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

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NBA/ABA

NBA/ABA Table
Rank Player PF/36 MP
1.Al Cervi* 10.86
2.Travis Knight 9.47
3.Nate Bowman 9.37
4.Greg Kite 8.98
5.D.J. Mbenga 8.92
6.Gene Conley 8.89
7.Alex Hannum* 8.58
8.Sean Rooks 8.54
9.Thanasis Antetokounmpo 8.16
10.Hilton Armstrong 8.14
11.Gene Tormohlen 8.09
12.Jim Loscutoff 7.91
13.Stanislav Medvedenko 7.83
14.Ryan Hollins 7.68
15.Bill Wennington 7.68
16.Dewayne Dedmon 7.64
17.Bill Gabor 7.58
18.Antoine Carr 7.53
19.Chuck Share 7.49
20.Chris Dudley 7.46
21.Bud Olsen 7.44
22.Paul Mokeski 7.33
23.Bob Brannum 7.32
24.Wendell Ladner 7.27
25.Jim Ard 7.22
26.Scott Hastings 7.17
27.Jarron Collins 7.16
28.Joe Bryant 7.09
29.Charles Jones 7.01
30.Neil Johnson 6.98
31.Scot Pollard 6.96
32.Frank Brickowski 6.96
33.Tony Campbell 6.90
34.Aaron Williams 6.83
35.Willie Naulls 6.83
36.Brian Cook 6.78
37.Ian Mahinmi 6.75
38.Jim Krebs 6.73
39.DeSagana Diop 6.71
40.Joe Fulks* 6.69
41.Ronny Turiaf 6.64
42.Francisco Elson 6.60
43.Shawn Bradley 6.59
44.Wally Walker 6.59
45.Darvin Ham 6.53
46.Mel Counts 6.48
47.Michael Doleac 6.41
48.Mark Madsen 6.41
49.Marreese Speights 6.41
50.Harvey Catchings 6.41
51.Mark Landsberger 6.40
52.Alton Lister 6.39
53.Kenny Walker 6.39
54.Luc Longley 6.36
55.Bison Dele 6.33
56.Darrell Arthur 6.32
 Ed Nealy 6.32
58.Rick Robey 6.31
59.Willie Sojourner 6.30
60.Marc Iavaroni 6.29
61.Mason Plumlee 6.27
62.Joe Kleine 6.26
63.Greg Foster 6.24
64.Felton Spencer 6.20
65.J.R. Reid 6.20
66.Mike Bantom 6.19
67.George Trapp 6.19
68.Tom Thacker 6.16
69.Ray Felix 6.16
70.Art Williams 6.15
71.Dave Gambee 6.13
72.Phil Jackson* 6.12
73.Al Bianchi 6.12
74.Kurt Nimphius 6.12
75.Matt Geiger 6.10
76.Ronnie Price 6.10
77.Jason Collins 6.09
78.Arnie Risen* 6.09
79.Scott Williams 6.08
80.Larry Spriggs 6.06
81.Keith Askins 6.05
82.Gary Trent 6.05
83.Wayne Cooper 6.04
84.Jim Petersen 6.03
85.Carl Herrera 6.02
86.Nick Collison 6.02
87.Mark West 6.01
88.Kent Benson 6.00
 Joel Kramer 6.00
90.Tom Sanders* 6.00
91.Jon Koncak 5.99
92.Arnie Johnson 5.98
93.DeJuan Blair 5.97
94.Hank Finkel 5.97
95.Erick Dampier 5.96
96.Dick Schnittker 5.95
97.Dudley Bradley 5.94
98.Raef LaFrentz 5.94
99.Jackie Moreland 5.92
100.Lou Amundson 5.92
101.Odie Spears 5.91
102.Will Perdue 5.90
103.Gene Moore 5.90
104.Andrew Lang 5.90
105.Randy Brown 5.89
106.Oliver Miller 5.89
107.Al Attles* 5.89
108.Mark Bryant 5.84
109.Jim Davis 5.84
110.Corie Blount 5.84
111.Brian Scalabrine 5.81
112.Zaza Pachulia 5.80
113.Andrew Bogut 5.80
114.Samaki Walker 5.79
