NBA & ABA Career Leaders and Records for Personal Fouls Per 36 Minutes

Active players are listed in bold
* Indicates member of the Hall of Fame.

Rate statistic requirements

NBA/ABA

NBA/ABA Table
Rank Player PF/36 MP
1.Greg Dreiling 7.83
2.Don Reid 7.60
3.Paul Mokeski 6.72
4.Eric Leckner 6.70
5.Andrew DeClercq 6.54
6.Jake Voskuhl 6.51
7.Jim McIlvaine 6.39
8.Steve Johnson 6.37
9.Danny Fortson 6.33
10.Scott Hastings 6.24
11.Robert Traylor 6.22
12.Bill Wennington 6.21
13.Felton Spencer 6.19
14.Bill Robinzine 6.18
15.James Bailey 6.13
16.Hub Reed 6.12
17.Ryan Hollins 6.09
18.David Wood 6.05
19.Alton Lister 6.03
20.Phil Jackson* 6.00
21.Mel Counts 5.93
22.Mark Madsen 5.84
23.Chuck Share 5.82
24.Darryl Dawkins 5.82
25.Leon Douglas 5.81
26.Kim Hughes 5.79
27.Dan Gadzuric 5.77
28.Johan Petro 5.74
29.Ray Felix 5.73
30.Kevin Kunnert 5.73
31.Danny Schayes 5.72
32.Hank Finkel 5.72
33.Jim Loscutoff 5.71
34.Jim Barnes 5.70
35.Ian Mahinmi 5.69
36.Michael Ruffin 5.68
37.Greg Kite 5.67
38.Scott Williams 5.64
39.Bud Olsen 5.63
40.Jeff Turner 5.63
41.Duane Causwell 5.63
42.George Wilson 5.62
43.Ben Warley 5.60
44.Mark West 5.59
45.John Lambert 5.58
46.Wayne Cooper 5.58
47.Jerome Whitehead 5.58
48.Antoine Carr 5.57
49.Jarron Collins 5.55
50.Walter Dukes 5.55
51.Greg Foster 5.51
52.Joe Meriweather 5.48
53.Harvey Catchings 5.46
54.Lou Amundson 5.46
55.Al Bianchi 5.46
56.Em Bryant 5.44
57.Jon Koncak 5.43
58.Mikki Moore 5.41
59.Marc Iavaroni 5.40
60.Eric Montross 5.39
61.Mark Bryant 5.39
62.Michael Doleac 5.39
63.George Johnson 5.38
64.Dave Gambee 5.35
65.Wendell Ladner 5.33
66.LaSalle Thompson 5.33
67.Darvin Ham 5.33
68.Rich Kelley 5.31
69.Charles Jones 5.31
70.Marreese Speights 5.29
71.Gene Moore 5.29
72.Len Elmore 5.26
73.Glen Gondrezick 5.25
74.Jim Davis 5.25
75.Andris Biedriņš 5.25
76.Aaron Williams 5.25
77.John Salley 5.23
78.DeSagana Diop 5.22
79.Dewayne Dedmon 5.22
80.Jim Krebs 5.20
81.Chris Mihm 5.20
82.Luc Longley 5.19
83.Coby Dietrick 5.16
84.John Brown 5.16
85.Earl Lloyd* 5.15
86.Bill Hanzlik 5.15
87.Ervin Johnson 5.15
88.Kyle O'Quinn 5.15
89.Kenny Gattison 5.15
90.Willie Norwood 5.14
91.Ron Lee 5.14
92.John Tresvant 5.14
93.Chris Dudley 5.13
94.Kurt Nimphius 5.13
95.James Edwards 5.13
96.Lamar Green 5.13
97.Blair Rasmussen 5.12
98.DeJuan Blair 5.12
99.Dale Schlueter 5.11
100.Darnell Hillman 5.09
101.Malik Rose 5.09
102.Frank Brickowski 5.08
103.Frank Ramsey* 5.07
104.Pat Riley* 5.07
105.Scot Pollard 5.07
106.Amir Johnson 5.07
107.Ed Manning 5.06
108.Tree Rollins 5.06
109.Walt Wesley 5.06
110.Kevin Séraphin 5.06
111.Pat Cummings 5.05
