NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Personal Fouls Per 36 Minutes

Active players are listed in bold
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Season Lg Player PF/36 MP Tm
2024-25 NBA Donovan Clingan 5.14 POR
2023-24 NBA Isaiah Jackson 6.40 IND
2022-23 NBA Paul Reed 5.86 PHI
2021-22 NBA Dewayne Dedmon 5.88 MIA
2020-21 NBA Dwight Howard 6.02 PHI
2019-20 NBA Tony Bradley 6.24 UTA
2018-19 NBA Harry Giles 6.59 SAC
2017-18 NBA Ian Mahinmi 7.23 WAS
2016-17 NBA Marreese Speights 6.41 LAC
2015-16 NBA Cole Aldrich 6.25 LAC
2014-15 NBA Jusuf Nurkić 6.76 DEN
2013-14 NBA Ryan Hollins 6.50 LAC
2012-13 NBA Greg Smith 5.68 HOU
2011-12 NBA Lou Amundson 5.98 IND
2010-11 NBA Johan Petro 7.18 NJN
2009-10 NBA Amir Johnson 6.32 TOR
2008-09 NBA Roy Hibbert 7.67 IND
2007-08 NBA Jason Collins 5.96 TOT
2006-07 NBA Jake Voskuhl 6.87 CHA
2005-06 NBA Dan Gadzuric 6.96 MIL
2004-05 NBA Jerome James 7.55 SEA
2003-04 NBA Andrew DeClercq 6.45 ORL
2002-03 NBA Andrew DeClercq 7.00 ORL
2001-02 NBA Joel Przybilla 6.35 MIL
2000-01 NBA Mikki Moore 6.30 DET
1999-00 NBA Chris Anstey 6.43 CHI
1998-99 NBA Malik Rose 7.11 SAS
1997-98 NBA Jim McIlvaine 7.13 SEA
1996-97 NBA Andrew DeClercq 7.74 GSW
1995-96 NBA George Zídek 6.89 CHH
1994-95 NBA Bill Wennington 7.46 CHI
1993-94 NBA Byron Houston 7.52 GSW
1992-93 NBA Byron Houston 7.15 GSW
1991-92 NBA Tyrone Hill 6.01 GSW
1990-91 NBA Tyrone Hill 7.97 GSW
1989-90 NBA Eric Leckner 7.40 UTA
1988-89 NBA Eric Leckner 8.04 UTA
1987-88 NBA Olden Polynice 7.17 SEA
1986-87 NBA Jeff Turner 7.18 NJN
1985-86 NBA Joe Kleine 6.83 SAC
1984-85 NBA James Bailey 7.94 NYK
1983-84 NBA Darren Tillis 8.68 GSW
1982-83 NBA Steve Johnson 7.53 KCK
1981-82 NBA Jim Smith 7.76 SDC
1980-81 NBA Len Elmore 6.93 MIL
1979-80 NBA Tom LaGarde 6.37 SEA
1978-79 NBA Kim Hughes 7.13 DEN
1977-78 NBA Tree Rollins 6.54 ATL
1976-77 NBA Tom Boswell 7.88 BOS
1975-76 NBA Bill Robinzine 7.87 KCK
  ABA Darnell Hillman 5.09 INA
1974-75 NBA LaRue Martin 6.27 POR
  ABA Wil Jones 4.73 KEN
1973-74 NBA Jim Davis 6.01 DET
  ABA Jim Chones 5.23 CAR
1972-73 NBA Joby Wright 6.34 SEA
  ABA Gene Moore 5.35 SDA
1971-72 NBA Willie Norwood 6.48 DET
  ABA Wendell Ladner 5.11 TOT
1970-71 NBA Phil Jackson* 7.89 NYK
  ABA Gene Moore 4.86 TEX
1969-70 NBA Nate Bowman 9.15 NYK
  ABA Gene Moore 5.26 KEN
1968-69 NBA Nate Bowman 8.42 NYK
  ABA Kendall Rhine 5.46 HSM
1967-68 NBA Tom Thacker 7.60 BOS
  ABA Kendall Rhine 7.83 KEN
1966-67 NBA Jim Barnes 6.85 LAL
1965-66 NBA Mel Counts 7.30 BOS
1964-65 NBA Em Bryant 5.73 NYK
1963-64 NBA Frank Ramsey* 7.19 BOS
1962-63 NBA Hub Reed 7.23 CIN
1961-62 NBA Hub Reed 6.65 CIN
1960-61 NBA Swede Halbrook 8.34 SYR
1959-60 NBA Gene Conley 7.31 BOS
1958-59 NBA Connie Dierking 7.34 SYR
1957-58 NBA Walt Davis 7.76 TOT
1956-57 NBA Alex Hannum* 7.57 TOT
1955-56 NBA Walt Davis 7.55 PHW
1954-55 NBA Alex Hannum* 6.82 MLH
1953-54 NBA Ernie Barrett 6.51 BOS
1952-53 NBA Dillard Crocker 9.23 MLH
1951-52 NBA Al Cervi* 7.45 SYR