115.Leon Powe 5.79
116.Quinn Buckner 5.79
117.Malik Allen 5.78
 Onyeka Okongwu 5.78
119.Danny Schayes 5.77
120.Darryl Dawkins 5.77
121.Ray Lumpp 5.75
122.Festus Ezeli 5.75
123.Ron Thomas 5.74
124.Kurt Thomas 5.70
125.JaVale McGee 5.70
126.George Johnson 5.70
127.Sidney Green 5.69
128.Bill Hanzlik 5.67
129.Boban Marjanović 5.66
130.Josh Powell 5.62
131.John Salley 5.61
132.Johnny Neumann 5.61
133.Nazr Mohammed 5.60
134.Mike Brown 5.58
135.Cliff Levingston 5.57
136.George Irvine 5.57
137.Rich Kelley 5.57
138.Herb Williams 5.55
139.Art Becker 5.55
140.Jason Smith 5.54
141.Larry Smith 5.53
142.Earl Lloyd* 5.52
143.Jason Caffey 5.51
144.Wayne Embry* 5.51
145.Dwight Powell 5.50
146.Eduardo Nájera 5.50
147.Meyers Leonard 5.50
148.Rik Smits 5.49
149.Lawrence Funderburke 5.46
150.Jeff Cook 5.46
151.Anthony Bowie 5.46
152.Scott Padgett 5.44
153.Frank Ramsey* 5.44
154.Sam Bowie 5.42
155.Larry Wright 5.42
156.Malik Rose 5.41
157.Tree Rollins 5.37
158.Othella Harrington 5.37
159.Robert Pack 5.37
160.Ed Davis 5.35
161.Mike Sanders 5.35
162.Paul Reed 5.35
 Charles Smith 5.35
164.Alan Henderson 5.34
165.Corliss Williamson 5.34
166.Randy Breuer 5.34
167.Tom Hawkins 5.32
168.Vern Mikkelsen* 5.31
169.Dahntay Jones 5.30
170.Charles Davis 5.29
171.James Edwards 5.29
172.Freddie Crawford 5.29
173.Bruce Seals 5.27
174.Med Park 5.25
175.Dick Cunningham 5.25
 Ed Manning 5.25
177.Tom Owens 5.24
178.Bob Gross 5.24
179.Olden Polynice 5.24
180.Kurt Rambis 5.24
181.Rasho Nesterović 5.23
182.Keon Clark 5.22
183.Coby Dietrick 5.22
184.Walter Dukes 5.21
185.LaSalle Thompson 5.20
186.Ray Williams 5.18
187.Brendan Haywood 5.18
188.Monk Meineke 5.17
189.Bob Harrison 5.17
190.Gus Gerard 5.17
191.Rick Mahorn 5.16
192.Ernie Vandeweghe 5.16
193.Paul Neumann 5.15
194.Darrall Imhoff 5.15
195.Chuck Cooper* 5.14
 Tom Kozelko 5.14
 Sam Mitchell 5.14
198.Larry Costello* 5.14
199.Maurice McHartley 5.10
200.Lonnie Shelton 5.09
201.Al Harrington 5.09
202.Kelly Olynyk 5.09
203.Clyde Lovellette* 5.09
204.Earl Cureton 5.08
205.Tyler Hansbrough 5.08
206.Kenny Carr 5.08
207.Hassan Whiteside 5.08
208.Jim Eakins 5.08
209.Mike Dunleavy 5.07
210.Amir Johnson 5.05
211.John Drew 5.04
212.Cody Zeller 5.04
213.Dave Twardzik 5.04
214.John Lambert 5.04
215.Anderson Varejão 5.04
216.Joe Smith 5.04
217.Blue Edwards 5.04
218.Johnny Newman 5.03
219.Greg Ostertag 5.03
220.Whitey Skoog 5.03
221.Chuck Hayes 5.02
222.Ricky Sobers 5.02
223.Dennis Awtrey 5.02
224.Antonio McDyess 5.02
225.Butch Beard 5.01
226.Tyrone Hill 5.00
227.Allan Bristow 4.99
228.Theo Ratliff 4.99
229.James Johnson 4.98
