Ben Simmons has the highest field-goal percentage by a rookie guard, at 54.5 percent in 2017-18.

Interpreted as:

most fg% with a minimum of 300 field-goals made per 82 team games by a rookie guard season

	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	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	54.5	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	2,732	1,279	659	661	140	70	278	211	+387
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	53.0	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	187	41	305	218
3	Jalen Williams J. Williams	52.1	2022-23	OKC	75	30.3	14.1	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	5.5	10.6	1.0	2.7	35.6	2.1	2.5	81.2	60.1	1.1	3.4	1.6	2,275	1,056	337	248	103	35	123	191	-53
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	51.5	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
5	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	51.3	1981-82	DAL	82	24.1	13.3	3.1	1.3	0.6	0.4	5.4	10.4	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.6	3.4	76.8	55.9	1.2	1.9	1.4	1,979	1,091	254	105	46	30	113	122
6	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	50.3	1979-80	HOU	77	27.6	10.9	2.4	5.4	1.6	0.4	4.3	8.5	0.0	0.2	15.8	2.3	2.9	81.4	56.0	0.7	1.6	2.7	2,123	843	184	417	127	28	205	197
7	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	49.7	1977-78	LAL	81	34.3	13.7	3.0	6.8	1.7	0.1	6.1	12.3				1.4	2.0	71.4	51.8	0.5	2.4	3.1	2,779	1,107	239	553	138	7	251	259
8	Andrew Toney A. Toney	49.5	1980-81	PHI	75	23.6	12.9	1.9	3.6	0.8	0.1	5.3	10.7	0.1	0.4	31.0	2.1	3.0	71.2	53.5	0.4	1.5	2.9	1,768	968	143	273	59	10	219	234
9	Ron Brewer R. Brewer	49.4	1978-79	POR	81	30.3	13.3	2.8	2.0	1.3	1.0	5.4	10.8				2.6	3.2	82.0	54.4	1.1	1.7	1.9	2,454	1,078	229	165	102	79	153	181
10	Wes Matthews W. Matthews	49.4	1980-81	TOT	79	28.7	12.4	1.8	5.2	1.4	0.2	4.9	9.9	0.1	0.3	23.8	2.6	3.2	80.2	54.9	0.6	1.2	3.3	2,266	977	139	411	107	17	261	242
11	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	49.4	1989-90	ORL	81	22.0	11.5	3.9	1.5	0.9	0.4	4.6	9.3	0.0	0.2	5.9	2.3	3.3	70.5	53.6	1.3	2.6	1.7	1,785	931	316	124	69	34	138	140
12	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	49.4	1989-90	MIA	81	30.5	14.3	2.5	7.6	1.8	0.1	5.7	11.6	0.1	0.4	16.1	2.8	4.0	68.7	53.4	0.9	1.7	3.0	2,470	1,155	206	619	145	10	246	187
13	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	49.2	1977-78	KCK	73	25.7	15.8	2.4	2.4	1.0	0.2	6.4	13.1				3.0	4.2	69.7	53.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1,878	1,156	175	174	74	12	145	179
14	Freeman Williams F. Williams	49.0	1978-79	SDC	72	16.6	10.4	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.0	4.7	9.5				1.1	1.4	77.6	51.4	0.7	0.7	1.4	1,195	746	98	83	42	2	99	88
15	Stacey Augmon S. Augmon	48.9	1991-92	ATL	82	30.5	13.3	5.1	2.5	1.5	0.3	5.4	11.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.6	3.9	66.6	52.6	2.3	2.8	2.2	2,505	1,094	420	201	124	27	181	161
16	Reggie Miller R. Miller	48.8	1987-88	IND	82	22.4	10.0	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	3.7	7.6	0.7	2.1	35.5	1.8	2.3	80.1	58.0	1.2	1.2	1.2	1,840	822	190	132	53	19	101	157
17	Byron Scott B. Scott	48.4	1983-84	LAL	74	22.1	10.6	2.2	2.4	1.1	0.3	4.5	9.3	0.1	0.5	23.5	1.5	1.9	80.6	52.5	0.7	1.5	1.6	1,637	788	164	177	81	19	116	174
18	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	48.4	1977-78	ATL	79	23.7	10.5	1.9	3.0	1.3	0.1	4.2	8.7				2.1	2.5	81.6	53.5	0.6	1.3	2.1	1,875	828	153	235	100	4	168	232
19	Reggie Theus R. Theus	48.0	1978-79	CHI	82	33.6	16.3	2.8	5.2	1.1	0.2	6.5	13.6				3.2	4.2	76.1	52.6	1.1	1.7	3.7	2,753	1,338	228	429	93	18	303	270
20	Ja Morant J. Morant	47.7	2019-20	MEM	67	31.0	17.8	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	6.7	14.0	0.9	2.7	33.5	3.6	4.6	77.6	55.6	0.8	3.1	3.3	2,074	1,193	259	488	58	18	220	110	-17
21	Kenny Smith K. Smith	47.7	1987-88	SAC	61	35.6	13.8	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	5.4	11.4	0.2	0.6	30.8	2.7	3.3	81.9	53.7	0.7	1.6	3.0	2,170	841	138	434	92	8	184	140
22	John Lucas J. Lucas	47.7	1976-77	HOU	82	30.9	11.1	2.7	5.6	1.5	0.2	4.7	9.9				1.6	2.1	78.9	51.2	0.7	2.0		2,531	911	219	463	125	19		174
23	Darren Collison D. Collison	47.7	2009-10	NOH	76	27.8	12.4	2.5	5.7	1.0	0.1	4.9	10.4	0.6	1.5	40.0	1.9	2.3	85.1	54.6	0.5	2.0	2.7	2,109	946	192	432	78	4	202	92	-175
24	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	47.6	2018-19	LAC	82	26.5	10.8	2.8	3.3	1.2	0.5	4.2	8.7	0.6	1.7	36.7	1.9	2.4	80.0	55.4	0.7	2.1	1.7	2,174	889	232	270	96	45	141	175	-109
25	Derrick Rose D. Rose	47.5	2008-09	CHI	81	37.0	16.8	3.9	6.3	0.8	0.2	7.1	14.9	0.2	0.9	22.2	2.4	3.1	78.8	51.6	1.2	2.7	2.5	3,000	1,361	317	512	66	18	202	125	-121