Field goal percentage

Definition

Field goals made divided by attempted.

Known at

After final Known only after the game. Use it in a backward window, never as a same-game input.

Role

measure A stat the league or a provider recorded.

Dataset

Player game stats One row: player_id, game_id · also in Team game stats

Type

percent (fraction) · player · per game

Status

Available

Sports (1)

Basketball

Formula

fg_made / fg_attempted

Inputs (2)

fg_made, fg_attempted

Also called

fg pct, fg%, shooting percentage

Use in

Formula bar, Stats grids, API, MCP, Ask Kelly

How to read it

Formula bar

=fg_pct on a grid of player rows

API and MCP

POST /v1/stats:find · MCP find_stats · definitions from GET /v1/metrics (describe_metrics)

Look it up

GET /v1/attribute-catalogue?q=fg_pct · MCP search_attributes

More in Player game stats (206)

• assist_to_turnover Assist-to-turnover ratio
• assists Assists
• blocks Blocks
• defensive_rebounds Defensive rebounds
• effective_fg_pct Effective field goal percentage
• fg3_attempted Three-pointers attempted
• fg3_made Three-pointers made
• fg3_pct Three-point percentage
• fg_attempted Field goals attempted
• fg_made Field goals made
• fouls Personal fouls
• ft_attempted Free throws attempted
• ft_made Free throws made
• ft_pct Free throw percentage
• minutes Minutes
• offensive_rebounds Offensive rebounds
• plus_minus Plus-minus
• points Points
• rebounds Rebounds
• steals Steals
• true_shooting_pct True shooting percentage
• turnovers Turnovers

All (206) fields in Player game stats