NBA & ABA Career Leaders and Records for Free Throws Per 36 Minutes

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NBA/ABA

NBA/ABA Table
Rank Player FT/36 MP
1.Joel Embiid 9.39
2.James Harden 7.35
3.Bob Pettit* 7.25
4.Adrian Dantley* 7.20
5.John Drew 7.12
6.Dolph Schayes* 7.10
7.Corey Maggette 7.10
8.Jerry West* 7.05
9.Trae Young 6.96
10.Mack Calvin 6.91
11.Neil Johnston* 6.72
12.Paul Arizin* 6.64
13.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 6.58
14.Moses Malone* 6.57
15.Michael Jordan* 6.43
16.Karl Malone* 6.42
17.Luka Dončić 6.37
18.Kevin Durant 6.37
19.David Robinson* 6.34
20.World B. Free 6.32
21.Oscar Robertson* 6.31
22.Giannis Antetokounmpo 6.31
23.David Thompson* 6.23
24.Kobe Bryant* 6.20
25.Jimmy Butler 6.15
26.Elgin Baylor* 6.13
27.George Yardley* 6.11
28.Allen Iverson* 6.11
29.DeMarcus Cousins 6.00
30.Kevin Martin 5.95
31.Kenny Sears 5.85
32.Anthony Davis 5.85
33.Harry Gallatin* 5.84
34.Frank Ramsey* 5.82
35.Charles Barkley* 5.81
36.Damian Lillard 5.81
37.George Gervin* 5.80
38.Ed Macauley* 5.79
39.Dwyane Wade* 5.74
40.DeMar DeRozan 5.72
41.Dominique Wilkins* 5.70
42.Amar'e Stoudemire 5.68
43.Dan Issel* 5.68
44.Richie Guerin* 5.68
45.Kevin Johnson 5.66
46.Yao Ming* 5.66
47.Dave Gambee 5.63
48.Alonzo Mourning* 5.62
49.James Silas 5.61
50.Sidney Moncrief* 5.58
51.Bailey Howell* 5.57
52.Jerry Stackhouse 5.54
53.Larry Jones 5.52
54.Devin Booker 5.49
55.Chet Walker* 5.47
56.Cedric Maxwell 5.45
57.Larry Foust 5.44
58.Paul Pierce* 5.43
59.Isaiah Thomas 5.40
60.George Thompson 5.40
61.Rick Barry* 5.39
62.Tiny Archibald* 5.39
63.Billy Cunningham* 5.38
64.Tom Chambers 5.38
65.Magic Johnson* 5.37
66.Lou Williams 5.37
67.Gilbert Arenas 5.36
68.Micheal Williams 5.35
69.Kelly Tripucka 5.33
70.George McGinnis* 5.32
71.Donnie Freeman 5.29
72.Shawn Kemp 5.29
73.Pete Maravich* 5.28
74.LeBron James 5.27
75.Donald Royal 5.26
76.Connie Hawkins* 5.24
77.Bob Verga 5.23
78.Russell Westbrook 5.23
79.Carmelo Anthony 5.23
80.Bob Cousy* 5.19
81.Ricky Pierce 5.16
82.Ray Felix 5.12
83.Kiki Vandeweghe 5.11
84.Lenny Wilkens* 5.10
85.Shaquille O'Neal* 5.10
86.Dirk Nowitzki* 5.07
87.Cliff Hagan* 5.04
88.Chris Bosh* 5.03
89.Bill Sharman* 5.03
90.Darel Carrier 5.03
91.Jerry Reynolds 5.02
92.Vern Mikkelsen* 5.01
93.Bob McAdoo* 5.01
94.Shareef Abdur-Rahim 4.99
95.Chuck Share 4.99
96.Julius Erving* 4.98
97.Danny Fortson 4.98
98.Orlando Woolridge 4.96
99.Tom Heinsohn* 4.95
100.Danilo Gallinari 4.94
101.Brad Daugherty 4.93
102.Chauncey Billups* 4.90
103.Tyler Hansbrough 4.90
104.Dwight Howard 4.89
105.Levern Tart 4.87
106.Bernard King* 4.86
107.Rudy LaRusso 4.86
108.Reggie Theus 4.85
109.Don Sidle 4.84
110.Dave Bing* 4.84
111.John Block 4.83
