nba lowest fg% in a game while having 40+ shot attempts

Richie Guerin and Joe Fulks are tied for the lowest field-goal percentage in a game with 40+ field-goal attempts, at 17.5 percent.

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NBA lowest fg% by a player in a regular-season game while having 40+ shot attempts
NAMEFG%FGADATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGM3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
17.5
40
11/1/1961
@
21
7
7
8
87.5
24.1
6
2Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
17.5
40
11/27/1947
vs
24
0
7
10
13
76.9
26.2
5
3George Mikan
G. Mikan
18.6
43
11/17/1951
vs
32
8
16
21
76.2
30.6
3
4Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
19.5
41
2/22/1949
@
21
0
8
5
6
83.3
24.1
3
5Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
23.6
55
3/18/1948
vs
35
13
9
10
90.0
29.5
6Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
25.5
47
12/30/1947
@
31
12
7
8
87.5
30.7
7Jerry West
J. West
25.6
43
1/20/1966
@
37
7
7
11
15
15
100.0
37.3
5
8Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31.0
42
1/10/1960
@
48
35
27
7
13
9
13
69.2
36.7
2
9Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
31.1
45
11/10/2025
vs
45
46
12
11
5
2
14
2
11
18.2
16
18
88.9
43.5
5
7
2
4
+10
10Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
32.0
50
12/3/1946
vs
37
16
5
8
62.5
34.6
2
11Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
32.5
40
1/19/1971
@
50
29
35
1
13
3
5
60.0
34.4
2
12Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
32.5
40
2/8/1969
@
53
28
24
0
13
2
4
50.0
33.5
4
13Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32.6
43
2/23/1963
@
46
34
22
0
14
6
9
66.7
36.2
3
14Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33.3
48
11/27/1960
@
48
41
27
4
16
9
17
52.9
37.0
3
15Rick Barry
R. Barry
34.0
50
2/5/1967
@
53
48
9
3
17
14
16
87.5
42.1
4
16Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
34.9
43
11/17/1961
@
44
37
28
8
15
7
9
77.8
39.4
5
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34.9
43
11/24/1960
vs
48
34
55
4
15
4
10
40.0
35.9
3
18John Williamson
J. Williamson
35.0
40
3/4/1978
@
40
14
12
12
100.0
44.2
19Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
35.0
40
3/4/1963
vs
35
12
14
7
9
77.8
39.8
2
20John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
35.7
42
2/3/1965
vs
37
38
5
1
15
8
9
88.9
41.3
4
21Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
35.7
42
11/1/1961
vs
41
19
15
11
14
78.6
42.6
2
22Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
36.2
47
11/7/2002
@
46
41
9
4
4
0
17
0
8
0.0
7
7
100.0
40.9
2
7
5
3
-3
23Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
36.6
41
10/27/1970
@
46
34
21
0
15
4
9
44.4
37.8
5
24Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
36.7
49
1/26/1964
@
48
49
19
2
18
13
24
54.2
41.1
4
25Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
37.3
51
12/30/1959
vs
46
45
32
3
19
7
11
63.6
40.3
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts and field-goal percentage going back to the 1982-83 season.

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