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ABA Single-Season Effective FG Percentage Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

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The ABA single-season effective fg percentage record is 60.4%, set by Bobby Jones in 1974. It has stood for 1 year. The mark has been raised 5 times since 1967.

Record Holders

6 marks since 1967
Year Player eFG% Stood for
1974 Bobby Jones 60.4% still standing
1971 Artis Gilmore 59.8% 3 years
1970 Zelmo Beaty 55.5% 1 year
1969 Trooper Washington 55.3% 1 year
1968 Jimmy Jones 53.5% 1 year
1967 Trooper Washington 52.5% 1 year

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

9 seasons
Year Leader eFG%
1975 Bobby Jones 58.1%
1974 Bobby Jones 60.4% new record
1973 Swen Nater 55.2%
1972 Artis Gilmore 56.0%
1971 Artis Gilmore 59.8% new record
1970 Zelmo Beaty 55.5% new record
1969 Trooper Washington 55.3% new record
1968 Jimmy Jones 53.5% new record
1967 Trooper Washington 52.5% new record