NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Playoff Leaders and Records for Personal Fouls

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

Table
Year Lg Player PF Tm
2024 NBA P.J. Washington 67 DAL
2023 NBA Bam Adebayo 71 MIA
2022 NBA Draymond Green 87 GSW
2021 NBA P.J. Tucker 77 MIL
2020 NBA Nikola Jokić 68 DEN
2019 NBA Kyle Lowry 96 TOR
2018 NBA Draymond Green 75 GSW
2017 NBA Draymond Green 60 GSW
2016 NBA Draymond Green 81 GSW
2015 NBA Draymond Green 89 GSW
2014 NBA Kawhi Leonard 66 SAS
2013 NBA Roy Hibbert 74 IND
2012 NBA Mario Chalmers 69 MIA
    Shane Battier 69 MIA
2011 NBA Tyson Chandler 77 DAL
2010 NBA Lamar Odom 84 LAL
2009 NBA Dwight Howard 102 ORL
2008 NBA Kendrick Perkins 91 BOS
2007 NBA Mehmet Okur 65 UTA
2006 NBA Tim Thomas 90 PHO
2005 NBA Rasheed Wallace 95 DET
2004 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 90 LAL
2003 NBA Kenyon Martin 92 NJN
2002 NBA Kenyon Martin 86 NJN
2001 NBA Tyrone Hill 80 PHI
2000 NBA Kobe Bryant* 89 LAL
1999 NBA Kurt Thomas 76 NYK
    Marcus Camby 76 NYK
1998 NBA Dennis Rodman* 88 CHI
1997 NBA Greg Ostertag 76 UTA
1996 NBA Shawn Kemp 84 SEA
1995 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 95 HOU
1994 NBA Patrick Ewing* 94 NYK
1993 NBA Shawn Kemp 78 SEA
1992 NBA Jerome Kersey 85 POR
1991 NBA Sam Perkins 69 LAL
1990 NBA Jerome Kersey 87 POR
1989 NBA Bill Cartwright 70 CHI
1988 NBA John Salley 88 DET
1987 NBA Robert Parish* 79 BOS
1986 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 87 HOU
1985 NBA Danny Ainge 76 BOS
1984 NBA Robert Parish* 100 BOS
1983 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 61 LAL
1982 NBA Darryl Dawkins 94 PHI
1981 NBA Robert Reid 80 HOU
1980 NBA Caldwell Jones 75 PHI
    Darryl Dawkins 75 PHI
1979 NBA Lonnie Shelton 80 SEA
1978 NBA Jack Sikma* 101 SEA
1977 NBA Bob Gross 84 POR
1976 NBA Charlie Scott* 97 BOS
  ABA Dan Issel* 62 DNA
1975 NBA Kevin Porter 73 WSB
  ABA George McGinnis* 88 INA
1974 NBA Dave Cowens* 85 BOS
  ABA Gerald Govan 65 UTS
1973 NBA Bill Bridges 68 LAL
  ABA George McGinnis* 78 INA
1972 NBA Bill Bradley* 66 NYK
  ABA Mel Daniels* 85 INA
1971 NBA John Tresvant 64 BAL
  ABA Cincy Powell 83 KEN
1970 NBA Dick Garrett 68 LAL
  ABA Craig Raymond 65 LAS
1969 NBA Bailey Howell* 84 BOS
  ABA Roger Brown* 86 INA
1968 NBA Bailey Howell* 84 BOS
  ABA Jackie Moreland 74 NOB
1967 NBA Tom Meschery 68 SFW
1966 NBA Tom Sanders* 70 BOS
1965 NBA Tom Sanders* 58 BOS
1964 NBA Zelmo Beaty* 56 STL
1963 NBA Tom Sanders* 61 BOS
1962 NBA Tom Sanders* 65 BOS
1961 NBA Ray Felix 52 LAL
1960 NBA Gene Conley 59 BOS
1959 NBA Vern Mikkelsen* 54 MNL
1958 NBA Tom Heinsohn* 52 BOS
1957 NBA Jack McMahon 48 STL
    Arnie Risen* 48 BOS
1956 NBA Tom Gola* 47 PHW
1955 NBA Dolph Schayes* 48 SYR
1954 NBA Whitey Skoog 60 MNL
1953 NBA Vern Mikkelsen* 59 MNL
1952 NBA Nat Clifton* 67 NYK
1951 NBA Arnie Johnson 68 ROC
1950 NBA Vern Mikkelsen* 52 MNL
1949 BAA Kleggie Hermsen 53 WSC
1948 BAA Joe Fulks* 55 PHW
    Howie Dallmar 55 PHW
1947 BAA Chuck Gilmur 45 CHS