112.Craig Smith 5.05
113.Tom Burleson 5.03
114.Brian Cook 5.03
115.Paul Griffin 5.01
116.Ronny Turiaf 5.01
117.Aron Baynes 5.01
118.Francisco Elson 5.00
119.Corie Blount 4.99
120.Jim Petersen 4.97
121.Darrell Arthur 4.97
122.Rick Robey 4.95
123.Brian Cardinal 4.95
124.Alex Len 4.95
125.Tom Owens 4.94
126.Tom Sanders* 4.94
127.Jason Collins 4.94
128.Lee Davis 4.94
129.Lonnie Shelton 4.93
130.Keith Askins 4.93
131.Darrall Imhoff 4.92
132.Joel Przybilla 4.92
133.George Johnson 4.92
134.Arnie Risen* 4.90
135.Chris Gatling 4.89
136.Rick Mahorn 4.89
137.Nazr Mohammed 4.88
138.Sidney Green 4.88
139.Jackie Moreland 4.88
140.Al Attles* 4.88
141.Cliff Levingston 4.88
142.Mike Sanders 4.87
143.Joe Kleine 4.86
144.Meyers Leonard 4.86
145.Jeff Cook 4.85
146.Nick Collison 4.85
147.Joe Ellis 4.85
148.Othella Harrington 4.83
149.Connie Dierking 4.83
150.Art Becker 4.81
151.Jason Smith 4.80
152.Matt Geiger 4.80
153.Andrew Lang 4.78
154.Joe Wolf 4.78
155.Vitaly Potapenko 4.77
156.Art Williams 4.77
157.Barry Clemens 4.76
158.Mark Olberding 4.76
159.Johnny Neumann 4.75
160.Kurt Thomas 4.74
161.Daniel Theis 4.74
162.Ed Nealy 4.73
163.Shawn Bradley 4.73
164.Clifford Ray 4.73
165.Ted McClain 4.72
166.JaVale McGee 4.72
167.Jayson Williams 4.71
168.Kenny Walker 4.71
169.Tony Massenburg 4.71
170.Phil Hubbard 4.70
171.Shawn Kemp 4.70
172.Wayne Embry* 4.69
173.Rik Smits 4.69
174.Les Hunter 4.69
175.Darius Songaila 4.67
176.Bison Dele 4.67
177.Larry Smith 4.67
178.Jim Ard 4.66
179.Jusuf Nurkić 4.66
180.Neal Walk 4.65
181.Tyrone Hill 4.65
182.Quinn Buckner 4.65
183.Nate Williams 4.64
184.Pervis Ellison 4.64
185.Oliver Miller 4.64
186.Danny Vranes 4.64
187.J.R. Reid 4.63
188.Will Perdue 4.63
189.Richaun Holmes 4.62
190.Raef LaFrentz 4.61
191.Jaren Jackson Jr. 4.59
192.Tom Heinsohn* 4.59
193.Joe Bryant 4.58
194.Kermit Washington 4.58
195.Ed Davis 4.58
196.JaMychal Green 4.57
197.Bob Harrison 4.57
198.Greg Ostertag 4.57
199.Jason Caffey 4.57
200.Kelvin Cato 4.57
201.Nick Weatherspoon 4.57
202.Don Adams 4.57
203.Marvin Barnes 4.57
204.Kelly Olynyk 4.56
205.Greg Smith 4.56
206.Caldwell Jones 4.55
207.Ronnie Price 4.55
208.Vern Mikkelsen* 4.55
209.Rick Roberson 4.55
210.Kevon Looney 4.55
211.Dwight Jones 4.54
212.Mike Bantom 4.54
213.Ben Poquette 4.54
214.Dave Wohl 4.54
215.Roy Hibbert 4.54
216.Tom Boerwinkle 4.53
217.Kevin Duckworth 4.53
218.Chuck Hayes 4.52
219.Stromile Swift 4.52
220.Albert King 4.52
221.Charles Davis 4.52
222.Etan Thomas 4.52
223.Kenny Carr 4.51
224.Brad Lohaus 4.51
225.Gus Gerard 4.51
226.Mike Brown 4.51
227.Clemon Johnson 4.51
228.Kurt Rambis 4.50
