6. Damjan Rudez – 40.6% in 68 games
Is Damjan Rudez a name that you are familiar with? He only played 68 games for the Blue and Gold during his one season in Indiana and he only played three seasons and 146 games in his entire NBA career.
A Croatia small forward, there was hope at the time that Damjan’s game that had worked well in Europe was translate well to the NBA. And at first, it looked like it may be a great bet by the Pacers as Rudez led all rookies in three point shooting during his first year at over 40%. However, he wouldn’t reach that mark again in his next two seasons and ultimate was back playing in europe after his third year in the league.
While Rudez isn’t a name you commonly think of when you think of shooters, he did have one season where it looked like he couldn’t miss, it was the only season he was in a Pacers jersey, and thus he lands on this list of greatest sharpshooters by percentage.