True shootingcalculator.
The shooting percentage that counts threes and free throws at their real value. It is the least misleading efficiency number in basketball, and it computes from an ordinary stat sheet.
Result
Enter at least one shot attempt to get a result.
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What the calculator asks for
The inputs are the columns of our stat sheet, one for one. If you use it, you copy across without converting anything.
| Input | Where to find it |
|---|---|
| Free throws made | FT + column |
| Free throws missed | FT – column |
| Two-point field goals made | 2PT + column |
| Two-point field goals missed | 2PT – column |
| Three-pointers made | 3PT + column |
| Three-pointers missed | 3PT – column |
The formula
TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA))
A raw field goal percentage treats a three the same as a two and ignores free throws completely. True shooting fixes both: it divides the points a player actually scored by the number of shooting possessions they used, whatever kind of shot those were.
The standard advanced-statistics formula, as defined by Basketball-Reference and used by the NBA.
A worked example
Same fictional wing: 16 points on 15 field goal attempts (11 twos, 4 threes) and 4 free throw attempts.
- Estimated shooting possessions: 15 + (0.44 × 4) = 16.76
- Denominator: 2 × 16.76 = 33.52
- TS%: 16 ÷ 33.52 = 47.7%
TS%: 47.7%. Their raw field goal percentage was 40.0% — true shooting reads higher because it credits the three and the free throws.
What a good true shooting looks like
Professional benchmarks do not apply. 58% is a good NBA season. In amateur basketball, where shots are harder to create and percentages run lower at every level, the scale shifts down.
| TS% over an amateur season | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Below 40% | Shot volume is costing the team. Worth a conversation with the player, not against them. |
| 40 to 48% | The most common band in rec and travel basketball. |
| 49 to 55% | Good shooting, or smart shot selection. |
| Above 55% | Excellent — or a post player who only attempts at the rim. |
What true shooting does not tell you
The 0.44 coefficient is an estimate, not a measurement. Not every free throw ends a possession: an and-one extends the play, the first of two does not count. 0.44 is the average observed across large professional samples; over one youth game it is approximate.
It says nothing about shot difficulty. A post player who only finishes at the rim will always out-shoot a guard who creates their own look. Those are different jobs.
It says nothing about volume. 60% on three shots and 60% on fifteen are not the same performance, and the formula cannot tell them apart.
Over a single game it is extremely noisy. Two threes either way move it ten points. It only becomes readable across a dozen games or so.
Twelve players, fifteen fields
One player, one game,then do it again.
You just copied a line of numbers by hand to get one figure. There are twelve players on the roster and a game every week. PlayerTrackr logs it once, during the game, and keeps these numbers current on its own — for every player, from one game to the next.
