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Fantasy Basketball Draft Guide 2026: FG% Boosters
Last Updated on October 11, 2026 1:43 am by Keston Paul | Published: October 11, 2026
When it comes to field-goal percentage (FG%), you are looking to find the right mixture of volume in tandem with the actual percentage. A player shooting 2-of-3 from the field every night isn’t going to be as helpful as someone shooting 12-of-20, because you get more insulation from other poor performances. If another player goes 1-of-5 alongside that 2-of-3, your fantasy team’s field-goal percentage (FG%) becomes 37.5% due to being 3-of-8. Put that 1-of-5 next to the 12-of-20 player and the 13-of-25 shooting works out to 52.0% for your team.
Any player’s field-goal percentage (FG%) is obviously going to be a product of their own overall capabilities; however, unlike FT% where it is just you, the rim and whatever tactics the opposition attempts to distract you with, a player’s field-goal percentage (FG%) can also be influenced by the players they are on the floor with. Better spacing will give a star player more room to operate inside the arc. An elite playmaker will get their teammates layups or wide-open looks from three.
As I said when covering free-throw percentage (FT%), apply the appropriate context to your team building, as you need to account for your positional and statistical needs wisely. Besides draft and roster context, you are not going to be able to acquire all or most of the players on this list because of ADPs, but hopefully you can target a few of them. They are meant to be foundational pieces to help you build a team that excels in field-goal percentage (FG%), but they have to fit within the broader team structure.
The is the article layout you can look forward to:
- Top Influencers – The top-12 players in descending order of who positively impacts your FG% the most.
- Late-Round Boosters – You can’t influence percentages as easily at this point in the draft, but there are a few names who can give you a last-ditch boost.
- Deep-League Heroes – Again, you aren’t likely to find high-volume options beyond the scope of a typical 12-team draft, but these players can have a positive influence by chipping in on the margins.
The B150 powers the projections mentioned in this article.
Note that I am rounding off to the nearest decimal place.
Top Influencers
Let us establish some baselines from 2025-26 data.
Last season, top-100 9-cat players averaged 49.6% from the field and 13.8 field-goal attempts per game.
Top-100 8-cat players averaged 49.0% from the field and 14.3 field-goal attempts per game.
Remember, 8-cat’s removal of turnovers will boost more offensive-centric players up the draft board.
#1: Jalen Duren
Season Team GP GS MPG
FGM FGA FG%
FTM FTA FT%
3PTM 3PTA 3PT%
PTS REB AST
STL BLK TO 25-26
DET
70
70
28.2
7.5
11.5
65.0
4.6
6.1
74.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
19.5
10.5
2.0
0.8
0.8
1.9
24-25
DET
78
77
26.1
4.8
7.0
69.2
2.1
3.1
66.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
11.8
10.3
2.7
0.7
1.1
1.7
Current ADP: 37.5/34.1/43.3 (Yahoo/ESPN/Fantrax)
2026-27 FG% Projection: 65.5% (7.6/11.6)
The FG% influence is actually one of the major reasons for drafting Duren, as his block rate isn’t typically as high as you would hope for a center. The rebounds and scoring out of your center are also a positive, however, while his FT% typically leans toward being manageable, or at the very least better than the average big man. I will say from personal observations that Duren’s FT% can get into the 60s for some periods (a month or two), but he will typically balance it out with FT% shooting in the high 70s for a while. Hopefully that happens during your fantasy playoffs — wink, wink. For me, the ADPs are a little high for what Duren is as a player, but if his playmaking sees an uptick or the blocks get back to over one per game, then the overall stat profile could certainly come together very nicely.
#2: Giannis Antetokounmpo
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Keston majored in Biology and minored in Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies (U.W.I.), St. Augustine. Hailing from Trinidad & Tobago, Kes grew up loving cricket, then football (soccer, not NFL) & never missed a Barça game in the 2010s. Later on, he grew obsessed with basketball/fantasy basketball & unfortunately claims to be a Sixers fan for some reason.