For the Top 100 Project, I created a cheat sheet of all the league averages for TS%, FGA/36, FGA/75, etc. and noticed that FGA/75 basically hovers within 0.3 points from 13.1 FGA/75 from 1973-2023. I have then decided instead of using strict FGA/36 for those that played from 1946-1973, that I would use a factor (average FGA/75 from 1973-2023 / FGA/36) to estimate a pace change and be able to compare across eras.
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Year TS% FGA/36 AST/36 FGA/36 to FGA/75 factor
1946-47 0.326 13.98 2.070090634 0.939177788
1947-48 0.337 14.396875 2.10703125 0.911983015
1948-49 0.39 13.3 5.575833333 0.9871959
1949-50 0.41 12.46363636 5.88368984 1.053440993
1950-51 0.428 12.60703125 6.285169492 1.041458946
1951-52 0.438 12.125 6.571363636 1.082862307
1952-53 0.445 11.59928571 6.300854701 1.131940862
1953-54 0.442 11.30416667 6.104166667 1.161492559
1954-55 0.455 12.96041667 7.091145833 1.013061988
1955-56 0.458 13.70833333 7.279166667 0.957790065
1956-57 0.449 14.18541667 5.661458333 0.92557771
1957-58 0.449 15.27708333 5.891145833 0.859437969
1958-59 0.457 15.35 5.88125 0.855355405
1959-60 0.463 17.942 6.766 0.731786059
1960-61 0.469 16.40886076 7.251265823 0.800159479
1961-62 0.479 16.160625 7.179583333 0.812450352
1962-63 0.493 15.185625 6.809166667 0.864614099
1963-64 0.485 14.86125 6.4225 0.883485943
1964-65 0.479 14.975625 6.28625 0.876738398
1965-66 0.487 15.33447684 6.859583333 0.856221285
1966-67 0.493 15.37989256 6.731111111 0.853692926
1967-68 0.498 15.03136839 6.85304878 0.873487039
1968-69 0.491 14.77216917 6.942857143 0.888813642
1969-70 0.511 14.8037553 7.416114983 0.886917218
1970-71 0.5 14.64042499 7.283285509 0.896811771
1971-72 0.504 14.25872358 7.215064562 0.920819132
1972-73 0.498 14.47580482 7.558751793 0.907010397
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Year TS% FGA/75 AST/75
1973-74 0.503 13.01205882 3.42
1974-75 0.502 13.005 3.405
1975-76 0.504 12.96333333 3.255
1976-77 0.511 12.91159091 3.345
1977-78 0.515 12.96 3.495
1978-79 0.53 12.95045455 3.63
1979-80 0.531 13.09022727 3.735
1980-81 0.534 12.94630435 3.735
1981-82 0.539 13.03565217 3.72
1982-83 0.531 12.97956522 3.75
1983-84 0.543 12.95608696 3.84
1984-85 0.543 13.005 3.84
1985-86 0.541 12.93 3.795
1986-87 0.538 13.125 3.84
1987-88 0.538 13.14 3.855
1988-89 0.537 13.17 3.78
1989-90 0.536 13.215 3.765
1990-91 0.534 13.275 3.765
1991-92 0.532 13.455 3.765
1992-93 0.536 13.23 3.81
1993-94 0.528 13.26 3.825
1994-95 0.543 13.05 3.735
1995-96 0.542 13.005 3.675
1996-97 0.536 13.095 3.645
1997-98 0.524 13.14 3.63
1998-99 0.511 13.095 3.465
1999-00 0.523 13.14 3.585
2000-01 0.518 13.14 3.555
2001-02 0.52 13.35 3.6
2002-03 0.519 13.215 3.51
2003-04 0.516 13.2 3.525
2004-05 0.53 13.155 3.48
2005-06 0.535 12.975 3.39
2006-07 0.541 12.885 3.44
2007-08 0.54 13.155 3.51
2008-09 0.545 13.155 3.41
2009-10 0.543 13.125 3.42
2010-11 0.542 13.125 3.48
2011-12 0.527 13.275 3.42
2012-13 0.535 13.275 3.59
2013-14 0.541 13.14 3.48
2014-15 0.534 13.245 3.50
2015-16 0.541 13.14 3.47
2016-17 0.553 13.2 3.50
2017-18 0.555 13.185 3.56
2018-19 0.56 13.29 3.66
2019-20 0.565 13.185 3.62
2020-21 0.572 13.29 3.74
2021-22 0.566 13.38 3.74
2022-23 0.581 13.26 3.80
Let me know what you guys think. I think it makes it much easier to digest and compare these numbers with more modern players.