NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Playoff Leaders and Records for Free Throw Attempts Per Game

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Year Lg Player FTA/G Tm
2025 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 12.60 MIL
2024 NBA Joel Embiid 13.00 PHI
2023 NBA Joel Embiid 9.33 PHI
2022 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 11.17 MIL
2021 NBA Joel Embiid 9.91 PHI
2020 NBA Luka Dončić 10.67 DAL
2019 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 11.20 MIL
2018 NBA LeBron James 9.68 CLE
2017 NBA Russell Westbrook 14.00 OKC
2016 NBA DeAndre Jordan 9.83 LAC
2015 NBA DeAndre Jordan 11.21 LAC
2014 NBA DeMar DeRozan 11.29 TOR
2013 NBA James Harden 11.00 HOU
2012 NBA Dirk Nowitzki* 10.50 DAL
2011 NBA Dwight Howard 14.67 ORL
2010 NBA Dwight Howard 11.29 ORL
2009 NBA LeBron James 14.21 CLE
2008 NBA LeBron James 12.85 CLE
2007 NBA Yao Ming* 10.71 HOU
2006 NBA Gilbert Arenas 11.67 WAS
2005 NBA Amar'e Stoudemire 12.20 PHO
2004 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 11.55 LAL
2003 NBA Paul Pierce* 11.70 BOS
2002 NBA Allen Iverson* 12.60 PHI
2001 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 12.50 LAL
2000 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 12.87 LAL
1999 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 14.75 LAL
1998 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 12.23 LAL
1997 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 11.67 LAL
1996 NBA Arvydas Sabonis* 12.00 POR
1995 NBA Karl Malone* 15.60 UTA
1994 NBA Derrick Coleman 12.50 NJN
1993 NBA David Robinson* 11.00 SAS
1992 NBA Karl Malone* 13.12 UTA
1991 NBA Karl Malone* 10.11 UTA
1990 NBA Charles Barkley* 10.80 PHI
1989 NBA Michael Jordan* 13.47 CHI
1988 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 10.75 HOU
1987 NBA Chuck Person 9.75 IND
1986 NBA Charles Barkley* 10.92 PHI
1985 NBA Michael Jordan* 14.50 CHI
1984 NBA Adrian Dantley* 12.64 UTA
1983 NBA Moses Malone* 9.23 PHI
1982 NBA Jeff Ruland 8.00 WSB
1981 NBA Moses Malone* 9.90 HOU
1980 NBA Julius Erving* 7.56 PHI
1979 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 7.75 LAL
1978 NBA George Gervin* 9.33 SAS
1977 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 10.91 LAL
1976 NBA Bob McAdoo* 9.11 BUF
  ABA Julius Erving* 12.15 NYA
1975 NBA Bob McAdoo* 10.43 BUF
  ABA George McGinnis* 10.67 INA
1974 NBA Bob McAdoo* 7.83 BUF
  ABA George McGinnis* 9.21 INA
1973 NBA Jerry West* 7.47 LAL
  ABA Billy Paultz 8.60 NYA
1972 NBA Pete Maravich* 11.83 ATL
  ABA Dan Issel* 8.33 KEN
1971 NBA Billy Cunningham* 9.57 PHI
  ABA Rick Barry* 9.83 NYA
1970 NBA Jerry West* 11.78 LAL
  ABA Rick Barry* 9.71 WSA
1969 NBA Jerry West* 11.33 LAL
  ABA Warren Jabali 12.62 OAK
1968 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 12.15 PHI
  ABA Connie Hawkins* 12.64 PTP
1967 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 10.67 PHI
1966 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 13.60 PHI
    Oscar Robertson* 13.60 CIN
1965 NBA Jerry West* 14.00 LAL
1964 NBA Oscar Robertson* 12.70 CIN
1963 NBA Bob Pettit* 13.09 STL
1962 NBA Elgin Baylor* 12.92 LAL
1961 NBA Bob Pettit* 12.00 STL
1960 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 12.22 PHW
1959 NBA Dolph Schayes* 11.89 SYR
1958 NBA Bob Pettit* 10.73 STL
1957 NBA Bob Pettit* 13.30 STL
1956 NBA Dolph Schayes* 10.38 SYR
1955 NBA Dolph Schayes* 9.64 SYR
1954 NBA Bob Cousy* 12.50 BOS
1953 NBA Bob Cousy* 12.17 BOS
1952 NBA Dolph Schayes* 11.14 SYR