most shots made when attempting exactly 38 fg in a game

David Thompson has made the most field goals in a game with exactly 38 field-goal attempts, with 28 made against the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

Interpreted as:

most shots made by a player when attempting exactly 38 fg in a regular-season game

	NAME	FGM	FGA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	David Thompson D. Thompson	28	38	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	43	73	7	2	0	1	73.7				17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	27	38	3/10/1963	SFW	@	SYR	48	70	18	3			71.1				16	22	72.7	73.4				2
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	25	38	2/25/1962	PHI	vs	NYK	48	67	21	1			65.8				17	22	77.3	70.3				1
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	25	38	2/25/1961	PHI	@	CIN	48	58	27				65.8				8	18	44.4	63.2				0
5	Purvis Short P. Short	24	38	1/7/1984	GSW	vs	SAS	42	57	15	1	1	0	63.2	2	2	100.0	7	8	87.5	68.6	8	7	3	2
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	23	38	2/3/1961	PHI		CIN	48	52	30	0			60.5				6	11	54.5	60.7				1
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	22	38	2/3/2024	GSW	@	ATL	41	60	6	4	0	1	57.9	10	23	43.5	6	6	100.0	73.8	1	5	2	1	-1
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	22	38	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	39	71	6	6	0	0	57.9	13	22	59.1	14	14	100.0	80.4	1	5	2	0	+21
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22	38	4/16/1987	CHI	vs	ATL	41	61	10	1	4	1	57.9	0	3	0.0	17	21	81.0	64.6	5	5	3	3
10	Rick Barry R. Barry	22	38	10/29/1977	GSW	vs	PHI	43	51	5	5	1	0	57.9				7	8	87.5	61.4	0	5	2	4
11	Dave Bing D. Bing	22	38	2/21/1971	DET	vs	CHI	46	54	7	3			57.9				10	10	100.0	63.7				3
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	22	38	1/2/1966	PHI	vs	NYK	47	50	23	6			57.9				6	11	54.5	58.4				3
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	22	38	3/14/1964	SFW	@	LAL	47	55	14	8			57.9				11	18	61.1	59.9				0
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	22	38	2/23/1961	PHI	vs	DET	48	49	28	1			57.9				5	10	50.0	57.8				2
15	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	22	38	2/25/1959	MIN		CIN		55	12				57.9				11	17	64.7	60.5				3
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	21	38	12/29/2001	WAS	vs	CHA	38	51	7	4	3	0	55.3	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	60.1	2	5	4	3	+24
17	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	21	38	3/10/1978	HOU	vs	WAS	43	46	4	4	2	0	55.3				4	4	100.0	57.8				3
18	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	21	38	3/28/1975	LAL	vs	KCO	44	53	3	2	1		55.3				11	12	91.7	61.2				5
19	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	21	38	3/24/1974	GSW	@	PHX	40	46	2	5	2	1	55.3				4	4	100.0	57.8	1	1		1
20	Dave Bing D. Bing	21	38	3/8/1967	DET	vs	BAL		47	6	5			55.3				5	6	83.3	57.8
21	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	20	38	2/16/1974	ATL	@	PHX	50	44	5	4	4	0	52.6				4	4	100.0	55.3	3	2		3
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	20	38	10/17/1972	MIL	@	POR	46	49	23	1			52.6				9	12	75.0	56.6				1
23	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	20	38	11/13/1963	SFW	@	CIN	48	49	22	3			52.6				9	13	69.2	56.0				3
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	20	38	2/13/1963	SFW	vs	DET	53	51	29	11			52.6				11	20	55.0	54.5				4
25	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	20	38	11/9/1961	PHI	vs	SYR	48	55	29	0			52.6				15	27	55.6	55.1				1