LeBron James made historical past within the Lakers’ season opener. He not solely grew to become the primary NBA participant to compete alongside his son but additionally surpassed Kobe Bryant for essentially the most missed photographs in NBA historical past, a file Bryant had held since 2014.
Make no mistake, although… Regardless of this file, LeBron has been a extremely environment friendly scorer within the NBA, capturing higher than 50 p.c in 13 totally different seasons. In the meantime, Bryant by no means exceeded 47 p.c – although Kobe performed throughout an period of harder protection.
For the rating of most missed photographs ever, examine under.
Harry How/Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 50.6 p.c
Finest capturing season: 56.7 p.c (2014)
Worst capturing season: 41.7 p.c (2004)
All-time scoring rank: No. 1
Joe Murphy/NBAE by way of Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 44.7 p.c
Finest capturing season: 46.9 p.c (2002)
Worst capturing season: 35.8 p.c (2016)
All-time scoring rank: No. 4
Manny Rubio-USA TODAY Sports activities
Profession FG%: 43.9 p.c
Finest capturing season: 46.4 p.c (1970)
Worst capturing season: 39.9 p.c (1966)
All-time scoring rank: No. 18
Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Community.
Profession FG%: 45.2 p.c
Finest capturing season: 50.1 p.c (1977)
Worst capturing season: 40.6 p.c (1984)
All-time scoring rank: No. 12
CARLO ALLEGRI/AFP by way of Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 51.6 p.c
Finest capturing season: 56.2 p.c (1990)
Worst capturing season: 45.4 p.c (2002)
All-time scoring rank: No. 3
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports activities
Profession FG%: 47.1 p.c
Finest capturing season: 51.7 p.c (2011)
Worst capturing season: 35.9 p.c (2019)
All-time scoring rank: No. 6
Invoice Streicher-USA TODAY Sports activities
Profession FG%: 44.7 p.c
Finest capturing season: 49.2 p.c (2008)
Worst capturing season: 40.4 p.c (2018)
All-time scoring rank: No. 10
Rick Stewart/Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 55.9 p.c
Finest capturing season: 60.4 p.c (1980)
Worst capturing season: 47.5 p.c (1989)
All-time scoring rank: No. 2
STEVEN R. SCHAEFER/AFP by way of Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 49.7 p.c
Finest capturing season: 53.9 p.c (1991)
Worst capturing season: 41.1 p.c (1995)
All-time scoring rank: No. 5
Matthew Stockman/Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 43.5 p.c
Finest capturing season: 46.7 p.c (2003)
Worst capturing season: 33.3 p.c (2015)
All-time scoring rank: No. 21
Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE by way of Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 46.1 p.c
Finest capturing season: 49.3 p.c (1983)
Worst capturing season: 37.9 p.c (1999)
All-time scoring rank: No. 15
Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Photos
Profession FG%: 43.8 p.c
Finest capturing season: 47.2 p.c (2020)
Worst capturing season: 39.8 p.c (2009)
All-time scoring rank: No. 24
Manny Rubio-USA TODAY Sports activities
Profession FG%: 43.1 p.c
Finest capturing season: 48.6 p.c (1970)
Worst capturing season: 40.1 p.c (1965)
All-time scoring rank: No. 35
TOM MIHALEK/AFP by way of Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 42.5 p.c
Finest capturing season: 49.7 p.c (2010)
Worst capturing season: 38.7 p.c (2004)
All-time scoring rank: No. 28
Darryl Norenberg-USA TODAY Sports activities
Profession FG%: 54.0 p.c
Finest capturing season: 72.7 p.c (1973)
Worst capturing season: 46.1 p.c (1960)
All-time scoring rank: No. 7
David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports activities
Profession FG%: 44.5 p.c
Finest capturing season: 49.7 p.c (2011)
Worst capturing season: 36.3 p.c (2016)
All-time scoring rank: No. 17
CRAIG LASSIG/AFP by way of Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 49.7 p.c
Finest capturing season: 53.9 p.c (2008)
Worst capturing season: 44.1 p.c (2014)
All-time scoring rank: No. 19
Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 45.2 p.c
Finest capturing season: 49.1 p.c (2011)
Worst capturing season: 42.8 p.c (1998)
All-time scoring rank: No. 27
Rick Stewart/Allsport/Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 50.7 p.c
Finest capturing season: 55.1 p.c (1982)
Worst capturing season: 43.9 p.c (1991)
All-time scoring rank: No. 22
Give attention to Sport/Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 45.2 p.c
Finest capturing season: 47.8 p.c (1968)
Worst capturing season: 39.2 p.c (1973)
All-time scoring rank: No. 41
Telegram & Gazette-USA TODAY NETWORK
Profession FG%: 37.5 p.c
Finest capturing season: 39.7 p.c (1955)
Worst capturing season: 33.3 p.c (1970)
All-time scoring rank: No. 104
NBA Images/NBAE by way of Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 43.6 p.c
Finest capturing season: 46.3 p.c (1964)
Worst capturing season: 40.7 p.c (1955)
All-time scoring rank: No. 36
Allsport /Allsport
Profession FG%: 51.2 p.c
Finest capturing season: 53.8 p.c (1985)
Worst capturing season: 45.8 p.c (2000)
All-time scoring rank: No. 13
Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Community.
Profession FG%: 48.5 p.c
Finest capturing season: 51.8 p.c (1963)
Worst capturing season: 43.8 p.c (1974)
All-time scoring rank: No. 14
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports activities
Profession FG%: 50.6 p.c
Finest capturing season: 54.9 p.c (1998)
Worst capturing season: 48.4 p.c (2006)
All-time scoring rank: No. 16
Darryl Norenberg-USA TODAY Sports activities
Profession FG%: 47.4 p.c
Finest capturing season: 51.4 p.c (1968)
Worst capturing season: 41.9 p.c (1961)
All-time scoring rank: No. 25
MPS-USA TODAY Sports activities
Profession FG%: 46.6 p.c
Finest capturing season: 50.9 p.c (1995)
Worst capturing season: 39.3 p.c (2007)
All-time scoring rank: No. 39
Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports activities
Profession FG%: 50.1 p.c
Finest capturing season: 56.5 p.c (2023)
Worst capturing season: 43.0 p.c (2008)
All-time scoring rank: No. 8
Maddie Meyer/Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 44.1 p.c
Finest capturing season: 100.0 p.c (2022)
Worst capturing season: 39.7 p.c (2003)
All-time scoring rank: No. 49
Give attention to Sport/Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 49.1 p.c
Finest capturing season: 54.0 p.c (1979)
Worst capturing season: 31.0 p.c (1993)
All-time scoring rank: No. 11
Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports activities
Profession FG%: 41.0 p.c
Finest capturing season: 50.0 p.c (2020)
Worst capturing season: 35.2 p.c (2001)
All-time scoring rank: No. 59
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports activities
Profession FG%: 44.1 p.c
Finest capturing season: 49.1 p.c (2012)
Worst capturing season: 40.3 p.c (2010)
All-time scoring rank: No. 20
Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Photos
Profession FG%: 46.9 p.c
Finest capturing season: 53.1 p.c (2020)
Worst capturing season: 41.3 p.c (2015)
All-time scoring rank: No. 31
NBA Photograph Library/NBAE by way of Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 38.0 p.c
Finest capturing season: 40.1 p.c (1960)
Worst capturing season: 30.8 p.c (1964)
All-time scoring rank: No. 73
Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE by way of Getty Photos
Profession FG%: 50.4 p.c
Finest capturing season: 56.7 p.c (1989)
Worst capturing season: 43.0 p.c (2001)
All-time scoring rank: No. 26
