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Feature Average NBA Field Goal Percentage: 47.1% in 2025–26 NBA teams shot 47.1% in 2025–26. See recent league averages, how FG% is calculated, and why shot selection matters when judging a player. Feature Worst Free Throw Percentage in NBA History: Career and Season Lows Ben Wallace shot 41.4% on 2,679 career free throws. Compare career and single-season lows, and see why attempt minimums change the answer. Feature Most NBA Points in a Quarter: Klay Thompson’s 37 Klay Thompson holds the NBA quarter scoring record with 37 points. See his perfect shooting breakdown, the previous mark, and playoff and team records. Feature Most Threes in a Season: Stephen Curry’s NBA Record of 402 Stephen Curry holds the NBA season record with 402 threes. See the top 10, his attempts and accuracy, and the pace needed to reach 403. Feature Effective Field Goal Percentage: Formula and Meaning Learn the eFG% formula, why three-pointers get extra credit, how it differs from FG% and true shooting, and how to judge it in context. Feature Average March Madness Championship Score: 140.3 Points Men’s NCAA title games averaged 140.3 combined points from 2000–2026. See recent benchmarks and how to use the number for a bracket tiebreaker. Feature NBA Most Points in a Half: Wilt Chamberlain’s 59 Wilt scored a record 59 points in one half. Compare Kobe’s 55, the shared first-half record of 53, and the playoff and team marks. Feature Who Has the Most Dunks in NBA History? Howard vs. Shaq Compare Dwight Howard’s 2,949 tracked dunks with Shaquille O’Neal’s incomplete modern total, plus Rudy Gobert’s 306-dunk season and the limits of each record. Feature WNBA Most Points in a Game: The Three-Way Record of 53 The WNBA single-game scoring record is 53 points. See who shares it, the shots behind each performance, and the separate playoff record. Feature Highest Field Goal Percentage in NBA History: Career and Season Compare DeAndre Jordan’s career FG% with Mitchell Robinson’s season record, including shot totals, qualification rules and what each percentage measures. Feature Highest Free Throw Percentage: NBA Career and Season Records Stephen Curry leads NBA career FT% at 91.19%; José Calderón holds the season record at 98.05%. Compare the leaders, attempts and qualifying minimums. Feature Who Has the Most Triple-Doubles in NBA History? Russell Westbrook leads with 209 regular-season triple-doubles. See the top 10, Magic Johnson’s playoff record and Jokić’s combined-total tie. Feature Most Points in an NBA Season: Wilt Chamberlain’s 4,029 Compare the NBA’s top 10 single-season scoring totals, see how Wilt reached 4,029 points, and calculate the average needed to break his regular-season record. Feature Most Blocked Shots in NBA History: Career and Game Records Hakeem Olajuwon leads with 3,830 NBA career blocks. See the top 10, single-game and season records, playoff marks, and the limits of era comparisons. Feature Best 3-Point Shooters of All Time: An NBA Ranking Stephen Curry leads our NBA ranking. Compare the greatest 3-point shooters by accuracy, volume, playoff shooting and era—not just career totals. Feature When Was the 3-Point Line Added? NBA and League Dates Find when the NBA, ABA, NCAA, FIBA and high schools adopted the three-point line, plus the distance changes that affect comparisons of shooting statistics. Feature Most Turnovers in NBA History: Career and Game Records LeBron James owns the NBA career turnover record. Compare regular-season, playoff, combined, single-season and documented single-game highs. Feature Most NBA Games Played: LeBron James Leads with 1,622 LeBron James holds the NBA regular-season record with 1,622 games. See the top 10, the playoff record and what games played measures. Feature Most Points in an NBA Playoff Game: Jordan’s 63 Break down Michael Jordan’s 63-point playoff record, the shots and workload behind it, the closest challengers, and Elgin Baylor’s Finals mark. Feature NBA Single-Game Scoring Record: Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 Points Wilt Chamberlain scored an NBA-record 100 points in 1962. See the shots behind it, the game’s scoring environment and the nearest challengers. Feature FG in Basketball: Meaning, Formula, and Box Score Examples Decode FG, FGM, FGA and FG% in a basketball box score, calculate shooting percentage and see how two-pointers, threes and fouls are recorded. Feature Most Free Throws in an NBA Game: Bam Adebayo’s 36 Bam Adebayo made an NBA-record 36 free throws on 43 attempts in 2026. Compare the regular-season marks with Bob Cousy’s playoff records. Feature High School 3-Point Line Distance: 19 Feet 9 Inches The NFHS high school 3-point line is 19 feet 9 inches from the basket center. See exactly how it is measured and how it compares. Feature Plus-Minus in Basketball: Meaning, Formula and Limits Learn how basketball plus-minus is calculated stint by stint, why +10 in a loss happens, and how raw plus-minus differs from BPM, APM and RAPM estimates. Feature Lowest-Scoring NBA Game: Fort Wayne’s 19–18 Win On Nov. 22, 1950, Fort Wayne beat Minneapolis with 37 combined points; the NBA game summary confirms the score covered all four quarters. Feature NBA Usage Rate vs. Touches: Responsibility vs. Contact USG% covers field-goal attempts, free-throw activity and turnovers, while touches show how often the ball reaches a player—not control duration. Feature NBA Heave Rule: Team vs. Player Field-Goal Attempts A qualifying miss adds a team FGA but no player FGA. The test covers the final 3 seconds of quarters 1–3, at least 36 feet and a backcourt start. Feature NBA 25/5/5 Pace Adjustment: Method & Examples Apply the target-to-source pace ratio to each stat, then test all three unrounded results; worked examples show how qualifying status can change. Feature Median NBA Player Stats: How to Calculate The result depends on season, regular season vs. playoffs, player eligibility, and whether stats use totals, per game, per 36 or per possession. Feature Why Attempt Minimums Change NBA TS% Leaderboards The cutoff filters eligibility rather than recalculating TS%: raising it removes lower-volume players, so the leader and ranks below can shift. Feature How Long Is a High School Basketball Court? The typical court is 84 feet long and 50 feet wide, with 42-foot halves and 4,200 square feet of marked playing surface. Feature Basketball Half Court Dimensions by Level See 47 × 50 ft for NBA/NCAA, 42 × 50 ft for a common high-school layout, and 14 × 15 m for a geometric FIBA half. Feature What Is a Good Free-Throw Percentage? NBA players make about 78% of free throws on average. Elite shooters live above 90%, big men have famously lived below 60 — here's how to calibrate the number.