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I used 82games.com's shot selection details to calculate FGA that are jump shots, then compiled a list of all the players in the league by eFG% to figure out who were the best jump shooters.

Notes:
1. Some positions may be debatable. For example, I've listed Dwight Howard as a PF, whereas some sites list him as a C.
2. I have set a limit of at least 100 FGA to qualify the players. It is still quite low, but the results don't have a lot of scrubs.

Top 10 players who love to shoot jump shots (% of FGA that are jump shots):
1. James Jones - Phoenix Suns (95%)
2. Jason Kapono - Miami Heat (94%)
3. Damon Jones - Cleveland Cavaliers (93%)
4. Eddie House - New Jersey Nets (93%)
5. J.J. Redick - Orlando Magic (92%)
6. Sarunas Jasikevicius - Golden State Warriors (91%)
7. Michael Finley - San Antonio Spurs (91%)
8. Kyle Korver - Philadelphia 76ers (90%)
9. Sasha Vujacic - LA Lakers (89%)
10. Mike Bibby - Sacramento Kings (89%)

Top 10 players who have an aversion to shooting jump shots (% of FGA that are jump shots):
1. Josh Boone - New Jersey Nets (9%)
2. Erick Dampier - Dallas Mavericks (10%)
3. Chuck Hayes - Houston Rockets (11%)
4. Andris Biedrins - Golden State Warriors (13%)
5. Kwame Brown - LA Lakers (13%)
6. Kenny Thomas - Sacramento Kings (15%)
7. Alonzo Mourning - Miami Heat (16%)
8. DeSagana Diop - Dallas Mavericks (17%)
9. Dikembe Mutombo - Houston Rockets (17%)
10. Dwight Howard - Orlando Magic (17%)

Top 10 jump shooters in volume (jump shots attempted):
1. Kobe Bryant - LA Lakers (1353)
2. Tracy McGrady - Houston Rockets (1184)
3. Gilbert Arenas - Washington Wizards (1161)
4. Ben Gordon - Chicago Bulls (1137)
5. Dirk Nowitzki - Dallas Mavericks (1086)
6. LeBron James - Cleveland Cavaliers (1070)
7. Vince Carter - New Jersey nets (1055)
8. Mike Bibby - Sacramento Kings (1038)
9. Kevin Garnett - Minnesota Timberwolves (1033)
10. Ray Allen - Seattle Sonics (934)

Top 10 most efficient jump shooters (eFG%):
1. Brent Barry - Ssan Antonio Spurs (0.617)
2. Steve Nash - Phoenix Suns (0.595)
3. Jason Kapono - Miami Heat (0.592)
4. Shane Battier - Houston Rockets (0.574)
5. Luther Head - Houston Rockets (0.568)
6. Walter Herrmann - Charlotte Bobcats (0.564)
7. Jason Terry - Dallas Mavericks (0.559)
8. Bostjan Nachbar - New Jersey Nets (0.553)
9. Mikki Moore - New Jersey Nets (0.547)
10. Leandro Barbosa - Phoenix Suns (0.546)

Top 10 least efficient jump shooters (eFG%):
1. Renaldo Balkman - New York Knicks (0.188)
2. Michael Sweetney - Chicago Bulls (0.194)
3. Tyrus Thomas - Chicago Bulls (0.200)
4. Anderson Varejao - Cleveland Cavaliers (0.203)
5. Alonzo Mourning - Miami Heat (0.221)
6. Lawrence Roberts - Memphis Grizzlies (0.238)
7. Etan Thomas - Washington Wizards (0.238)
8. Kenny Thomas - Sacramento Kings (0.239)
9. Jeff Foster - Indiana Pacers (0.240)
10. Eddy Curry - New York Knicks (0.243)

Top 10 most efficient jump-shooting PGs (eFG%):
1. Steve Nash - Phoenix Suns (0.595)
2. Jason Terry - Dallas Mavericks (0.559)
3. Leandro Barbosa - Phoenix Suns (0.546)
4. Daniel Gibson - Cleveland Cavaliers (0.541)
5. Nate Robinson - New York Knicks (0.514)
6 . Chucky Atkins - Memphis Grizzlies (.511)
7. Kirk Hinrich - Chicago Bulls (0.499)
8. Jason Williams - Miami Heat (0.486)
9. Steve Blake - Denver Nuggets (0.483)
10 . Jose Calderon - Toronto Raptors (0.480)

Top 10 least efficient jump-shooting PGs (eFG%):
1. Eric Snow - Cleveland Cavaliers (0.297)
2. Rajon Rondo - Boston Celtics (0.327)
3. Speedy Claxton - Atlanta Hawks (0.330)
4. Marcus Banks - Phoenix Suns (0.335)
5. Dan Dickau - Portland Blazers (0.364)
6. Sebastian Telfair - Boston Celtics (0.365)
7. Antonio Daniels - Washington Wizards (0.368)
8. Gary Payton - Miami Heat (0.380)
9. Beno Udrih - Ssan Antonio Spurs (0.384)
10. Baron Davis - Golden State Warriors (0.391)

