| NBA | -- | ABA | |||||||
| Year | Player, Team | Pct | Year | Player | Team | Pct |
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| 2002-03 | Eddy Curry, Chicago | .585 | top20 | 1975-76 | Bobby Jones | DEN | .581 |
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| 2001-02 | Shaquille O'Neal, LA Lakers | .579 | top20 | 1974-75 | Bobby Jones | DEN | .604 |
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| 2000-01 | Shaquille O'Neal, LA Lakers | .572 | top20 | 1973-74 | Swen Nater | SAS | .552 |
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| 1999-00 | Shaquille O'Neal, LA Lakers | .574 | top20 | 1972-73 | Artis Gilmore | KEN | .559 |
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| 1998-99 | Shaquille O'Neal, LA Lakers | .576 | top20 | 1971-72 | Artis Gilmore | KEN | .598 |
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| 1997-98 | Shaquille O'Neal, LA Lakers | .584 | top20 | 1970-71 | Zelmo Beaty | UTS | .555 |
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| 1996-97 | Charles Outlaw, LA Clippers | .609 | top20 | 1969-70 | Trooper Washington | PIT | .550 |
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| 1995-96 | Gheorghe Muresan, Washington | .584 | top20 | 1968-69 | Bill Mcgill | DEN | .552 |
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| 1994-95 | Chris Gatling, Golden State | .633 | top20 | 1967-68 | Trooper Washington | PIT | .523 |
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| 1993-94 | Oliver Miller, Phoenix | .609 | top20 | ||||||
| 1992-93 | Cedric Ceballos, Phoenix | .576 | top20 | ||||||
| 1991-92 | Buck Williams, Portland | .604 | top20 | ||||||
| 1990-91 | Buck Williams, Portland | .602 | top20 | ||||||
| 1989-90 | Mark West, Phoenix | .625 | top20 | ||||||
| 1988-89 | Dennis Rodman, Detroit | .595 | top20 | ||||||
| 1987-88 | Kevin McHale, Boston | .604 | top20 | ||||||
| 1986-87 | Kevin McHale, Boston | .604 | top20 | ||||||
| 1985-86 | Steve Johnson, San Antonio | .632 | top20 | ||||||
| 1984-85 | James Donaldson, LA Clippers | .637 | top20 | ||||||
| 1983-84 | Artis Gilmore, San Antonio | .631 | top20 | ||||||
| 1982-83 | Artis Gilmore, San Antonio | .626 | top20 | ||||||
| 1981-82 | Artis Gilmore, Chicago | .652 | top20 | ||||||
| 1980-81 | Artis Gilmore, Chicago | .670 | top20 | ||||||
| 1979-80 | Cedric Maxwell, Boston | .609 | top20 | ||||||
| 1978-79 | Cedric Maxwell, Boston | .584 | top20 | ||||||
| 1977-78 | Bobby Jones, Denver | .578 | top20 | ||||||
| 1976-77 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA Lakers | .579 | top20 | ||||||
| 1975-76 | Wes Unseld, Washington | .561 | top20 | ||||||
| 1974-75 | Don Nelson, Boston | .539 | top20 | ||||||
| 1973-74 | Bob McAdoo, Buffalo | .547 | top20 | ||||||
| 1972-73 | Wilt Chamberlain, Los Angeles | .727 | top20 | ||||||
| 1971-72 | Wilt Chamberlain, Los Angeles | .649 | top20 | ||||||
| 1970-71 | Johnny Green, Cincinnati | .587 | top20 | ||||||
| 1969-70 | Johnny Green, Cincinnati | .559 | top20 | ||||||
| 1968-69 | Wilt Chamberlain, Los Angeles | .583 | top20 | ||||||
| 1967-68 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | .595 | top20 | ||||||
| 1966-67 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | .683 | top20 | ||||||
| 1965-66 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | .540 | top20 | ||||||
| 1964-65 | Wilt Chamberlain, SF/Phil | .510 | top20 | ||||||
| 1963-64 | Jerry Lucas, Cincinnati | .527 | top20 | ||||||
| 1962-63 | Wilt Chamberlain, San Francisco | .528 | top20 | ||||||
| 1961-62 | Walt Bellamy, Chicago | .519 | top20 | ||||||
| 1960-61 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | .509 | top20 | ||||||
| 1959-60 | Ken Sears, New York | .477 | top20 | ||||||
| 1958-59 | Ken Sears, New York | .490 | top20 | ||||||
| 1957-58 | Jack Tyman, Cincinnati | .452 | top20 | ||||||
| 1956-57 | Neil Johnson, Philadelphia | .447 | top20 | ||||||
| 1955-56 | Neil Johnson, Philadelphia | .457 | top20 | ||||||
| 1954-55 | Larry Foust, Fort Wayne | .487 | top20 | ||||||
| 1953-54 | Ed Macauley, Boston | .486 | top20 | ||||||
| 1952-53 | Neil Johnson, Philadelphia | .452 | top20 | ||||||
| 1951-52 | Paul Arizin, Philadelphia | .448 | top20 | ||||||
| 1950-51 | Alex Groza, Indianapolis | .470 | top20 | ||||||
| 1949-50 | Alex Groza, Indianapolis | .478 | top20 | ||||||
| 1948-49 | Arnie Risen, Rochester | .423 | top20 | ||||||
| 1947-48 | Bob Feerick, Washington | .340 | top20 | ||||||
| 1946-47 | Bob Feerick, Washington | .401 | top20 |