What is a good free throw percentage for a basketball forward?
Athlete Quotient's D1 benchmark for a basketball forward is .691. The D2 rung is .545, D3 is .471 and high school varsity is .397. The elite D1 rung is .803.
The free throw percentage ladder for a forward
| Rung | Free Throw % |
|---|---|
| D1 elite | .803 |
| D1 | .691 |
| D1 floor | .619 |
| D2 | .545 |
| D3 | .471 |
| HS varsity | .397 |
Sport-wide, the basketball D1 rung for free throw percentage is .741 - the forward bar sits below it, because the position defines the job.
The number that actually matters
The distance from the high school varsity rung (.397) to the D1 rung (.691) is .294. That gap is the actual answer to "is my number good" - not a yes or a no, but a distance you can train against.
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Common questions
What is a good free throw percentage for a basketball forward?
Athlete Quotient's D1 benchmark for a basketball forward is .691. The D2 rung is .545, D3 is .471 and high school varsity is .397. The elite D1 rung is .803.
What free throw percentage do you need for D2 or D3 basketball?
For a basketball forward, the D2 rung is .545 and the D3 rung is .471. The D1 rung sits at .691, and the same rule applies at every level: the number that matters is your distance to the rung above.
What is a good free throw percentage for a 15 year old?
Athlete Quotient benchmarks by level, not age. A 15 year old on varsity measures against the same high school varsity rung (.397) as a 17 year old, because college coaches recruit against the level an athlete plays at, not the birthday. What changes with age is time - how many training seasons remain to close the gap to the next rung.
How to read this
Each rung is a bar on the Athlete Quotient benchmark ladder - the same tables the scoring engine uses, exported from it rather than retyped, so this page can never quietly disagree with a score. Being under a rung does not close a door; it tells you the size of the gap, which is the only number you can actually train against.
These are Athlete Quotient's own benchmarks. Where a published college figure exists we use it; where none exists, the rung is ours. We would rather say that than claim a source we do not have.