Top 10 most efficient jump-shooting SGs (eFG%):
1. Luther Head - Houston Rockets (0.568)
2. Anthony Parker - Toronto Raptors (0.541)
3. Raja Bell - Phoenix Suns (0.531)
4. J.R. Smith - Denver Nuggets (0.530)
5. Matt Carroll - Charlotte Bobcats (0.525)
6. Gordan Giricek - Utah Jazz (0.517)
7. Eddie House - New Jersey Nets (0.515)
8. Ben Gordon - Chicago Bulls (0.514)
9. Kyle Korver - Philadelphia 76ers (0.504)
10. Mickael Pietrus - Golden State Warriors (0.500)

Top 10 least efficient jump-shooting SGs (eFG%):
1. Ronnie Brewer - Utah Jazz (0.277)
2. Desmond Mason - NO Hornets (0.288)
3. Bonzi Wells - Houston Rockets (0.297)
4. Fred Jones - Portland Blazers (0.350)
5. Tony Allen - Boston Celtics (0.362)
6. Rashad McCants - Minnesota Timberwolves (0.366)
7. Monta Ellis - Golden State Warriors (0.367)
8. Dorell Wright - Miami Heat (0.374)
9. Hassan Adams - New Jersey Nets (0.375)
10. Corey Maggette - LA Clippers (0.379)

Top 10 most efficient jump-shooting SFs (eFG%):
1. Jason Kapono - Miami Heat (0.592)
2. Shane Battier - Houston Rockets (0.574)
3. Bostjan Nachbar - New Jersey Nets (0.553)
4. Andres Nocioni - Chicago Bulls (0.535)
5. Mike Miller - Memphis Grizzlies (0.532)
6. Rashard Lewis - Seattle Sonics (0.516)
7. Morris Peterson - Toronto Raptors (0.513)
8. Ime Udoka - Portland Blazers (0.510)
9. James Posey - Miami Heat (0.508)
10. Eddie Jones - Miami Heat (0.507)

Top 10 least efficient jump-shooting SFs (eFG%):
1. Renaldo Balkman - New York Knicks (0.188)
2. Jared Jeffries - New York Knicks (0.269)
3. Andrei Kirilenko - Utah Jazz (0.299)
4. DerMarr Johnson - Denver Nuggets (0.300)
5. Trevor Ariza - Orlando Magic (0.315)
6. Josh Smith - Atlanta Hawks (0.316)
7. Alexander Johnson - Memphis Grizzlies (0.328)
8. Corliss Williamson - Sacramento Kings (0.351)
9. Andre Iguodala - Philadelphis 76ers (0.371)
10. Carmelo Anthony - Denver Nuggets (0.378)

Top 10 most efficient jump-shooting PFs (eFG%):
1. Mikki Moore - New Jersey Nets (0.547)
2. Brian Cook - LA Lakers (0.515)
3. Dirk Nowitzki - Dallas Mavericks (0.513)
4. Matt Bonner - San Antonio Spurs (0.492)
5. Troy Murphy - Indiana Pacers (0.488)
6. Donyell Marshall - Cleveland Cavaliers (0.482)
7. Elton Brand - LA Clippers (0.470)
8. Sean May - Charlotte Bobcats (0.464)
9. Rasheed Wallace - Detroit Pistons (0.459)
10. Antonio McDyess - Detroit Pistons (0.457)

Top 10 least efficient jump-shooting PFs (eFG%):
1. Michael Sweetney - Chicago Bulls (0.194)
2. Tyrus Thomas - Chicago Bulls (0.200)
3. Anderson Varejao - Cleveland Cavaliers (0.203)
4. Lawrence Roberts - Memphis Grizzliers (0.238)
5. Kenny Thomas - Sacramento Kings (0.239)
6. Andray Blatche - Washington Wizards (0.265)
7. Nenê - Denver Nuggets (0.274)
8. Dwight Howard - Orlando Magic (0.280)
9. Cedric Simmons - NO Hornets (0.284)
10. Nick Collison - Seattle Sonics (0.285)

Top 10 most efficient jump-shooting Cs (eFG%):
1. Mehmet Okur - Utah Jazz (0.513)
2. Andrea Bargnani - Toronto Raptors (0.486)
3. Pau Gasol - Memphis Grizzlies (0.453)
4. Mark Blount - Minnesota Timberwolves (0.450)
5. Johan Petro - Seattle Sonics (0.450)
6. Nenad Krstic - New Jersey Nets (0.443)
7. Yao Ming - Houston Rockets (0.440)
8. Michael Doleac - Miami Heat (0.433)
9. Samuel Dalembert - Philadephia 76ers (0.429)
10. Nazr Mohammed - Detroit Pistons (0.424)

Top 10 least efficient jump-shooting Cs (eFG%):
1. Alonzo Mourning - Miami Heat (0.221)
2. Etan Thomas - Washington Wizards (0.238)
3. Jeff Foster - Indiana Pacers (0.240)
4. Eddy Curry - New York Knicks (0.243)
5. Darko Milicic - Orlando Magic (0.256)
6. Jason Collins - New Jersey Nets (0.257)
7. Chris Kaman - LA Clippers (0.261)
8. Brendan Haywood - Washington Wizards (0.266)
9. DeSagana Diop - Dallas Mavericks (0.269)
10. Kendrick Perkins - Boston Celtics (0.279)

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This list should have to undergo the laugh test; what's Mikki Moore doing on the list of "most efficient jump-shooting big men" when he took 138 shots past 15 feet all year (and 368 from 15 feet and in)?

Also, I'd love to know (once and for all) how 82games.com actually defines what a "jumper" really is, what their "close" shots are, etc.