Consistent scorers don’t grow in trees, especially if we talk about volume scorers. Efficiency is one of the most important scorers need to work on, as there’s no good in scoring 30 points but taking 25 shots to do so.
- 5. Paul George
- Shooting Splits (Career): 43.2 / 37.6 / 84.4
- 4. James Harden
- Shooting Splits (Career): 44.3 / 36.4 / 85.4
- 3. LeBron James
- Shooting Splits (Career): 50.4 / 34.4 / 73.9
- 2. Karl-Anthony Towns
- Shooting Splits (Career): 54.3 / 38.7 / 83.6
- 1. Klay Thompson
- Shooting Splits (Career): 45.8 / 42.2 / 85.2
Over the course of history, a handful of players have been able to find consistency, efficiency and volume throughout a full season, entering an elite and exclusive category: the 50-40-90 club.
To enter this club, you must shoot 50+% from the floor, 40+% from three-point land and 90+% from the charity stripe over a full season, and up to this date, just 7 players have been able to accomplish this: Larry Bird, Mark Price, Steve Nash, Reggie Miller, Kevin Durant, Dirk Nowitzki and Stephen Curry and today, we’re going to let you know about the top 5 players that could sometime also join the club.
5. Paul George
Shooting Splits (Career): 43.2 / 37.6 / 84.4
Paul George has never been the most efficient scorer from the floor, although shooting over 40% with that kind of volume isn’t bad at all. Still, he’s vastly improved as a three-point shooter and with his stroke, there’s no reason why he couldn’t shoot over 90% from the line. He just needs to find his sweet spots and not force things in the offensive end.
4. James Harden
Shooting Splits (Career): 44.3 / 36.4 / 85.4
James Harden is going to find it quite difficult to shoot over 50% from the floor, but if anybody has the offensive skill set to do whatever he sets his mind on, that’s the beard. He’s a great shooter from the charity stripe and is the guy that draws the most shooting fouls in the league, so knocking over 90% of his attempts is not going to be an easy task either.
3. LeBron James
Shooting Splits (Career): 50.4 / 34.4 / 73.9
LeBron James has done it all in this league. He’s the most efficient scorer in the league and has managed to shoot over 50% throughout most of his career despite being a forward. So, now that he can take a bit of a back seat and let the young Lakers thrive, he may take his attempts from three down a notch and be a more consistent scorer. Also, he may change his shooting form for the 55th time to finally be consistent from the line.
2. Karl-Anthony Towns
Shooting Splits (Career): 54.3 / 38.7 / 83.6
Finding Karl-Anthony Towns’ name in this list may surprise you, but truth to be told, he was pretty close of joining the 50-40-90 club the prior campaign, as his shooting splits from the past season were 54.5 / 42.1 / 85.8. He’s still pretty young and is only getting better, so there’s absolutely no reason why he might as well be the first big man to ever join this elite club.
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1. Klay Thompson
Shooting Splits (Career): 45.8 / 42.2 / 85.2
The Golden State Warriors could feature 3 members of the 50-40-90 club pretty soon, as Klay Thompson is one of the best pure shooters this league has ever seen. He’s money from the line and arguably the most consistent three-point shooter in the NBA, and with his sweet shooting stroke and streaky scoring, he might as well join this club in no time, as he doesn’t have much improving to do in order to accomplish it.