230.Steve Kuberski 4.98
231.Ervin Johnson 4.98
232.Fabricio Oberto 4.98
233.Red Rocha 4.98
234.Bailey Howell* 4.97
235.Maurice Harkless 4.97
236.Adrian Griffin 4.96
237.Mark Olberding 4.95
238.Em Bryant 4.94
239.Reggie Evans 4.94
240.JaMychal Green 4.93
241.Connie Simmons 4.91
242.Dave Stallworth 4.91
243.Larry Siegfried 4.91
244.Stacey King 4.91
245.Greg Buckner 4.90
246.Tony Smith 4.90
247.Les Hunter 4.88
248.Jaren Jackson Jr. 4.88
249.Dave Piontek 4.87
250.Billy Kenville 4.87

NBA

NBA Table
Rank Player PF/36 MP
1.Al Cervi* 10.86
2.Travis Knight 9.47
3.Nate Bowman 9.37
4.Greg Kite 8.98
5.D.J. Mbenga 8.92
6.Gene Conley 8.89
7.Alex Hannum* 8.58
8.Sean Rooks 8.54
9.Thanasis Antetokounmpo 8.16
10.Hilton Armstrong 8.14
11.Gene Tormohlen 8.09
12.Jim Loscutoff 7.91
13.Stanislav Medvedenko 7.83
14.Ryan Hollins 7.68
15.Bill Wennington 7.68
16.Dewayne Dedmon 7.64
17.Tom Thacker 7.63
18.Bill Gabor 7.58
19.Antoine Carr 7.53
20.Chuck Share 7.49
21.Chris Dudley 7.46
22.Paul Mokeski 7.33
23.Bob Brannum 7.32
24.Scott Hastings 7.17
25.Jarron Collins 7.16
26.Joe Bryant 7.09
27.Charles Jones 7.01
28.Scot Pollard 6.96
29.Frank Brickowski 6.96
30.Tony Campbell 6.90
31.Aaron Williams 6.83
32.Willie Naulls 6.83
33.Brian Cook 6.78
34.Ian Mahinmi 6.75
35.Jim Krebs 6.73
36.DeSagana Diop 6.71
37.Joe Fulks* 6.69
38.Ronny Turiaf 6.64
39.Francisco Elson 6.60
40.Shawn Bradley 6.59
41.Wally Walker 6.59
42.Darvin Ham 6.53
43.Mel Counts 6.48
44.Michael Doleac 6.41
45.Mark Madsen 6.41
46.Marreese Speights 6.41
47.Harvey Catchings 6.41
48.Mark Landsberger 6.40
49.Alton Lister 6.39
50.Kenny Walker 6.39
51.Luc Longley 6.36
52.Bison Dele 6.33
53.Darrell Arthur 6.32
 Ed Nealy 6.32
55.Rick Robey 6.31
56.Marc Iavaroni 6.29
57.Mason Plumlee 6.27
58.Joe Kleine 6.26
59.Greg Foster 6.24
60.Felton Spencer 6.20
61.J.R. Reid 6.20
62.Mike Bantom 6.19
63.George Trapp 6.19
64.Ray Felix 6.16
65.Art Williams 6.15
66.Dave Gambee 6.13
67.Phil Jackson* 6.12
68.Al Bianchi 6.12
69.Kurt Nimphius 6.12
70.Matt Geiger 6.10
71.Ronnie Price 6.10
72.Jason Collins 6.09
73.Arnie Risen* 6.09
74.Scott Williams 6.08
75.Larry Spriggs 6.06
76.Keith Askins 6.05
77.Gary Trent 6.05
78.Wayne Cooper 6.04
79.Jim Petersen 6.03
80.Carl Herrera 6.02
81.Nick Collison 6.02
82.Mark West 6.01
83.Kent Benson 6.00
 Joel Kramer 6.00
85.Tom Sanders* 6.00
86.Jon Koncak 5.99
87.Arnie Johnson 5.98
88.DeJuan Blair 5.97
89.Hank Finkel 5.97
90.Erick Dampier 5.96
91.Dick Schnittker 5.95
92.Dudley Bradley 5.94
93.Raef LaFrentz 5.94
94.Lou Amundson 5.92
95.Odie Spears 5.91
96.Will Perdue 5.90
97.Andrew Lang 5.90
98.Randy Brown 5.89
