Basketball Shooting Percentage Calculator

Basketball Shooting Percentages measure a player’s efficiency from different areas of the court. Multiple statistics work together to give a complete picture.

Field Goal Percentage (FG%): FG% = (Field Goals Made / Field Goals Attempted) × 100

This counts all shots from the field (two-pointers and three-pointers combined). A good FG% in the NBA is above 45%. Elite shooters reach 50%+.

Three-Point Percentage (3P%): 3P% = (Three-Pointers Made / Three-Pointers Attempted) × 100

Measures accuracy specifically from beyond the three-point arc. The NBA three-point line is 23 feet 9 inches (7.24 meters) from the basket. A good 3P% is above 35%. Elite shooters like Stephen Curry have career averages around 43%.

Free Throw Percentage (FT%): FT% = (Free Throws Made / Free Throws Attempted) × 100

Free throws are uncontested shots from the free throw line, 15 feet (4.57 meters) from the basket. A good FT% is above 75%. Elite free throw shooters exceed 90%.

True Shooting Percentage (TS%): TS% = Points / (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)) × 100

This is the most comprehensive shooting efficiency metric. It accounts for the different values of two-point shots, three-point shots, and free throws. The 0.44 multiplier for free throw attempts accounts for and-ones, technical free throws, and three-shot fouls. A good TS% in the NBA is above 55%. Elite efficiency is 60%+.

Points from shooting: Points = (2PT Made × 2) + (3PT Made × 3) + (FT Made × 1)

Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%): eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) / FGA × 100 This adjusts FG% to account for the extra value of three-pointers.

Worked example:

A guard finishes a game 8 for 15 inside the arc, 3 for 8 from three, and 5 for 6 at the line.

• Points = (8 × 2) + (3 × 3) + 5 = 16 + 9 + 5 = 30
• FG% = (8 + 3) ÷ (15 + 8) = 11 ÷ 23 = 47.8%
• eFG% = (11 + 0.5 × 3) ÷ 23 = 12.5 ÷ 23 = 54.3%
• TS% = 30 ÷ (2 × (23 + 0.44 × 6)) = 30 ÷ 51.28 = 58.5%

Notice how far apart those three numbers sit for the same game. Raw FG% says a slightly below-average night, eFG% credits the three-pointers, and TS% adds the free throws and lands at genuinely good efficiency. When someone quotes a shooting percentage without saying which one, this is the gap they are hiding in.

Why the 0.44 and not 0.5?

If every trip to the line were two shots you would divide by two. But some free throws come in threes, some are single and-ones after a made basket, and technical free throws belong to nobody’s possession. Averaged across a season those cases pull the figure down to about 0.44 free throw attempts per possession used. Basketball Reference and the NBA both use 0.44, so any TS% you see quoted anywhere is computed this way.

One caution about small samples. A single game of 2 for 3 from three is 66.7%, which is Stephen Curry doubled. Percentages only start meaning something around 50 attempts, and three-point percentage needs more like 200 before it stops swinging.