nba league average fg% 1997by position

Point guards sank 43.1 percent from the field in 1996-97.

POSITIONFG%SEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
43.1
1996-97
4,693
24.6
9.7
2.3
4.5
1.1
0.1
3.5
8.0
1.0
2.7
36.0
1.8
2.3
78.0
53.5
0.5
1.7
1.8
115,606
45,503
10,677
20,972
5,059
647
8,374
8,642
+455
2
Shooting Guard
43.3
1996-97
4,734
25.3
11.0
2.8
2.3
1.0
0.3
3.9
9.0
1.1
3.0
36.9
2.1
2.6
79.8
54.1
0.7
2.1
1.5
119,865
52,181
13,250
10,972
4,525
1,200
7,151
9,130
+514
3
Small Forward
45.1
1996-97
4,553
26.4
10.9
4.1
2.1
0.9
0.4
4.1
9.0
0.8
2.1
35.9
2.0
2.7
75.2
53.5
1.2
2.9
1.5
120,099
49,508
18,646
9,469
4,098
2,036
7,002
10,413
-803
4
Power Forward
48.0
1996-97
5,059
23.8
9.3
5.9
1.3
0.7
0.6
3.6
7.5
0.2
0.5
32.7
1.9
2.8
69.5
53.3
2.0
3.9
1.4
120,249
46,983
29,626
6,793
3,459
3,013
7,209
12,307
-363
5
Center
49.1
1996-97
4,718
21.1
7.7
5.4
0.9
0.5
1.0
3.0
6.2
0.0
0.1
31.8
1.6
2.4
67.1
53.3
1.8
3.6
1.3
99,351
36,258
25,504
4,220
2,345
4,778
6,042
12,110
+197

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EasternWLPCTGB
1
8
2
.800
2
7
2
.778
0.5
3
6
2
.750
1.0
4
7
4
.636
1.5
5
5
4
.556
2.5
6
5
4
.556
2.5
7
5
5
.500
3.0
8
4
6
.400
4.0
9
3
6
.333
4.5
10
3
7
.300
5.0
11
3
7
.300
5.0
12
2
7
.222
5.5
13
2
7
.222
5.5
14
1
7
.125
6.0
15
1
8
.111
6.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
8
2
.800
2
8
2
.800
3
8
2
.800
4
7
3
.700
1.0
5
7
3
.700
1.0
6
7
3
.700
1.0
7
6
3
.667
1.5
8
6
3
.667
1.5
9
5
3
.625
2.0
10
5
4
.556
2.5
11
4
5
.444
3.5
12
3
5
.375
4.0
13
1
7
.125
6.0
14
1
8
.111
6.5
15
1
8
.111
6.5

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