99.Oliver Miller 5.89
100.Al Attles* 5.89
101.Mark Bryant 5.84
102.Jim Davis 5.84
103.Corie Blount 5.84
104.Brian Scalabrine 5.81
105.Zaza Pachulia 5.80
106.Andrew Bogut 5.80
107.Samaki Walker 5.79
108.Leon Powe 5.79
109.Quinn Buckner 5.79
110.Malik Allen 5.78
 Onyeka Okongwu 5.78
112.Danny Schayes 5.77
113.Darryl Dawkins 5.77
114.Ray Lumpp 5.75
115.Festus Ezeli 5.75
116.Kurt Thomas 5.70
117.JaVale McGee 5.70
118.George Johnson 5.70
119.Sidney Green 5.69
120.Bill Hanzlik 5.67
121.Boban Marjanović 5.66
122.Coby Dietrick 5.66
123.Josh Powell 5.62
124.John Salley 5.61
125.Nazr Mohammed 5.60
126.Mike Brown 5.58
127.Cliff Levingston 5.57
128.Rich Kelley 5.57
129.Herb Williams 5.55
130.Jason Smith 5.54
131.Larry Smith 5.53
132.Earl Lloyd* 5.52
133.Jason Caffey 5.51
134.Wayne Embry* 5.51
135.Dwight Powell 5.50
136.Eduardo Nájera 5.50
137.Meyers Leonard 5.50
138.Rik Smits 5.49
139.Lawrence Funderburke 5.46
140.Jeff Cook 5.46
141.Anthony Bowie 5.46
142.Scott Padgett 5.44
143.Frank Ramsey* 5.44
144.Sam Bowie 5.42
145.Larry Wright 5.42
146.Malik Rose 5.41
147.Tree Rollins 5.37
148.Othella Harrington 5.37
149.Robert Pack 5.37
150.Ed Davis 5.35
151.Mike Sanders 5.35
152.Paul Reed 5.35
 Charles Smith 5.35
154.Alan Henderson 5.34
155.Corliss Williamson 5.34
156.Randy Breuer 5.34
157.Tom Hawkins 5.32
158.Vern Mikkelsen* 5.31
159.Dahntay Jones 5.30
160.Charles Davis 5.29
161.James Edwards 5.29
162.Freddie Crawford 5.29
163.Med Park 5.25
164.Dick Cunningham 5.25
165.Bob Gross 5.24
166.Olden Polynice 5.24
167.Kurt Rambis 5.24
168.Rasho Nesterović 5.23
169.Keon Clark 5.22
170.Walter Dukes 5.21
171.LaSalle Thompson 5.20
172.Chico Vaughn 5.19
173.Ray Williams 5.18
174.Brendan Haywood 5.18
175.Monk Meineke 5.17
176.Bob Harrison 5.17
177.Rick Mahorn 5.16
178.Ernie Vandeweghe 5.16
179.Paul Neumann 5.15
180.Darrall Imhoff 5.15
181.Chuck Cooper* 5.14
 Tom Kozelko 5.14
 Sam Mitchell 5.14
184.Larry Costello* 5.14
185.Lonnie Shelton 5.09
186.Al Harrington 5.09
187.Dave Twardzik 5.09
188.Kelly Olynyk 5.09
189.Clyde Lovellette* 5.09
190.Earl Cureton 5.08
191.Tyler Hansbrough 5.08
192.Kenny Carr 5.08
193.Hassan Whiteside 5.08
194.Mike Dunleavy 5.07
195.Amir Johnson 5.05
196.John Drew 5.04
197.Cody Zeller 5.04
198.John Lambert 5.04
199.Anderson Varejão 5.04
200.Joe Smith 5.04
201.Blue Edwards 5.04
202.Johnny Newman 5.03
203.Greg Ostertag 5.03
204.Whitey Skoog 5.03
205.Chuck Hayes 5.02
206.Ricky Sobers 5.02
207.Dennis Awtrey 5.02
208.Antonio McDyess 5.02
209.Butch Beard 5.01
210.Tyrone Hill 5.00
211.Theo Ratliff 4.99
212.James Johnson 4.98
213.Steve Kuberski 4.98
