1980s most free throws

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Moses Malone drained the most free throws, with 5,975 made.

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1980s most free throws by a player
NAMEFTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Moses Malone
M. Malone
5,975
778
37.3
24.5
13.2
1.5
0.9
1.4
8.4
17.2
49.1
0.0
0.1
5.7
9.9
77.5
57.0
5.4
7.8
3.4
29,039
19,082
10,269
1,191
730
1,107
2,659
1,898
2Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
5,305
684
36.8
26.5
5.4
3.2
0.9
0.1
9.4
17.1
55.0
0.0
0.1
16.7
9.5
82.0
62.5
2.2
3.3
3.0
25,201
18,157
3,721
2,206
647
92
2,039
1,833
3Reggie Theus
R. Theus
3,729
787
33.7
18.7
3.4
6.7
1.2
0.2
6.9
14.5
47.4
0.2
0.9
23.0
5.7
82.7
54.9
1.2
2.2
3.4
26,545
14,729
2,671
5,239
968
171
2,712
2,313
4Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
3,702
716
36.9
19.5
7.4
11.2
2.0
0.4
7.1
13.3
53.0
0.2
0.7
23.9
6.2
83.4
60.6
1.9
5.6
3.9
26,417
13,943
5,303
8,025
1,464
310
2,800
1,685
5Alex English
A. English
3,674
811
36.0
25.9
5.9
4.4
1.0
0.8
10.7
21.0
51.0
0.0
0.1
20.8
5.4
83.8
55.5
2.6
3.3
2.8
29,208
21,018
4,780
3,596
848
634
2,294
2,286
6Sidney Moncrief
S. Moncrief
3,505
695
31.7
16.7
5.0
3.9
1.3
0.3
5.8
11.5
50.3
0.1
0.5
27.6
6.1
83.2
59.1
2.0
3.0
2.1
22,054
11,594
3,447
2,689
874
217
1,485
1,523
7Jack Sikma
J. Sikma
3,375
795
34.7
16.8
10.3
3.4
1.1
1.0
6.2
13.2
47.1
0.1
0.4
31.3
5.0
85.6
54.6
2.4
7.9
2.4
27,557
13,342
8,192
2,721
871
829
1,878
2,822
8Larry Bird
L. Bird
3,328
717
38.4
25.0
10.2
6.1
1.8
0.8
9.8
19.6
50.3
0.6
1.7
37.7
5.3
88.0
57.0
2.2
8.0
3.2
27,560
17,899
7,319
4,396
1,300
603
2,261
1,906
9Tom Chambers
T. Chambers
3,296
634
34.0
20.3
6.8
2.4
0.9
0.6
7.5
15.7
47.6
0.2
0.7
31.0
6.5
79.5
54.8
2.2
4.7
2.9
21,559
12,896
4,341
1,500
564
406
1,808
2,418
10Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
3,265
559
36.9
26.0
6.8
2.4
1.5
0.7
10.0
21.4
46.7
0.2
0.9
26.9
7.3
80.4
53.0
2.9
3.8
2.7
20,644
14,557
3,784
1,357
811
403
1,485
1,196
11World B. Free
W. B. Free
3,207
583
31.8
21.7
2.7
4.0
1.1
0.2
7.9
17.5
45.2
0.4
1.1
33.7
7.2
76.6
52.4
1.1
1.6
2.4
18,515
12,662
1,555
2,303
619
116
1,372
1,504
12George Gervin
G. Gervin
3,123
547
33.1
26.0
4.3
2.7
1.0
0.7
10.1
20.2
49.8
0.1
0.5
29.7
6.7
85.0
56.1
1.4
2.8
2.8
18,086
14,216
2,333
1,455
563
365
1,545
1,515
13Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
3,058
605
33.2
22.8
4.0
2.4
0.6
0.4
8.8
16.5
53.2
0.2
0.5
36.2
5.8
87.0
59.9
1.3
2.7
1.9
20,088
13,775
2,416
1,435
383
215
1,129
1,278
14Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
2,965
345
39.0
32.6
6.2
5.9
2.8
1.2
11.9
23.3
51.3
0.2
0.8
20.2
10.1
84.8
58.9
1.9
4.3
3.3
13,442
11,263
2,129
2,046
962
411
1,150
1,085
15Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
2,925
602
33.6
24.1
5.6
3.7
0.9
0.4
9.4
19.1
49.2
0.4
1.4
30.4
6.5
74.2
54.7
2.2
3.5
3.0
20,222
14,488
3,395
2,252
518
231
1,814
1,819
16Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
2,891
783
34.9
15.3
3.9
5.6
1.3
0.6
5.7
12.9
44.6
0.1
0.6
18.0
4.5
81.9
51.4
1.2
2.7
2.5
27,325
11,954
3,078
4,381
1,055
456
1,976
2,265
17Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
2,859
787
32.6
20.6
7.6
2.8
0.7
2.0
8.5
14.9
57.2
0.0
0.0
5.6
4.9
74.3
60.6
2.0
5.6
2.6
25,675
16,246
5,980
2,220
584
1,594
2,037
2,258
18Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
2,836
683
28.7
12.3
6.0
2.3
0.8
0.5
4.1
7.6
54.0
0.0
0.0
5.3
5.3
78.2
62.2
2.5
3.5
2.1
19,587
8,419
4,091
1,566
520
311
1,446
1,856
19Bill Cartwright
B. Cartwright
2,828
615
31.1
16.2
7.1
1.4
0.5
0.9
5.8
10.7
54.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.9
78.2
61.1
2.1
5.0
2.4
19,124
9,972
4,359
882
334
584
1,451
1,985
20Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
2,822
663
30.9
15.4
9.0
1.6
0.5
1.8
5.6
8.9
62.7
0.0
0.0
7.7
5.9
71.9
67.0
2.6
6.4
2.5
20,476
10,233
5,977
1,041
334
1,207
1,671
2,179
21Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
2,814
635
36.7
20.3
3.7
9.8
2.1
0.3
7.7
16.7
46.3
0.3
1.2
27.8
5.8
76.1
52.5
1.0
2.7
3.8
23,276
12,862
2,372
6,220
1,338
181
2,437
2,105
22Julius Erving
J. Erving
2,765
602
34.1
22.0
6.4
3.8
1.8
1.6
8.7
17.0
51.1
0.1
0.3
26.1
5.9
77.4
56.2
2.5
3.9
2.9
20,506
13,263
3,861
2,282
1,081
983
1,770
1,621
23Kevin McHale
K. McHale
2,715
694
32.1
18.5
7.6
1.8
0.4
1.8
7.3
12.9
56.5
0.0
0.0
5.0
5.0
78.0
61.2
2.6
5.0
2.0
22,275
12,830
5,277
1,217
262
1,269
1,396
2,076
24Rolando Blackman
R. Blackman
2,693
630
33.7
19.2
3.7
3.1
0.7
0.3
7.4
14.8
50.3
0.1
0.3
27.2
5.1
83.3
56.4
1.2
2.4
2.0
21,258
12,127
2,308
1,954
472
196
1,234
990
25Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
2,644
551
31.3
18.8
4.0
3.1
1.0
0.2
6.9
14.4
47.9
0.2
0.6
36.4
5.7
84.2
55.6
1.5
2.5
2.6
17,266
10,369
2,205
1,707
570
108
1,429
1,284

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