Long Range Bombers, Average Distance of Shots

With the data about distance of all shots in the last 3 years [including playoffs] available on InfiniteDemand.com I couldn’t resist from writing a post full of tables with information about
Players who had The Highest Average Distance of Shots Attempted. For more fun I also added the opposite list: Players who were Living in the Paint [minimum 500 shots attempted].
BTW, Joel Przybilla had an amazing average distance of 1,14 feet but he had only 417 FGA.

Player	FGA	Average Distance	–	Player	FGA	Average Distance
Steve Novak	569	23,36	–	DeAndre Jordan	717	1,71
James Jones	696	22,80	–	Erick Dampier	625	2,12
Eddie House	1429	21,32	–	Andris Biedrins	936	2,54
Daequan Cook	1177	21,26	–	Greg Oden	524	2,59
DeShawn Stevenson	809	20,57	–	Tyson Chandler	1001	2,66
Sasha Vujacic	1271	20,31	–	Ben Wallace	609	2,75
Mike Bibby	2505	20,28	–	Greg Monroe	549	3,10
Roger Mason	1457	20,03	–	Brendan Haywood	816	3,11
Steve Blake	1541	19,99	–	Chuck Hayes	923	3,12
Kyle Korver	1601	19,90	–	Shaquille O’Neal	1597	3,19
Jason Kidd	2173	19,74	–	Louis Amundson	745	3,38
Raja Bell	1212	19,39	–	Joakim Noah	1522	3,40
Jason Kapono	933	19,34	–	Leon Powe	525	3,55
Channing Frye	1931	19,30	–	DeJuan Blair	1131	3,62
Jason Williams	530	19,24	–	Chris Andersen	762	3,90
Peja Stojakovic	1803	19,12	–	Emeka Okafor	1982	3,93
Rudy Fernandez	1708	19,07	–	Kwame Brown	676	3,94
James Posey	1148	18,97	–	Dwight Howard	3344	3,97
Keith Bogans	1006	18,88	–	Kendrick Perkins	1416	4,06
J.J. Redick	1494	18,83	–	Andrew Bynum	1978	4,06
Michael Finley	927	18,69	–	JaVale McGee	1298	4,18
Bobby Simmons	561	18,58	–	Craig Smith	1098	4,19
Mickael Pietrus	1579	18,52	–	Andrew Bogut	1965	4,36
Daniel Gibson	1502	18,47	–	Chris Wilcox	812	4,46
Wesley Johnson	682	18,46	–	Nene	2278	4,77

OK, that’s not exactly a discovery that three-point shooters and big guys without any range would be on opposite sides of that list but IMHO it’s still great trivia stuff that Steve Novak and DeAndre Jordan are the best at something ;-)

And just for comparison sake here’s the list of players with simply the most shots attempted in that period.

Player	FGA	Average Distance	–	Player	FGA	Average Distance
Kobe Bryant	6123	14,18	–	Amare Stoudemire	3790	7,94
LeBron James	5513	13,17	–	Paul Pierce	3774	13,83
Dwyane Wade	5268	11,49	–	Chris Bosh	3768	10,27
Kevin Durant	5064	14,03	–	Jason Terry	3763	16,61
Dirk Nowitzki	4963	13,79	–	Danny Granger	3762	15,37
Derrick Rose	4799	11,70	–	Pau Gasol	3702	6,72
Carmelo Anthony	4758	11,73	–	David West	3636	9,83
Joe Johnson	4532	14,07	–	Zach Randolph	3620	8,08
LaMarcus Aldridge	4136	10,48	–	Ray Allen	3609	16,53
Russell Westbrook	4079	9,70	–	Stephen Jackson	3542	14,16

Westbrook got a lot of criticism for his shot selection but at least he knows his place on the court…
plus it’s just another argument that Kobe became jump-shooter and Durant needs to get stronger.