214.Ervin Johnson 4.98
215.Fabricio Oberto 4.98
216.Red Rocha 4.98
217.George McGinnis* 4.97
218.Bailey Howell* 4.97
219.Maurice Harkless 4.97
220.Adrian Griffin 4.96
221.Em Bryant 4.94
222.Reggie Evans 4.94
223.JaMychal Green 4.93
224.Connie Simmons 4.91
225.Dave Stallworth 4.91
226.Larry Siegfried 4.91
227.Stacey King 4.91
228.Greg Buckner 4.90
229.Tony Smith 4.90
230.Jaren Jackson Jr. 4.88
231.Dave Piontek 4.87
232.Billy Kenville 4.87
233.Jack Nichols 4.86
234.Travis Best 4.86
235.Mitch Kupchak 4.86
236.Kendrick Perkins 4.84
237.Vincent Askew 4.84
238.Charlie Scott* 4.83
239.Tony Battie 4.83
240.Pat Riley* 4.83
241.K.C. Jones* 4.83
242.Mark Olberding 4.82
243.Jim King 4.81
244.Jacque Vaughn 4.81
245.Aron Baynes 4.80
246.John Tresvant 4.80
247.Darwin Cook 4.80
248.Keyon Dooling 4.80
249.Markieff Morris 4.80
250.Josh McRoberts 4.79

ABA

ABA Table
Rank Player PF/36 MP
1.Wendell Ladner 7.27
2.Willie Sojourner 6.30
3.Gene Moore 5.90
4.Ron Thomas 5.74
5.Tom Thacker 5.61
6.George Irvine 5.57
7.Art Becker 5.55
8.Jackie Moreland 5.34
9.Maurice McHartley 5.10
10.Jim Eakins 5.09
11.Tom Owens 4.89
12.Les Hunter 4.88
13.Ted McClain 4.65
14.Darnell Hillman 4.55
15.Wil Jones 4.54
16.Rich Jones 4.43
17.Byron Beck 4.40
18.Fatty Taylor 4.39
19.Walt Simon 4.31
20.Bobby Jones* 4.27
21.Goose Ligon 4.25
22.Gerald Govan 4.16
23.Bob Warren 4.16
24.Claude Terry 4.15
25.Jeff Congdon 4.09
26.Doug Moe 4.03
27.John Williamson 4.03
28.Mel Daniels* 4.00
29.Cincy Powell 3.99
30.Johnny Baum 3.96
31.George Carter 3.96
32.Mike Pratt 3.91
33.George McGinnis* 3.91
34.Ron Boone 3.90
35.Trooper Washington 3.89
36.Steve Jones 3.88
37.Andy Anderson 3.85
38.Ira Harge 3.84
39.Sam Smith 3.82
40.Kevin Joyce 3.79
41.Charlie Williams 3.77
42.Merv Jackson 3.73
43.Bird Averitt 3.66
44.Warren Jabali 3.60
45.Glen Combs 3.59
46.Billy Paultz 3.58
47.John Beasley 3.56
48.Dan Issel* 3.55
49.Lonnie Wright 3.50
50.Roger Brown* 3.49
51.Zelmo Beaty* 3.46
52.Mike Gale 3.44
53.Dave Robisch 3.37
54.Ollie Taylor 3.33
55.Larry Brown* 3.33
56.Darel Carrier 3.32
57.Mack Calvin 3.29
58.Donnie Freeman 3.22
59.Rick Barry* 3.17
60.George Gervin* 3.16
61.Brian Taylor 3.16
62.Gene Littles 3.15
63.Rick Mount 3.12
64.Willie Wise 3.10
65.Artis Gilmore* 3.09
66.Jimmy Jones 3.08
67.George Stone 3.04
68.Freddie Lewis 3.02
69.Larry Jones 3.00
70.Don Buse 2.98
71.Red Robbins 2.68
72.Bob Netolicky 2.67
73.Bill Keller 2.65
74.Chuck Williams 2.61
75.Bill Melchionni 2.57
76.Larry Kenon 2.51
77.Ralph Simpson 2.49
78.Julius Erving* 2.46
79.Jimmy O'Brien 2.42
80.Louie Dampier* 2.21
81.John Roche 2.06