112.Dick Van Arsdale 4.82
113.Flynn Robinson 4.81
114.Detlef Schrempf 4.81
115.John Brisker 4.79
116.Mitch Richmond* 4.79
117.Patrick Ewing* 4.78
118.Walter Dukes 4.76
119.Warren Jabali 4.76
120.Mark Aguirre 4.76
121.Don Nelson* 4.75
122.Jayson Tatum 4.74
123.Ramon Sessions 4.74
124.Walt Bellamy* 4.73
125.Reggie Miller* 4.72
126.Kevin Love 4.71
127.Artis Gilmore* 4.68
128.Mickey Johnson 4.68
129.Quintin Dailey 4.66
130.Karl-Anthony Towns 4.66
131.Hakim Warrick 4.66
132.Jim Eakins 4.65
133.Gail Goodrich* 4.64
134.Steve Francis 4.63
135.Jack Twyman* 4.63
136.Kristaps Porziņģis 4.63
137.Jaren Jackson Jr. 4.63
138.Blake Griffin 4.63
139.Charles Smith 4.62
140.Derrick Coleman 4.62
141.George Carter 4.62
142.Dick Garmaker 4.60
143.Doug Moe 4.59
144.Billy Knight 4.58
145.Andrew Toney 4.57
146.Ben Warley 4.57
147.Danny Schayes 4.57
148.Eddy Curry 4.56
149.Tracy McGrady* 4.56
150.Zelmo Beaty* 4.56
151.Wilt Chamberlain* 4.56
152.Freddie Lewis 4.56
153.Campy Russell 4.55
154.Julius Randle 4.55
155.Adrian Smith 4.54
156.Manu Ginóbili* 4.53
157.Rony Seikaly 4.53
158.Clyde Drexler* 4.51
159.Dave Twardzik 4.50
160.Michael Redd 4.50
161.Larry Brown* 4.50
162.Clyde Lovellette* 4.49
163.Wayne Hightower 4.49
164.Tim Duncan* 4.48
165.Happy Hairston 4.48
166.Donovan Mitchell 4.46
167.Paul Westphal* 4.46
168.Arnie Risen* 4.46
169.Bill Cartwright 4.45
170.Nikola Jokić 4.45
171.Willie Wise 4.44
172.Earl Monroe* 4.42
173.Hakeem Olajuwon* 4.41
174.De'Aaron Fox 4.41
175.Bob Rule 4.41
176.Mike Newlin 4.40
177.Steve Johnson 4.40
178.Kawhi Leonard 4.39
179.Larry Siegfried 4.39
180.Glen Combs 4.38
181.Collin Sexton 4.38
182.Grant Hill* 4.38
183.Fred Hetzel 4.38
184.Paul Neumann 4.37
185.Spencer Haywood* 4.36
186.Bob Warren 4.35
187.Stu Lantz 4.35
188.Mitch Kupchak 4.35
189.Kevin McHale* 4.34
190.Calvin Natt 4.34
191.Sam Cassell 4.31
192.Bob Love 4.30
193.John Wall 4.29
194.Bob Boozer 4.29
195.Phil Hubbard 4.27
196.Carl Braun* 4.27
197.Danny Granger 4.25
198.Stephon Marbury 4.25
199.Sam Jones* 4.25
200.Kevin Loughery 4.25
201.Carl Landry 4.25
202.Terry Dischinger 4.23
203.Rodney Stuckey 4.23
204.Brandon Ingram 4.22
205.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 4.21
206.Arvydas Sabonis* 4.21
207.Devin Harris 4.20
208.Paul George 4.19
209.Jack Sikma* 4.18
210.Ray Williams 4.18
211.Dan Roundfield 4.18
212.Ron Franz 4.18
213.Bob Lanier* 4.18
214.Pau Gasol* 4.18
215.Robert Pack 4.17
216.Andrei Kirilenko 4.17
217.John Havlicek* 4.16
218.Stephen Curry 4.15
219.Ledell Eackles 4.14
220.Hal Greer* 4.14
221.Larry Bird* 4.14
222.Roger Brown* 4.14
223.James Edwards 4.13
224.Christian Laettner 4.13
225.Larry Costello* 4.13
226.Derek Smith 4.12
227.Armen Gilliam 4.12
