nba players with the highest career fg% and over 20 ppg before 2025

Before 2024-25, Zion Williamson had the highest field-goal percentage when putting up >20.0 points per game, at 59.2 percent.

	NAME	FG%	PPG	GP	MPG	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	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	59.2	24.7	184	31.8	6.5	4.1	1.0	0.6	9.5	16.1	0.2	0.5	34.1	5.5	7.9	69.5	63.1	2.2	4.3	2.8	5,857	4,542	1,199	761	182	111	518	401	+443
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	58.2	23.7	1,207	34.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	55.9	24.6	1,560	36.8	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	55.7	20.9	675	31.2	10.7	6.9	1.2	0.7	8.1	14.5	1.0	2.9	35.0	3.8	4.6	82.7	63.5	2.6	8.1	2.9	21,068	14,139	7,249	4,667	822	491	1,947	1,836	+3477
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	54.5	23.4	792	32.8	9.8	4.9	1.1	1.2	8.5	15.6	0.7	2.3	28.6	5.7	8.1	70.2	61.0	1.8	7.9	3.0	25,944	18,502	7,732	3,855	903	986	2,380	2,376	+2680
6	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	54.1	22.1	1,073	36.7	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
7	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	54.0	24.3	955	35.8	5.7	3.0	1.0	0.2	8.6	15.8	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.7	81.8	61.7	2.3	3.4	2.9	34,151	23,177	5,455	2,830	944	150	2,503	2,550
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	54.0	30.1	1,045	45.8	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
9	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	52.4	22.9	573	34.0	10.8	3.2	0.8	1.3	8.4	16.1	1.7	4.3	39.8	4.4	5.2	83.9	62.3	2.8	8.1	2.7	19,454	13,121	6,216	1,815	452	721	1,553	1,948	+900
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	52.3	24.1	736	34.5	10.6	2.5	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.2	0.5	1.6	29.7	5.6	7.0	79.5	59.2	2.7	8.0	2.0	25,376	17,717	7,826	1,828	974	1,705	1,460	1,742	+904
11	Bernard King B. King	51.8	22.5	874	33.7	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3	9.0	17.3	0.0	0.2	17.2	4.5	6.2	73.0	56.1	1.9	3.8	3.2	29,417	19,655	5,060	2,863	866	230	2,791	2,885
12	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	51.8	20.1	691	34.3	7.0	3.6	1.3	0.8	8.3	16.0	0.0	0.2	15.2	3.5	4.7	73.9	55.6	2.6	4.3	2.4	23,694	13,892	4,817	2,502	888	525	1,627	1,766
13	David Robinson D. Robinson	51.8	21.1	987	34.7	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	51.6	25.0	1,476	37.2	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
15	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	51.6	20.1	1,043	37.3	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
16	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	51.4	20.1	959	33.5	10.1	3.1	1.1	1.5	8.1	15.7	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.9	5.1	76.7	55.9	2.6	6.8	2.6	32,103	19,248	9,698	3,007	777	1,100	1,112	3,048
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	51.2	21.8	1,238	35.7	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
18	George Gervin G. Gervin	51.1	26.2	791	33.5	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.8	10.2	19.9	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.8	84.4	57.2	1.5	3.1	3.0	26,536	20,708	3,607	2,214	941	670	2,137	2,331
19	Julius Erving J. Erving	50.7	22.0	836	34.3	6.7	3.9	1.8	1.5	8.7	17.1	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.7	55.8	2.5	4.2	3.1	28,677	18,364	5,601	3,224	1,508	1,293	2,323	2,286
20	Alex English A. English	50.7	21.5	1,193	31.9	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	8.9	17.6	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	55.0	2.3	3.2	2.5	38,063	25,613	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027
21	Dan Issel D. Issel	50.6	20.4	718	31.1	7.9	2.5	1.0	0.6	7.6	14.9	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.3	6.6	79.7	57.2	2.3	5.6	2.0	22,342	14,659	5,707	1,804	698	396	1,281	2,022
22	LeBron James L. James	50.6	27.1	1,492	37.9	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	1.6	4.6	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	58.9	1.2	6.3	3.5	56,598	40,474	11,185	11,009	2,275	1,111	5,211	2,682	+7443
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	50.4	21.0	1,183	34.3	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	40,594	24,815	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	4,034	+412
24	David Thompson D. Thompson	50.4	22.1	509	32.0	3.8	3.2	0.9	0.8	8.3	16.4	0.1	0.3	27.7	5.5	7.1	77.8	56.6	1.4	2.3	2.6	16,305	11,264	1,921	1,631	459	407	1,129	1,287
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50.4	27.9	433	31.9	11.2	3.6	0.9	1.7	9.2	18.2	1.2	3.4	34.1	8.3	10.1	82.6	61.5	2.2	8.9	3.4	13,834	12,071	4,832	1,573	397	720	1,485	1,327	+2547