229.Tony Battie 4.49
230.Cherokee Parks 4.49
231.Kendrick Perkins 4.49
232.Tyrus Thomas 4.49
233.Fred Hetzel 4.49
234.Manute Bol 4.48
235.DeMarcus Cousins 4.47
236.Kosta Koufos 4.47
237.Mickey Johnson 4.46
238.Greg Anderson 4.46
239.Larry Steele 4.46
240.Tyler Zeller 4.45
241.Earl Cureton 4.45
242.Derek Smith 4.45
243.Malik Allen 4.45
244.Mike Lewis 4.44
245.Darko Miličić 4.44
246.Greg Buckner 4.43
247.Zaza Pachulia 4.43
248.Kent Benson 4.43
249.Dahntay Jones 4.43
250.Eduardo Nájera 4.42

NBA

NBA Table
Rank Player PF/36 MP
1.Greg Dreiling 7.83
2.Don Reid 7.60
3.Paul Mokeski 6.72
4.Eric Leckner 6.70
5.Andrew DeClercq 6.54
6.Jake Voskuhl 6.51
7.Jim McIlvaine 6.39
8.Steve Johnson 6.37
9.Danny Fortson 6.33
10.Scott Hastings 6.24
11.Robert Traylor 6.22
12.Bill Wennington 6.21
13.Felton Spencer 6.19
14.Bill Robinzine 6.18
15.James Bailey 6.13
16.Hub Reed 6.12
17.Ryan Hollins 6.09
18.David Wood 6.05
19.Alton Lister 6.03
20.Phil Jackson* 6.00
21.Mel Counts 5.93
22.Mark Madsen 5.84
23.Chuck Share 5.82
24.Darryl Dawkins 5.82
25.Leon Douglas 5.81
26.Dan Gadzuric 5.77
27.Johan Petro 5.74
28.Ray Felix 5.73
29.Kevin Kunnert 5.73
30.Danny Schayes 5.72
31.Hank Finkel 5.72
32.Jim Loscutoff 5.71
33.Jim Barnes 5.70
34.Ian Mahinmi 5.69
35.Michael Ruffin 5.68
36.Greg Kite 5.67
37.Scott Williams 5.64
38.Jeff Turner 5.63
39.Duane Causwell 5.63
40.George Wilson 5.62
41.Mark West 5.59
42.John Lambert 5.58
43.Wayne Cooper 5.58
44.Jerome Whitehead 5.58
45.Antoine Carr 5.57
46.Jarron Collins 5.55
47.Walter Dukes 5.55
48.Greg Foster 5.51
49.Joe Meriweather 5.48
50.Harvey Catchings 5.46
51.Lou Amundson 5.46
52.Al Bianchi 5.46
53.Em Bryant 5.44
54.Jon Koncak 5.43
55.Mikki Moore 5.41
56.Len Elmore 5.40
57.Marc Iavaroni 5.40
58.Eric Montross 5.39
59.Mark Bryant 5.39
60.Michael Doleac 5.39
61.George Johnson 5.38
62.Dave Gambee 5.35
63.LaSalle Thompson 5.33
64.Darvin Ham 5.33
65.Rich Kelley 5.31
66.Charles Jones 5.31
67.Marreese Speights 5.29
68.Glen Gondrezick 5.25
69.Jim Davis 5.25
70.Andris Biedriņš 5.25
71.Aaron Williams 5.25
72.John Salley 5.23
73.DeSagana Diop 5.22
74.Dewayne Dedmon 5.22
75.Jim Krebs 5.20
76.Chris Mihm 5.20
77.Luc Longley 5.19
78.John Brown 5.16
79.Earl Lloyd* 5.15
80.Bill Hanzlik 5.15
81.Ervin Johnson 5.15
82.Kyle O'Quinn 5.15
83.Kenny Gattison 5.15
84.Willie Norwood 5.14
85.Ron Lee 5.14
86.John Tresvant 5.14
87.Chris Dudley 5.13
88.Kurt Nimphius 5.13
89.James Edwards 5.13
90.Blair Rasmussen 5.12
91.DeJuan Blair 5.12
92.Dale Schlueter 5.11
93.Malik Rose 5.09
94.Frank Brickowski 5.08
95.Frank Ramsey* 5.07
96.Pat Riley* 5.07
97.Scot Pollard 5.07
98.Amir Johnson 5.07