228.Chris Gatling 4.12
229.Montrezl Harrell 4.09
230.Jimmy Jones 4.09
231.Dick Barnett* 4.09
232.Isiah Thomas* 4.09
233.Kemba Walker 4.09
234.Dave Robisch 4.09
235.Johnny Newman 4.09
236.Mark Olberding 4.08
237.Bam Adebayo 4.08
238.Gene Shue 4.07
239.Rolando Blackman 4.06
240.Doug Collins* 4.06
241.Calvin Murphy* 4.05
242.Chris Mullin* 4.05
243.Frank Selvy 4.05
244.Alex English* 4.05
245.Tom Van Arsdale 4.04
246.Jay Vincent 4.04
247.Ron Boone 4.03
248.Tom Burleson 4.03
249.Len Chappell 4.02
250.Ray Scott 4.02

NBA

NBA Table
Rank Player FT/36 MP
1.Joel Embiid 9.39
2.James Harden 7.35
3.Bob Pettit* 7.25
4.Adrian Dantley* 7.20
5.John Drew 7.12
6.Dolph Schayes* 7.10
7.Corey Maggette 7.10
8.Jerry West* 7.05
9.Trae Young 6.96
10.Moses Malone* 6.81
11.Neil Johnston* 6.72
12.Paul Arizin* 6.64
13.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 6.58
14.Michael Jordan* 6.43
15.Karl Malone* 6.42
16.Luka Dončić 6.37
17.Kevin Durant 6.37
18.David Robinson* 6.34
19.World B. Free 6.32
20.Oscar Robertson* 6.31
21.Giannis Antetokounmpo 6.31
22.David Thompson* 6.22
23.Kobe Bryant* 6.20
24.George Gervin* 6.16
25.Jimmy Butler 6.15
26.Elgin Baylor* 6.13
27.George Yardley* 6.11
28.Dan Issel* 6.11
29.Allen Iverson* 6.11
30.DeMarcus Cousins 6.00
31.Kevin Martin 5.95
32.Kenny Sears 5.85
33.Anthony Davis 5.85
34.Harry Gallatin* 5.84
35.Frank Ramsey* 5.82
36.Charles Barkley* 5.81
37.Damian Lillard 5.81
38.Ed Macauley* 5.79
39.Dwyane Wade* 5.74
40.DeMar DeRozan 5.72
41.Dominique Wilkins* 5.70
42.Amar'e Stoudemire 5.68
43.Richie Guerin* 5.68
44.Kevin Johnson 5.66
45.Yao Ming* 5.66
46.Dave Gambee 5.63
47.Alonzo Mourning* 5.62
48.Sidney Moncrief* 5.58
49.Bailey Howell* 5.57
50.Jerry Stackhouse 5.54
51.Devin Booker 5.49
52.Chet Walker* 5.47
53.Billy Cunningham* 5.45
54.Cedric Maxwell 5.45
55.Larry Foust 5.44
56.Paul Pierce* 5.43
57.Isaiah Thomas 5.40
58.Tiny Archibald* 5.39
59.Tom Chambers 5.38
60.Magic Johnson* 5.37
61.Lou Williams 5.37
62.Gilbert Arenas 5.36
63.Micheal Williams 5.35
64.Kelly Tripucka 5.33
65.Shawn Kemp 5.29
66.Pete Maravich* 5.28
67.LeBron James 5.27
68.Donald Royal 5.26
69.Russell Westbrook 5.23
70.Carmelo Anthony 5.23
71.Bob Cousy* 5.19
72.Ricky Pierce 5.16
73.George McGinnis* 5.15
74.Ray Felix 5.12
75.Kiki Vandeweghe 5.11
76.Lenny Wilkens* 5.10
77.Shaquille O'Neal* 5.10
78.Dirk Nowitzki* 5.07
79.Chris Bosh* 5.03
80.Bill Sharman* 5.03
81.Jerry Reynolds 5.02
82.Vern Mikkelsen* 5.01
83.Bob McAdoo* 5.01
84.Shareef Abdur-Rahim 4.99
85.Artis Gilmore* 4.99
86.Chuck Share 4.99
87.Danny Fortson 4.98
88.Flynn Robinson 4.97
89.Orlando Woolridge 4.96
90.Tom Heinsohn* 4.95
91.Danilo Gallinari 4.94
92.Brad Daugherty 4.93
93.Cliff Hagan* 4.92
94.Chauncey Billups* 4.90
