NBA Single-Season Field Goal Percentage Record Progression
Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.
The NBA single-season field goal 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.
Record Holders
11 marks since 1951| Year | Player | FG% | 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.