99.Tree Rollins 5.06
100.Walt Wesley 5.06
101.Kevin Séraphin 5.06
102.Pat Cummings 5.05
103.Craig Smith 5.05
104.Tom Owens 5.04
105.Tom Burleson 5.03
106.Brian Cook 5.03
107.Paul Griffin 5.01
108.Ronny Turiaf 5.01
109.Aron Baynes 5.01
110.Francisco Elson 5.00
111.Corie Blount 4.99
112.Jim Petersen 4.97
113.Darrell Arthur 4.97
114.Rick Robey 4.95
115.Brian Cardinal 4.95
116.Alex Len 4.95
117.Tom Sanders* 4.94
118.Jason Collins 4.94
119.Lonnie Shelton 4.93
120.Keith Askins 4.93
121.Darrall Imhoff 4.92
122.Joel Przybilla 4.92
123.George Johnson 4.92
124.Arnie Risen* 4.90
125.Chris Gatling 4.89
126.Rick Mahorn 4.89
127.Nazr Mohammed 4.88
128.Sidney Green 4.88
129.Al Attles* 4.88
130.Cliff Levingston 4.88
131.Mike Sanders 4.87
132.Joe Kleine 4.86
133.Coby Dietrick 4.86
134.Meyers Leonard 4.86
135.Jeff Cook 4.85
136.Nick Collison 4.85
137.Joe Ellis 4.85
138.Othella Harrington 4.83
139.Connie Dierking 4.83
140.Jason Smith 4.80
141.Matt Geiger 4.80
142.Mark Olberding 4.80
143.Caldwell Jones 4.80
144.Andrew Lang 4.78
145.Joe Wolf 4.78
146.Vitaly Potapenko 4.77
147.Barry Clemens 4.76
148.Art Williams 4.75
149.Kurt Thomas 4.74
150.Daniel Theis 4.74
151.Ed Nealy 4.73
152.Shawn Bradley 4.73
153.Clifford Ray 4.73
154.JaVale McGee 4.72
155.Jayson Williams 4.71
156.Kenny Walker 4.71
157.Tony Massenburg 4.71
158.Phil Hubbard 4.70
159.Shawn Kemp 4.70
160.Wayne Embry* 4.69
161.Rik Smits 4.69
162.Darius Songaila 4.67
163.Bison Dele 4.67
164.Larry Smith 4.67
165.Jusuf Nurkić 4.66
166.Neal Walk 4.65
167.Tyrone Hill 4.65
168.Quinn Buckner 4.65
169.Nate Williams 4.64
170.Pervis Ellison 4.64
171.Oliver Miller 4.64
172.Danny Vranes 4.64
173.J.R. Reid 4.63
174.Will Perdue 4.63
175.Richaun Holmes 4.62
176.Don Adams 4.62
177.Raef LaFrentz 4.61
178.Jaren Jackson Jr. 4.59
179.Tom Heinsohn* 4.59
180.Joe Bryant 4.58
181.Kermit Washington 4.58
182.Ed Davis 4.58
183.JaMychal Green 4.57
184.Bob Harrison 4.57
185.Greg Ostertag 4.57
186.Jason Caffey 4.57
187.Kelvin Cato 4.57
188.Nick Weatherspoon 4.57
189.Kelly Olynyk 4.56
190.Greg Smith 4.56
191.Ronnie Price 4.55
192.Vern Mikkelsen* 4.55
193.Rick Roberson 4.55
194.Kevon Looney 4.55
195.Dwight Jones 4.54
196.Mike Bantom 4.54
197.Ben Poquette 4.54
198.Dave Wohl 4.54
199.Roy Hibbert 4.54
200.Tom Boerwinkle 4.53
201.Kevin Duckworth 4.53
202.Chuck Hayes 4.52
203.Stromile Swift 4.52
204.Albert King 4.52
205.Charles Davis 4.52
206.Etan Thomas 4.52
207.Kenny Carr 4.51
208.Brad Lohaus 4.51
209.Mike Brown 4.51
210.Clemon Johnson 4.51
211.Kurt Rambis 4.50
212.Tony Battie 4.49
213.Cherokee Parks 4.49
214.Kendrick Perkins 4.49