95.Tyler Hansbrough 4.90
96.Dwight Howard 4.89
97.Bernard King* 4.86
98.Rudy LaRusso 4.86
99.Reggie Theus 4.85
100.Dave Bing* 4.84
101.John Block 4.83
102.Julius Erving* 4.83
103.Dick Van Arsdale 4.82
104.Detlef Schrempf 4.81
105.Mitch Richmond* 4.79
106.Patrick Ewing* 4.78
107.Rick Barry* 4.77
108.Walter Dukes 4.76
109.Mark Aguirre 4.76
110.Don Nelson* 4.75
111.Jayson Tatum 4.74
112.Ramon Sessions 4.74
113.Walt Bellamy* 4.73
114.Reggie Miller* 4.72
115.Kevin Love 4.71
116.Billy Knight 4.69
117.Mickey Johnson 4.68
118.Quintin Dailey 4.66
119.Karl-Anthony Towns 4.66
120.Hakim Warrick 4.66
121.Gail Goodrich* 4.64
122.Steve Francis 4.63
123.Jack Twyman* 4.63
124.Kristaps Porziņģis 4.63
125.Jaren Jackson Jr. 4.63
126.Blake Griffin 4.63
127.Charles Smith 4.62
128.Derrick Coleman 4.62
129.Connie Hawkins* 4.61
130.Dick Garmaker 4.60
131.Andrew Toney 4.57
132.Danny Schayes 4.57
133.Eddy Curry 4.56
134.Tracy McGrady* 4.56
135.Wilt Chamberlain* 4.56
136.Campy Russell 4.55
137.Julius Randle 4.55
138.Zelmo Beaty* 4.54
139.Adrian Smith 4.53
140.Manu Ginóbili* 4.53
141.Rony Seikaly 4.53
142.Clyde Drexler* 4.51
143.Michael Redd 4.50
144.Clyde Lovellette* 4.49
145.Tim Duncan* 4.48
146.Happy Hairston 4.48
147.Donovan Mitchell 4.46
148.Paul Westphal* 4.46
149.Arnie Risen* 4.46
150.Bill Cartwright 4.45
151.Nikola Jokić 4.45
152.Earl Monroe* 4.42
153.Hakeem Olajuwon* 4.41
154.De'Aaron Fox 4.41
155.Bob Rule 4.41
156.Mike Newlin 4.40
157.Steve Johnson 4.40
158.Kawhi Leonard 4.39
159.Larry Siegfried 4.39
160.Collin Sexton 4.38
161.Grant Hill* 4.38
162.Fred Hetzel 4.38
163.Paul Neumann 4.37
164.Stu Lantz 4.35
165.Mitch Kupchak 4.35
166.Kevin McHale* 4.34
167.Calvin Natt 4.34
168.Sam Cassell 4.31
169.Bob Love 4.30
170.John Wall 4.29
171.Bob Boozer 4.29
172.Phil Hubbard 4.27
173.Carl Braun* 4.27
174.Danny Granger 4.25
175.Stephon Marbury 4.25
176.Sam Jones* 4.25
177.Kevin Loughery 4.25
178.Carl Landry 4.25
179.Spencer Haywood* 4.23
180.Terry Dischinger 4.23
181.Rodney Stuckey 4.23
182.Brandon Ingram 4.22
183.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 4.21
184.Arvydas Sabonis* 4.21
185.Dan Roundfield 4.20
186.Devin Harris 4.20
187.Paul George 4.19
188.Jack Sikma* 4.18
189.Ray Williams 4.18
190.Bob Lanier* 4.18
191.Pau Gasol* 4.18
192.Robert Pack 4.17
193.Andrei Kirilenko 4.17
194.John Havlicek* 4.16
195.Stephen Curry 4.15
196.Mark Olberding 4.15
197.Ledell Eackles 4.14
198.Hal Greer* 4.14
199.Larry Bird* 4.14
200.James Edwards 4.13
201.Christian Laettner 4.13
202.Larry Costello* 4.13
203.Derek Smith 4.12
204.Armen Gilliam 4.12
205.Chris Gatling 4.12
206.Montrezl Harrell 4.09
207.Dick Barnett* 4.09
208.Isiah Thomas* 4.09
209.Kemba Walker 4.09
