highest shooting percentage by a player in a career nhl

Craig Simpson has the best career shot percentage, at 23.7 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest shooting percentage with a minimum of 800 shots by a player in a career NHL
NAMES%SGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGFOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Craig Simpson
C. Simpson
23.7
1,044
634
247
250
497
+3
657
91
84
1
1
29
3
2Charlie Simmer
C. Simmer
22.3
1,531
712
342
369
711
+115
544
125
121
2
0
42
2
3Paul MacLean
P. MacLean
21.4
1,514
719
324
349
673
-34
968
125
105
0
0
37
6
4Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
21.2
2,709
752
573
553
1,126
+380
210
180
198
8
1
80
4
5Camille Henry
C. Henry
20.9
868
464
181
158
339
-39
66
65
51
0
0
17
6Yvon Lambert
Y. Lambert
19.8
1,040
683
206
273
479
+142
340
61
59
1
0
36
7Rick Middleton
R. Middleton
19.7
2,272
1,005
448
540
988
+175
157
115
164
25
18
59
1
8Darryl Sutter
D. Sutter
19.5
826
406
161
118
279
-11
286
42
26
3
0
17
0
9Blaine Stoughton
B. Stoughton
19.5
1,324
526
258
191
449
-93
204
62
49
5
3
31
1
10Rob Brown
R. Brown
19.4
979
543
190
248
438
-23
599
94
90
0
0
23
2
5
14
35.7
70
6
14
27
10:38
11Mike Ridley
M. Ridley
19.3
1,513
866
292
466
758
+36
424
87
136
19
12
46
4
12Steve Vickers
S. Vickers
19.2
1,278
698
246
340
586
+57
330
69
99
1
1
35
13Kent Nilsson
K. Nilsson
19.2
1,374
553
264
422
686
-25
116
97
179
16
8
28
1
14Tom McCarthy
T. McCarthy
19.2
929
460
178
221
399
+52
330
46
73
3
3
28
2
15Jari Kurri
J. Kurri
19.1
3,149
1,251
601
797
1,398
+304
545
155
240
39
43
72
7
16Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
19.0
3,633
915
690
1,033
1,723
+114
834
236
465
49
22
74
11
1,414
2,865
49.4
52
45
70
122
22:40
17Peter Stastny
P. Stastny
19.0
2,374
977
450
789
1,239
-15
824
145
321
7
7
54
2
18Ray Ferraro
R. Ferraro
18.9
2,163
1,258
408
490
898
-104
1,288
130
148
0
2
45
6
2,045
4,195
48.7
265
96
89
122
16:43
19Mark Hunter
M. Hunter
18.8
1,133
628
213
171
384
-16
1,426
71
50
2
0
19
1
20Leon Draisaitl
L. Draisaitl
18.7
2,226
821
416
580
996
+94
348
170
177
10
4
73
20
7,134
13,426
53.1
478
271
671
932
20:38
21Tim Kerr
T. Kerr
18.6
1,985
655
370
304
674
+77
596
149
104
0
0
46
1
22Alex Tanguay
A. Tanguay
18.6
1,525
1,088
283
580
863
+163
527
62
182
7
4
43
4
294
753
39.0
654
392
554
627
17:45
23Peter McNab
P. McNab
18.5
1,959
955
363
450
813
+128
179
83
111
1
1
47
1
24Brayden Point
B. Point
18.5
1,682
681
311
339
650
+68
155
106
99
3
2
63
12
3,507
7,187
48.8
301
341
318
263
19:07
25Mats Naslund
M. Naslund
18.5
1,360
651
251
383
634
+119
111
68
143
2
1
35
3
StatMuse has season-level data for shooting percentage and shots going back to the 1959-60 season.

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