exactly 10 feet (3.05 m)
The field goal in basketball is located at each end of the court, elevated above the floor and surrounded by a hoop and net. Players shoot the ball through the hoop to score points.
Basketball players.
when you look at a court you will see a semi circle around the hoop on the floor (not all courts have them) any shot out side that is a field goal
10 feet from the floor to the top of the goal (hoop).
The NBA distance from the three point line to the goal is 23.750-feet. The distance in college and high school basketball is 19-feet, 9-inches. An NBA court is 90-feet by 50-feet.
If you mean 'how high should a basketball goal be?. It should be 10 feet from the floor to the top of the rim.
The top of the hoop is 10 feet above and perpendicular to the floor.
field goal
The field in basketball refers to the wooden or concrete court on which the game is played. The term field goal, for example, refers to any shot taken from from the court.
The back of free throw (foul line) line is 13 feet 9 inches from the center from the goal, for the for the standard 10 foot high goal (from the floor to the top of the goal).
10 feet to the top of the goal from and perpendicular to the floor below.
the height of the basketball hoop in nba in 1961 is 10 ft.