Four-time NBA All-Star Devin Booker is one of the best shooting guards in the NBA. Barring his rookie season, Booker has averaged over 20 points per game every season since his sophomore season in 2016-17. He is an elite scorer at all three levels. Booker was picked 13th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2015 Draft.
It is because of Booker’s consistency that the Suns have established themselves as Western Conference heavyweights in recent seasons. Unlucky to miss out on winning the NBA championship in 2021, as the Suns fell in six games to the Giannis Antetokounmpo-led Milwaukee Bucks, Booker has been hungry to get back to the Finals and finish the job. The 2023-24 season was an interesting season for the Suns, as besides Booker improving his game each year, they also added superstar Kevin Durant to their roster late last season. Additionally, they also signed Bradley Beal this offseason in an attempt to make a deep postseason run in 2024. The Phoenix Suns made it to the playoffs in the 2023-24 season, but the team failed to pass the first round in the playoff against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Devin Booker Career 3s
As of November 20, 2020, Devin Booker has made 1,280 3-point field goals in his career in the regular season. That is an average of about 128 per year. Additionally, in the playoffs, Booker has made 110 shots from deep as of 2024. Devin Booker’s career 3-point percentage currently stands at .357 or 35.7% as of November 2024. That is quite a good percentage as it is generally considered that any player shooting 35% or above is a good shooter from downtown.
Throughout his career, the Michigan native has always been around the range of 32% to 38% from beyond the arc with his lowest percentage coming in the 2018-19 season when he shot .326 from beyond the arc, whereas his best showing has been .383 in the 2017-18 and the 2021-22 seasons.
Devin Booker Other Shooting Stats
Besides the 3-point shot, other important shooting stats for basketball players are their field goal percentages and free throw percentages. As far as field goal percentage is concerned, a good shooting guard should be averaging somewhere near the mid 40’s. Anything above that is quite excellent, while below that is considered not so good. Booker has a career average of 46.1 which we can say is slightly above the average for shooting guards.
On the other hand, when it comes to free throw percentage, NBA players shooting below 70% are considered poor shooters, between 70% to 85% are mostly considered in the good category while anything above 85% is an elite category. Booker’s career free throw percentage of .87 places him in the elite category of free throw shooting.
FAQs
A. Devin Booker has only played for the Phoenix Suns since being drafted by them in 2015.
A. Devin Booker was drafted in the 2015 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns as the 13th overall pick.
A. Devin Booker is a shooting guard for the Phoenix Suns.
A. No, Devin Booker has not yet won an NBA Championship. His best chance came in the 2021 NBA playoffs as the Suns reached the Finals but lost to the Bucks in 6 games.
A. Devin Booker is 28 years old as of November 2024. He was born on October 30, 1996.
