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Type of basket score in basketball
In
basketball
, a
field goal
is a basket scored on any
shot
or tap other than a
free throw
, worth two or
three points
depending on the location of the attempt on the basket. Uncommonly, a field goal can be worth other values such as one point in
FIBA
3x3 basketball
competitions or
four points
in the
BIG3
basketball league. "Field goal" is the official terminology used by the
National Basketball Association
(NBA) in their rule book, in their box scores and statistics, and in referees' rulings. The same term is also the official wording used by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) and
high school basketball
.
One type of field goal is called a
slam dunk
. This occurs when a player jumps near the basket with possession of the ball, throwing the ball down through the basket while airborne.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
holds the NBA record for field goals made in a career with 15,837.
Wilt Chamberlain
, one of the most prolific scorers of all time, holds the top four spots for most field goals made in a season and has the second-highest
field goal percentage
for a season (72.7%). The highest field goal percentage for a single season was set by New York Knicks center
Mitchell Robinson
with 74.2% in the abbreviated 2019?20 season. One of the greatest field-goal shooters of all time is
Michael Jordan
, who led the NBA in field goals made ten times.
Shaquille O'Neal
has the record for most seasons (10) with the best field goal percentage, and
Artis Gilmore
has the record for highest career field goal percentage (59.9%).
[1]
Steve Nash
holds the record for
50?40?90
seasons, a mark of all-around shooting for two-point field goals, three-point field goals, and free throws. Nash recorded four of the eleven 50?40?90 seasons in NBA history.
[2]
Baron Davis
holds the NBA record for the
longest successful field goal
with an 89-foot shot on February 17, 2001.
[3]
[4]
[5]
Diana Taurasi
has the record for the greatest number of field goals in a
WNBA
season. In 2006, she attempted 660 field goals and achieved 298 of them having the
Guinness World Record
for both items. She played for the
Phoenix Mercury
team.
[6]
See also
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edit
]
Sources
[
edit
]
- ^
"NBA.com: Regular Season Records: Field Goals"
.
NBA.com
. Archived from
the original
on 2013-07-24
. Retrieved
2008-02-27
.
- ^
"Steve Nash career statistics"
. Basketball Reference
. Retrieved
May 20,
2010
.
- ^
Steele, Ben (April 9, 2018).
"Bucks' Joe Prunty recalls top Bradley Center memory"
.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
. Retrieved
May 21,
2022
.
- ^
"Carmax Pregame report: Clippers vs. Bucks"
.
NBA.com
. January 17, 2009. Archived from
the original
on January 10, 2016
. Retrieved
January 14,
2016
.
Clippers guard Baron Davis is credited with making the longest shot in NBA history at The Bradley Center on Feb. 17, 2001 when he buried an 89-foot shot with 0.7 seconds remaining in the third quarter.
- ^
SB Nation (2017-01-25),
Baron Davis From 89 Feet | Pretty Good, Episode 11
, retrieved
2019-03-21
- ^
"Diana Taurasi field goal world records"
.
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
.
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