Field goal percentage - Wikipedia Field goal percentage This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2009 ) Field goal percentage in basketball is the ratio of field goals made to field goals attempted. Its abbreviation is FG %. Although three - point field goal percentage is often calculated separately, three - point field goals are included in the general field goal percentage. Instead of using scales of 0 to 100 %, the scale. 000 to 1.000 is commonly used. A higher field goal percentage denotes higher efficiency. In basketball, a FG % of. 500 ( 50 % ) or above is considered a good percentage, although this criterion does not apply equally to all positions. Guards usually have lower FG % than forwards and centers. Field goal percentage does not completely tell the skill of a player, but a low field goal percentage can indicate a poor offensive player or a player who takes many difficult shots. In the NBA, Center Shaquille O'Neal has a high career FG % ( around. 580 ) because he plays near the basket making many high percentage layups and slam dunks. Guard Allen Iverson often had a low FG % ( around. 420 ) because he took the bulk of his team 's shot attempts, even with high difficulty shots. The NBA career record for field goal percentage is held by DeAndre Jordan at 0.677. The highest field goal percentage for a single season was set by Wilt Chamberlain with 0.727 in the 1972 -- 73 season. Field goal percentages were substantially lower in the NBA until the mid-to - late 1960s. For this reason, many early NBA stars have low field goal percentages, such as Bob Cousy at. 375, and George Mikan, Bob Pettit, and Bill Russell, whose career field goal percentages of. 404,. 436, and. 440, respectively, are much lower than later post players. Three - point field goal percentage is usually kept as additional statistics. Its abbreviation is 3FG %. A 3FG % of. 400 and above is a very good percentage. See also 50 -- 40 -- 90 club, an exclusive group of players with one criterion being shooting at least 50 percent of field goals List of National Basketball Association top individual field goal percentage seasons References Jump up ^ https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg_pct_yearly.html Jump up ^ https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/hof.html This basketball - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Field_goal_percentage&oldid=835787200 '' Categories : Basketball terminology Basketball statistics Percentages Basketball stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2009 All articles needing additional references All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 10 April 2018, at 19 : 30. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what is a good basketball field goal percentage
Answer: .500 (50%) or above