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Fantasy Basketball Draft Guide 2026: FG% Killers
Last Updated on October 11, 2026 1:41 am by Keston Paul | Published: October 11, 2026
When it comes to field-goal percentage (FG%), it is about the mixture of volume working 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.
Now, what if a player has a green light with a shot diet that lends itself to inefficiency. There might be a line where that crosses into punting territory, but for others, maybe you can “manage” one or two efficiency killers. Go back to the 13-of-25 volume (52.0%) and add a 7-of-17 game. That becomes 20-of-42 (47.%). One high-volume FG% killer swung that percentage a lot, huh?
The is the article layout you can look forward to:
- Biggest Negatives – 12 players in descending order of who negatively impacts your FG% the most.
- Late-Round Killers – You can’t influence percentages as easily at this point in the draft, but there may still be some landmines hanging around at the end of your draft.
- Deep-League Villains – Again, you aren’t likely to find a high-volume options beyond the scope of a typical 12-team draft, but these players can have a negative influence that could impact you on the margins.
The B150 powers the projections mentioned in this article.
Note that I am rounding off to the nearest decimal place.
Biggest Negatives
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: LaMelo Ball
Season Team GP GS MPG
FGM FGA FG%
FTM FTA FT%
3PTM 3PTA 3PT%
PTS REB AST
STL BLK TO 25-26
CHA
72
69
28.0
7.0
17.3
40.7
2.2
2.5
89.9
3.8
10.3
36.8
20.1
4.8
7.1
1.2
0.2
2.8
24-25
CHA
47
47
32.0
8.6
21.3
40.5
4.1
4.9
84.3
3.8
11.2
33.9
25.2
4.9
7.4
1.1
0.3
3.6
Current ADP: 24.9/27.3/26.3 (Yahoo/ESPN/Fantrax)
2026-27 FG% Projection: 42.5% (7.1/16.8)
Ball is generally more of an 8-cat player, but as you can see, he is above the top-100 average FGA and should be significantly below the typical FG%. While you can maybe recover your team’s FG% to a decent baseline with the right picks, you are likely better off ignoring the FG% category (punting) to focus on building a team that accentuates Ball’s strengths in assists, FT% and threes, while also aiming to compete in rebounds and steals as best as possible and you may naturally find some blocks while getting your rebounds too. The one important note with Ball is always injury risk and perhaps a little load management could occur for the Wolves to try to offset that risk.
#2: Trae Young
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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.