1981-1982 NBA Effective FG Percentage Leaders

Field goal percentage weighting threes

Artis Gilmore led the NBA in effective fg percentage with 65.3% in the 1981-1982 season, 4.0 percentage points ahead of Steve Johnson (61.3%). It stands 35th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 4 times Artis Gilmore led in effective fg percentage.

FG%3P%FT%eFG%TS%FGA 3PA FTA

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Led the NBA in 1981-1982 Artis Gilmore CHI

65.3% Effective FG Percentage 4.0% clear of Steve Johnson

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#	Player	Team	eFG%	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%
1	Artis Gilmore	CHI	65.3%	82	546	837	65.2%
2	Steve Johnson	KCK	61.3%	78	395	644	61.3%
3	Buck Williams	NJN	58.2%	82	513	881	58.2%
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LAL	57.9%	76	753	1,301	57.9%
5	Calvin Natt	POR	57.7%	75	515	894	57.6%
6	Adrian Dantley	UTH	57.0%	81	904	1,586	57.0%
7	Bernard King	GOS	56.7%	79	740	1,307	56.6%
8	Bobby Jones	PHL	56.4%	76	416	737	56.4%
9	Bill Cartwright	NYK	56.2%	72	390	694	56.2%
10	Jeff Ruland	WAS	56.1%	82	420	749	56.1%
11	Kiki Vandeweghe	DEN	56.1%	82	706	1,260	56.0%
12	Jerome Whitehead	SDC	55.9%	72	406	726	55.9%
13	Bob Lanier	MIL	55.8%	74	407	729	55.8%
14	Sly Williams	NYK	55.7%	60	349	628	55.6%
15	Alex English	DEN	55.1%	82	855	1,553	55.1%
16	Cedric Maxwell	BOS	54.8%	78	397	724	54.8%
17	Julius Erving	PHL	54.7%	81	780	1,428	54.6%
18	Robert Parish	BOS	54.2%	80	669	1,235	54.2%
19	Magic Johnson	LAL	54.0%	78	556	1,036	53.7%
20	Kyle Macy	PHX	53.5%	82	486	945	51.4%
21	Andrew Toney	PHL	53.5%	77	511	979	52.2%
22	Marques Johnson	MIL	53.2%	60	404	760	53.2%
23	Kevin McHale	BOS	53.1%	82	465	875	53.1%
24	Jim Paxson	POR	52.9%	82	662	1,259	52.6%
25	Dan Issel	DEN	52.8%	81	651	1,236	52.7%
26	Billy McKinney	DEN	52.8%	81	369	699	52.8%
27	Walter Davis	PHX	52.5%	55	350	669	52.3%
28	Maurice Cheeks	PHL	52.5%	79	352	676	52.1%
29	Jamaal Wilkes	LAL	52.5%	82	744	1,417	52.5%
30	Tom Chambers	SDC	52.5%	81	554	1,056	52.5%
31	Brad Davis	DAL	52.4%	82	397	771	51.5%
32	Brian Winters	MIL	52.4%	61	404	806	50.1%
33	Sidney Moncrief	MIL	52.4%	80	556	1,063	52.3%
34	Terry Tyler	DET	52.3%	82	336	643	52.3%
35	Mychal Thompson	POR	52.3%	79	681	1,303	52.3%
36	Dave Corzine	SAN	51.9%	82	336	648	51.9%
37	Joe Barry Carroll	GOS	51.9%	76	527	1,016	51.9%
38	Moses Malone	HOU	51.9%	81	945	1,822	51.9%
39	Michael Cooper	LAL	51.8%	76	383	741	51.7%
40	Rolando Blackman	DAL	51.4%	82	439	855	51.3%
41	Truck Robinson	PHX	51.4%	74	579	1,128	51.3%
42	Don Collins	WAS	51.2%	79	334	653	51.1%
43	Ernie Grunfeld	KCK	51.2%	81	420	822	51.1%
44	James Edwards	CLE	51.1%	77	528	1,033	51.1%
45	Reggie King	KCK	50.9%	80	383	752	50.9%
46	Don Buse	IND	50.9%	82	312	685	45.5%
47	Rick Mahorn	WAS	50.7%	80	414	816	50.7%
48	Kent Benson	DET	50.7%	75	405	802	50.5%
49	Larry Bird	BOS	50.7%	77	711	1,414	50.3%
50	Maurice Lucas	NYK	50.4%	80	505	1,001	50.4%