As a bonus and a follow-up to my previous post about buzzer-beaters from deep I’d like to mention some players who stand out for different reasons…

The Most Shots Attempted Over 30 Feet in the Last 3 Years:

Player	FGA	%	Makes	Avg Distance for Makes	Misses	Avg Distance for Misses
J.R. Smith	70	8,57	6	31,67	64	43,14
LeBron James	67	16,42	11	35,36	56	41,59
Derrick Rose	55	1,82	1	40,00	54	48,94
Aaron Brooks	53	9,43	5	31,00	48	47,15
Jamal Crawford	46	8,70	4	39,50	42	42,88
Joe Johnson	43	18,60	8	31,38	35	39,80
Andre Iguodala	40	10,00	4	34,75	36	46,89
Raymond Felton	40	7,50	3	44,33	37	45,00
Dwyane Wade	39	10,26	4	33,75	35	47,49
Caron Butler	38	7,89	3	32,67	35	44,91
Kobe Bryant	38	13,16	5	32,20	33	42,00
Ronald Murray	36	11,11	4	32,75	32	47,75
Andre Miller	35	0,00	0	–	35	50,89
Jason Terry	35	2,86	1	32,00	34	39,59
Kyle Lowry	34	14,71	5	30,60	29	43,55
Devin Harris	32	3,13	1	43,00	31	41,32
Shannon Brown	32	6,25	2	49,50	30	48,57
Beno Udrih	31	3,23	1	31,00	30	46,83
Steve Blake	31	3,23	1	40,00	30	55,27
Monta Ellis	30	6,67	2	38,50	28	45,82
Stephen Jackson	30	0,00	0	–	30	43,57

The Best Efficiency for Shots Over 30 Feet [minimum 10 FGA]:

Player	FGA	%	Makes	Avg Distance for Makes	Misses	Avg Distance for Misses
Marco Belinelli	17	29,41	5	41,00	12	59,58
Darren Collison	11	27,27	3	32,67	8	46,25
Terrence Williams	11	27,27	3	46,67	8	46,88
Vince Carter	29	24,14	7	32,57	22	46,68
Ron Artest	13	23,08	3	35,00	10	52,00
Jameer Nelson	24	20,83	5	34,60	19	39,21
Leandro Barbosa	25	20,00	5	35,20	20	43,80
Carlos Delfino	10	20,00	2	30,50	8	41,00
Tracy McGrady	10	20,00	2	30,00	8	44,13
Joe Johnson	43	18,60	8	31,38	35	39,80
Al Harrington	11	18,18	2	40,00	9	43,33
Jordan Farmar	11	18,18	2	31,00	9	43,33
Stephen Curry	28	17,86	5	30,40	23	42,87
LeBron James	67	16,42	11	35,36	56	41,59
Jason Richardson	25	16,00	4	30,00	21	39,48

The Highest Average Distance for All Shots Missed Over 30 Feet [minimum 10 FGA]:

Player	FGA	%	Makes	Avg FGM	Misses	Avg
Kevin Love	16	0,00	0	–	16	66,44
Dwight Howard	14	0,00	0	–	14	63,43
Marco Belinelli	17	29,41	5	41,00	12	59,58
LaMarcus Aldridge	18	11,11	2	33,50	16	56,63
Martell Webster	11	0,00	0	–	11	56,09
Steve Blake	31	3,23	1	40,00	30	55,27
Ron Artest	13	23,08	3	35,00	10	52,00
Mario Chalmers	29	6,90	2	38,00	27	51,93
Manu Ginobili	14	7,14	1	49,00	13	51,85
DeMar DeRozan	13	7,69	1	35,00	12	51,75
Andre Miller	35	0,00	0	–	35	50,89
Will Bynum	15	0,00	0	–	15	50,47
Matt Barnes	14	14,29	2	34,50	12	50,33
Lamar Odom	22	0,00	0	–	22	50,23
Anthony Carter	12	0,00	0	–	12	50,17

How fun was it? ;-)
Or am I the only one who finds that entertaining?