NBA Single-Season Effective FG Percentage Record Progression

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

The NBA single-season effective fg percentage record is 72.7%, set by Wilt Chamberlain in 1972. It has stood for 53 years. The mark has been raised 10 times since 1951.

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

Record Holders

11 marks since 1951

Year	Player	eFG%	Stood for
1972	Wilt Chamberlain	72.7%	still standing
1966	Wilt Chamberlain	68.3%	6 years
1965	Wilt Chamberlain	54.0%	1 year
1962	Wilt Chamberlain	52.8%	3 years
1961	Walt Bellamy	51.9%	1 year
1960	Wilt Chamberlain	50.9%	1 year
1958	Ken Sears	49.0%	2 years
1954	Larry Foust	48.7%	4 years
1953	Ed Macauley	48.6%	1 year
1952	Ed Macauley	45.2%	1 year
1951	Paul Arizin	44.8%	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

76 seasons

Year	Leader	eFG%
2025	Rudy Gobert	68.2%
2024	Jarrett Allen	70.6%
2023	Daniel Gafford	72.5%
2022	Nic Claxton	70.5%
2021	Rudy Gobert	71.3%
2020	Rudy Gobert	67.5%
2019	Rudy Gobert	69.3%
2018	Rudy Gobert	66.9%
2017	Clint Capela	65.2%
2016	DeAndre Jordan	71.4%
2015	DeAndre Jordan	70.3%
2014	DeAndre Jordan	71.1%
2013	DeAndre Jordan	67.6%
2012	DeAndre Jordan	64.3%
2011	James Harden	58.2%
2010	Nene	61.5%
2009	Dwight Howard	61.2%
2008	Shaquille O'Neal	60.9%
2007	Andris Biedrins	62.6%
2006	Steve Nash	61.3%
2005	Shaquille O'Neal	60.0%
2004	Damon Jones	61.1%
2003	Shaquille O'Neal	58.4%
2002	Eddy Curry	58.5%
2001	Brent Barry	61.1%
2000	Shaquille O'Neal	57.2%
1999	Brent Barry	57.9%
1998	Shaquille O'Neal	57.6%
1997	Dale Ellis	58.8%
1996	Chris Mullin	60.5%
1995	John Stockton	59.6%
1994	Chris Gatling	63.3%
1993	Shaquille O'Neal	59.9%
1992	Kenny Smith	58.5%
1991	Buck Williams	60.4%
1990	Buck Williams	60.2%
1989	Mark West	62.5%
1988	Dennis Rodman	60.1%
1987	Charles Barkley	60.4%
1986	Charles Barkley	60.6%
1985	Steve Johnson	63.2%
1984	James Donaldson	63.7%
1983	Artis Gilmore	63.1%
1982	Artis Gilmore	62.6%
1981	Artis Gilmore	65.3%
1980	Artis Gilmore	67.0%
1979	Cedric Maxwell	60.9%
1978	Cedric Maxwell	58.4%
1977	Bobby Jones	57.8%
1976	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	57.9%
1975	Wes Unseld	56.1%
1974	Don Nelson	53.9%
1973	Bob McAdoo	54.7%
1972	Wilt Chamberlain	72.7%	new record
1971	Wilt Chamberlain	64.9%
1970	Johnny Green	58.7%
1969	Johnny Green	55.9%
1968	Wilt Chamberlain	58.3%
1967	Wilt Chamberlain	59.5%
1966	Wilt Chamberlain	68.3%	new record
1965	Wilt Chamberlain	54.0%	new record
1964	Wilt Chamberlain	51.0%
1963	Jerry Lucas	52.7%
1962	Wilt Chamberlain	52.8%	new record
1961	Walt Bellamy	51.9%	new record
1960	Wilt Chamberlain	50.9%	new record
1959	Ken Sears	47.7%
1958	Ken Sears	49.0%	new record
1957	Jack Twyman	45.2%
1956	Neil Johnston	44.7%
1955	Neil Johnston	45.7%
1954	Larry Foust	48.7%	new record
1953	Ed Macauley	48.6%	new record
1952	Neil Johnston	45.2%
1952	Ed Macauley	45.2%	new record
1951	Paul Arizin	44.8%	new record