Before 1976-77, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the best field-goal percentage when attempting 5,000+ field goals, at 54.5 percent.

Interpreted as:

most fg% by a player before 1977 5000+ fga

	NAME	FG%	FGA	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	54.5	12,515	549	42.5	30.0	15.6	4.4	1.3	3.7	12.4	5.2	7.5	69.6	57.6	3.3	11.9	23,333	16,486	8,544	2,421	296	833	1,725
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	54.0	23,497	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7			47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643			2,075
3	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	51.6	15,340	1,043	37.3	20.1	13.7	2.4	0.7	0.6	7.6	4.9	7.8	63.2	55.4	3.4	6.2	38,940	20,941	14,241	2,544	52	48	3,536
4	Terry Dischinger T. Dischinger	50.6	6,836	652	27.4	13.8	5.6	1.8			5.3	3.2	4.2	75.8	55.9			17,841	9,012	3,646	1,151			2,055
5	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	50.3	6,815	476	33.6	17.3	8.9	2.2	0.9	0.5	7.2	2.9	3.8	77.5	54.2	2.4	5.9	15,996	8,244	4,238	1,042	207	109	1,208
6	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	50.2	6,996	314	40.2	28.5	12.6	2.6	1.2	2.5	11.2	6.1	7.8	78.5	55.5	3.5	10.3	12,614	8,960	3,965	803	273	580	1,084
7	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	50.1	5,878	600	38.2	12.1	15.6	3.8	1.2	0.7	4.9	2.2	3.5	63.8	53.1	3.6	9.1	22,917	7,233	9,340	2,282	255	143	1,651
8	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	49.9	11,441	829	38.8	17.0	15.6	3.3	0.4	0.3	6.9	3.2	4.1	78.3	54.4	0.8	4.3	32,131	14,053	12,942	2,730	28	24	2,389
9	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	49.7	8,385	464	35.9	22.1	12.4	3.4	1.2	2.3	9.0	4.2	5.4	77.3	54.1	3.2	9.2	16,656	10,275	5,736	1,564	264	505	1,560
10	Dick Snyder D. Snyder	49.3	8,887	768	29.7	13.7	3.2	3.2	0.9	0.4	5.7	2.3	2.8	82.0	53.5	0.7	2.4	22,795	10,511	2,486	2,488	218	102	2,150
11	Johnny Green J. Green	49.3	10,091	1,057	23.3	11.6	8.6	1.4			4.7	2.2	4.0	55.3	51.4			24,617	12,281	9,089	1,445			2,855
12	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	49.2	10,580	683	38.5	19.5	6.3	6.4	2.1	0.2	7.6	4.2	5.4	78.4	54.5	1.3	5.1	26,308	13,294	4,305	4,388	457	38	1,838
13	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	49.1	8,593	537	36.2	18.6	7.5	3.1	1.5	0.6	7.9	2.9	3.7	77.2	52.7	1.9	5.1	19,419	9,973	4,040	1,675	344	127	2,006
14	Jon McGlocklin J. McGlocklin	48.9	8,174	792	26.4	11.6	2.4	2.9	0.5	0.1	5.1	1.5	1.7	84.5	52.2	0.3	1.1	20,930	9,169	1,928	2,280	102	13	1,370
15	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	48.9	12,596	672	35.8	22.4	5.2	2.9	1.9	0.3	9.2	4.1	5.2	79.3	53.4	1.6	2.9	24,080	15,081	3,469	1,943	297	48	1,950
16	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	48.6	6,218	460	34.4	15.9	5.8	2.6	1.3	0.3	6.6	2.7	3.3	83.3	53.1	2.2	4.2	15,814	7,299	2,684	1,180	286	55	963
17	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	48.5	19,620	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0	43,886	26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4	2,931
18	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	48.1	6,910	482	30.5	17.9	2.5	5.3	1.8	0.1	6.9	4.1	4.7	87.5	54.6	0.6	1.7	14,685	8,619	1,222	2,564	436	14	1,657
19	Jim Fox J. Fox	48.0	5,054	672	24.0	9.6	7.7	1.7	0.6	0.2	3.6	2.4	3.2	76.6	54.1	2.0	4.4	16,129	6,482	5,196	1,152	131	54	1,865
20	Don Nelson D. Nelson	48.0	8,373	1,053	20.6	10.3	4.9	1.4	0.3	0.1	3.8	2.7	3.6	76.5	54.4	1.2	3.1	21,685	10,898	5,192	1,526	65	35	2,451
21	Archie Clark A. Clark	48.0	9,784	725	32.5	16.3	3.3	4.8	1.1	0.1	6.5	3.4	4.4	76.9	52.9	0.6	1.8	23,581	11,819	2,427	3,498	231	15	1,806
22	Bailey Howell B. Howell	48.0	13,585	950	32.2	18.7	9.9	2.0			6.9	5.0	6.6	76.2	54.4			30,627	17,770	9,383	1,853			3,498
23	Randy Smith R. Smith	47.9	5,812	404	33.7	16.7	4.5	5.0	2.0	0.0	6.9	2.9	3.9	74.8	51.9	1.2	3.2	13,610	6,746	1,835	2,012	493	11	1,231
24	Elmore Smith E. Smith	47.9	5,132	387	36.4	14.9	12.2	1.8	1.0	3.6	6.3	2.2	4.0	56.4	49.8	2.6	8.6	14,087	5,777	4,739	695	233	847	1,433
25	Happy Hairston H. Hairston	47.8	8,872	776	31.4	14.8	10.3	1.6	0.8	0.2	5.5	3.9	5.3	74.1	53.9	4.2	8.9	24,330	11,505	8,019	1,268	116	28	2,334