In the paint, from the elbow and outside of the arc, there are many spots on the hardwood from which to shoot a basketball.
And with finger rolls, layups, hooks, floaters, line drives and rainbows, there are also a multitude of ways in which to shoot the ball.
Across the course of the NBA's history, a litany of players have made their name by jacking up shots and often celebrating the spoils.
However, many of these stars have also missed their fair share, too.
From Melo to Mamba and a pair of GOATS, here is the full list of NBA players to have missed 11,000 or more career field goal attempts.
| Missed field goals | Player | Team/s |
| 14,481 | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 14,476 | LeBron James | Cleveland/Miami/Los Angeles Lakers |
| 13,417 | John Havlicek | Boston |
| 13,296 | Elvin Hayes | San Diego/Houston/Baltimore/Capital/Washington |
| 12,682 | Karl Malone | Utah/Los Angeles Lakers |
| 12,565 | Dirk Nowitzki | Dallas |
| 12,524 | Carmelo Anthony | Denver/New York/Oklahoma City Thunder/Houston/Portland/Los Angeles Lakers |
| 12,470 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee/Los Angeles Lakers |
| 12,345 | Michael Jordan | Chicago/Washington |
| 12,046 | Vince Carter | Toronto/New Jersey/Orlando/Phoenix/Dallas/Memphis/Sacramento/Atlanta |
| 11,626 | Dominique Wilkins | Atlanta/Los Angeles Clippers/Boston/San Antonio/Orlando |
| 11,604 | Elgin Baylor | Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers |
| 11,439 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia/Denver/Detroit/Memphis |