150
23	Johnny Green J. Green	49.3	1,057	23.3	11.6	8.6	1.4			4.7	9.5	2.2	4.0	55.3	51.4			24,617	12,281	9,089	1,445			2,855
24	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	49.2	683	38.5	19.5	6.3	6.4	2.1	0.2	7.6	15.5	4.2	5.4	78.4	54.5	1.3	5.1	26,308	13,294	4,305	4,388	457	38	1,838
25	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	49.1	537	36.2	18.6	7.5	3.1	1.5	0.6	7.9	16.0	2.9	3.7	77.2	52.7	1.9	5.1	19,419	9,973	4,040	1,675	344	127	2,006