215.Tyrus Thomas 4.49
216.Fred Hetzel 4.49
217.Manute Bol 4.48
218.DeMarcus Cousins 4.47
219.Kosta Koufos 4.47
220.Mickey Johnson 4.46
221.Greg Anderson 4.46
222.Larry Steele 4.46
223.Tyler Zeller 4.45
224.Earl Cureton 4.45
225.Derek Smith 4.45
226.Malik Allen 4.45
227.Darko Miličić 4.44
228.Greg Buckner 4.43
229.Zaza Pachulia 4.43
230.Kent Benson 4.43
231.Dahntay Jones 4.43
232.Eduardo Nájera 4.42
233.Jerome Kersey 4.42
234.Royal Ivey 4.42
235.Lorenzen Wright 4.42
236.Toby Kimball 4.41
237.Armond Hill 4.41
238.Jamaal Magloire 4.41
239.George McGinnis* 4.41
240.Chuck Noble 4.41
241.Rodney Rogers 4.41
242.Stacey King 4.40
243.Curtis Perry 4.40
244.Sean Rooks 4.40
245.Dwight Powell 4.40
246.Timofey Mozgov 4.39
247.Jeff Foster 4.39
248.Reggie Evans 4.38
249.Rasho Nesterović 4.38
250.Chris Wilcox 4.38

ABA

ABA Table
Rank Player PF/36 MP
1.Wendell Ladner 5.33
2.Gene Moore 5.29
3.Lee Davis 4.94
4.Tom Owens 4.83
5.Ted McClain 4.83
6.Art Becker 4.81
7.Johnny Neumann 4.73
8.Les Hunter 4.69
9.Darnell Hillman 4.68
10.Mike Lewis 4.44
11.Al Smith 4.30
12.Walt Simon 4.28
13.Byron Beck 4.25
14.Jim Eakins 4.23
15.Randy Mahaffey 4.20
16.Warren Davis 4.14
17.Wil Jones 4.14
18.Goose Ligon 4.10
19.Bob Warren 4.08
20.Ron Franz 4.07
21.Lonnie Wright 4.06
22.Marv Roberts 4.05
23.Ira Harge 4.02
24.Fatty Taylor 4.01
25.Trooper Washington 3.89
26.Doug Moe 3.83
27.Cincy Powell 3.82
28.Caldwell Jones 3.80
29.Ron Boone 3.74
30.George McGinnis* 3.71
31.Rich Jones 3.71
32.Julius Keye 3.70
33.Mel Daniels* 3.67
34.George Gervin* 3.65
35.Warren Jabali 3.64
36.Randy Denton 3.64
37.George Carter 3.62
38.Charlie Williams 3.60
39.Joe Hamilton 3.59
40.Mike Gale 3.54
41.Zelmo Beaty* 3.53
42.Wayne Hightower 3.51
43.Manny Leaks 3.44
44.Don Sidle 3.41
45.Willie Wise 3.40
46.Dave Robisch 3.39
47.Billy Paultz 3.38
48.Larry Brown* 3.37
49.Steve Jones 3.36
50.Bob Verga 3.35
51.John Beasley 3.34
52.Gene Littles 3.34
53.Julian Hammond 3.33
54.Joe Caldwell 3.26
55.Roger Brown* 3.24
56.Gerald Govan 3.19
57.Artis Gilmore* 3.18
58.Mack Calvin 3.18
59.Glen Combs 3.14
60.Darel Carrier 3.13
61.George Lehmann 3.12
62.James Silas 3.11
63.Brian Taylor 3.10
64.Levern Tart 3.08
65.Larry Jones 3.07
66.Freddie Lewis 3.02
67.George Thompson 3.01
68.Stew Johnson 3.00
69.Donnie Freeman 2.95
70.Rick Barry* 2.95
71.Bill Melchionni 2.93
72.Jimmy Jones 2.89
73.Ralph Simpson 2.82
74.Chuck Williams 2.77
75.Dan Issel* 2.74
76.John Roche 2.68
77.Larry Miller 2.63
78.Julius Erving* 2.63
79.Larry Kenon 2.58
80.Red Robbins 2.56
81.Bob Netolicky 2.39
82.Bill Keller 2.39
83.Don Buse 2.35
84.Louie Dampier* 2.12