210.Johnny Newman 4.09
211.Bam Adebayo 4.08
212.Gene Shue 4.07
213.Len Chappell 4.07
214.Rolando Blackman 4.06
215.Doug Collins* 4.06
216.Calvin Murphy* 4.05
217.Chris Mullin* 4.05
218.Frank Selvy 4.05
219.Alex English* 4.05
220.Tom Van Arsdale 4.04
221.Jay Vincent 4.04
222.Tom Burleson 4.03
223.Ray Scott 4.00
224.Kyrie Irving 4.00
225.Cedric Ceballos 3.99
226.Jeremy Lin 3.97
227.Derek Strong 3.97
228.Zydrunas Ilgauskas 3.97
229.Wayne Embry* 3.96
230.Jermaine O'Neal 3.96
231.Zach LaVine 3.95
232.Jalen Brunson 3.95
233.Richard Hamilton 3.95
234.Jordan Poole 3.94
235.Rod Thorn* 3.93
236.Willie Naulls 3.93
237.Bill Hanzlik 3.93
238.Walter Davis* 3.90
239.Jim Barnett 3.90
240.Hersey Hawkins 3.90
241.Spencer Dinwiddie 3.89
242.John Mengelt 3.89
243.Sleepy Floyd 3.88
244.Eric Williams 3.87
245.Johnny Davis 3.87
246.Walt Frazier* 3.86
247.Brad Miller 3.86
248.Elvin Hayes* 3.86
249.John Battle 3.85
250.Willis Reed* 3.85

ABA

ABA Table
Rank Player FT/36 MP
1.Rick Barry* 7.31
2.Mack Calvin 7.00
3.George Thompson 5.79
4.Larry Jones 5.75
5.George McGinnis* 5.55
6.Donnie Freeman 5.39
7.James Silas 5.32
8.Bob Verga 5.27
9.Julius Erving* 5.25
10.Dan Issel* 5.18
11.Wayne Hightower 5.06
12.Darel Carrier 5.03
13.Levern Tart 4.87
14.Don Sidle 4.84
15.Warren Jabali 4.76
16.George Gervin* 4.75
17.George Carter 4.62
18.Jim Eakins 4.62
19.Doug Moe 4.59
20.Freddie Lewis 4.59
21.Zelmo Beaty* 4.58
22.Dave Robisch 4.56
23.Willie Wise 4.51
24.Larry Brown* 4.50
25.Ron Boone 4.40
26.Glen Combs 4.38
27.Bob Warren 4.35
28.Ralph Simpson 4.32
29.Jimmy Jones 4.30
30.Ron Franz 4.18
31.Artis Gilmore* 4.16
32.Roger Brown* 4.14
33.Cincy Powell 4.00
34.Les Hunter 3.97
35.Chuck Williams 3.94
36.Mel Daniels* 3.90
37.Larry Miller 3.89
38.Warren Davis 3.86
39.Johnny Neumann 3.82
40.Steve Jones 3.82
41.Charlie Williams 3.57
42.Goose Ligon 3.54
43.Julian Hammond 3.50
44.Al Smith 3.28
45.John Beasley 3.24
46.Randy Mahaffey 3.24
47.Tom Owens 3.22
48.Manny Leaks 3.19
49.Bill Keller 3.18
50.Art Becker 3.13
51.Red Robbins 3.12
52.Rich Jones 3.11
53.Marv Roberts 3.11
54.George Lehmann 3.07
55.Joe Hamilton 3.06
56.Bob Netolicky 3.06
57.Louie Dampier* 3.05
58.Mike Lewis 3.04
59.John Roche 2.99
60.Bill Melchionni 2.95
61.Billy Paultz 2.94
62.Ted McClain 2.92
63.Walt Simon 2.87
64.Gene Moore 2.80
65.Gene Littles 2.64
66.Joe Caldwell 2.53
67.Darnell Hillman 2.47
68.Fatty Taylor 2.46
69.Lonnie Wright 2.45
70.Randy Denton 2.44
71.Caldwell Jones 2.41
72.Larry Kenon 2.38
73.Brian Taylor 2.36
74.Wil Jones 2.34
75.Byron Beck 2.29
76.Ira Harge 2.27
77.Lee Davis 2.23
78.Stew Johnson 2.06
79.Trooper Washington 1.97
80.Wendell Ladner 1.67
81.Mike Gale 1.66
82.Julius Keye 1.66
83.Gerald Govan 1.51
84.Don Buse 1.41