highest free throw percentage by a center career since 2001

Since 2000-01, Dirk Nowitzki has the highest free-throw percentage by a center, at 86.7 percent.

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highest free throw percentage with a minimum of 63 free-throws made per 82 team games by a center career since 2001

	NAME	FT%	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	86.7	230	33.5	19.1	8.1	2.2	0.9	1.0	6.7	14.5	46.6	1.6	4.2	38.5	3.9	4.6	57.9	1.0	7.1	1.4	7,706	4,386	1,863	513	218	226	331	584	+762
2	Brandon Bass B. Bass	85.8	147	19.8	7.9	4.4	0.8	0.4	0.7	2.9	5.6	51.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.1	2.4	59.0	1.6	2.9	0.9	2,916	1,159	652	117	60	110	128	265	+53
3	Drew Gooden D. Gooden	85.0	164	23.0	10.8	6.4	1.3	0.6	0.6	4.1	8.9	45.9	0.2	0.5	29.4	2.4	2.8	52.9	2.4	4.0	1.5	3,770	1,764	1,050	212	102	105	243	380	-479
4	Danny Fortson D. Fortson	85.0	155	13.6	5.2	4.6	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.5	2.9	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	2.6	64.6	2.0	2.6	1.1	2,106	807	719	20	32	20	169	527	+183
5	P.J. Brown	84.7	235	33.0	8.6	8.8	1.4	0.8	0.9	3.3	7.1	46.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.4	52.6	3.0	5.8	1.2	7,754	2,022	2,075	324	183	220	283	698	+218
6	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	84.0	720	33.7	22.8	11.1	3.1	0.8	1.1	8.3	15.9	52.2	1.7	4.3	39.7	4.4	5.3	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	24,293	16,384	8,025	2,263	588	811	1,932	2,452	+1656
7	Jason Smith J. Smith	83.8	153	18.6	7.5	3.7	1.2	0.3	0.6	2.9	6.5	44.9	0.2	0.5	33.3	1.5	1.8	51.3	1.2	2.5	1.1	2,851	1,141	562	188	50	96	172	358	-544
8	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	83.3	78	21.3	9.3	4.7	1.6	0.9	0.6	3.6	7.1	50.3	0.1	0.2	30.8	2.2	2.6	56.8	1.5	3.2	1.8	1,663	728	365	124	71	46	137	242	-67
9	Yao Ming Y. Ming	83.3	486	32.5	19.0	9.2	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.1	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	15,818	9,247	4,494	769	189	920	1,311	1,596	+1491
10	Andrea Bargnani A. Bargnani	83.3	250	27.6	14.5	4.4	1.2	0.4	0.7	5.4	12.3	44.1	1.0	2.9	33.4	2.7	3.3	53.0	1.0	3.4	1.6	6,905	3,630	1,089	293	102	175	412	553	-628
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	83.0	490	31.9	27.6	10.8	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	9.9	61.3	2.2	8.6	3.4	15,609	13,544	5,280	1,808	432	784	1,656	1,451	+2645
12	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	82.9	110	30.8	24.7	11.3	3.3	1.1	3.4	8.7	17.6	49.6	2.4	6.8	35.1	4.8	5.8	61.2	1.9	9.4	2.8	3,393	2,716	1,242	368	118	373	304	261	+784
13	Kevin Love K. Love	82.9	140	26.4	13.8	9.1	1.3	0.6	0.5	4.6	10.1	45.9	1.0	2.5	39.8	3.6	4.3	57.6	2.7	6.5	1.5	3,699	1,938	1,280	187	78	74	208	325	-190
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	82.5	810	32.0	22.2	11.1	7.5	1.3	0.7	8.5	15.2	56.1	1.1	3.2	36.2	4.1	5.0	64.1	2.7	8.4	3.0	25,904	18,009	8,977	6,080	1,041	589	2,420	2,169	+4626
15	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	82.4	170	28.0	15.6	6.9	1.6	0.4	1.2	6.3	12.3	50.9	0.2	0.7	33.1	2.8	3.4	56.3	2.4	4.5	1.3	4,753	2,644	1,174	267	76	209	214	412	-3
16	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	81.7	229	26.0	11.5	7.4	2.2	1.0	0.8	4.9	10.0	48.6	0.0	0.2	17.1	1.7	2.1	52.5	1.1	6.3	1.4	5,947	2,626	1,693	493	223	180	332	527	+328
17	Channing Frye C. Frye	81.4	277	20.9	9.0	4.7	0.9	0.5	0.6	3.4	7.2	47.2	0.8	1.9	41.3	1.4	1.7	56.3	1.2	3.5	0.9	5,799	2,500	1,290	261	141	161	246	740	+474
18	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	81.3	131	29.0	19.2	7.6	2.1	0.7	1.6	6.5	14.5	44.8	2.3	6.2	36.8	4.0	4.9	57.8	1.6	6.0	1.4	3,793	2,515	991	270	90	216	186	393	+486
19	Kris Humphries K. Humphries	81.3	69	19.9	8.4	5.9	1.0	0.4	0.9	3.3	6.7	50.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.1	55.2	1.8	4.1	0.9	1,376	579	409	67	31	61	64	136	-175
20	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	81.0	409	30.7	14.5	7.2	1.8	0.6	0.7	5.1	11.1	46.0	1.1	2.9	38.5	3.2	3.9	56.6	1.9	5.3	1.6	12,538	5,913	2,934	755	228	278	661	1,225	+361
21	Brad Miller B. Miller	80.9	703	29.1	11.4	7.2	3.0	0.8	0.6	4.1	8.6	47.6	0.3	0.8	33.1	3.0	3.8	56.1	1.9	5.2	1.6	20,486	8,049	5,046	2,091	539	453	1,143	1,960	+370
22	Shawn Marion S. Marion	80.9	81	40.3	21.8	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	8.8	16.9	52.5	1.2	3.6	33.1	3.0	3.7	59.1	3.1	8.8	1.5	3,263	1,769	959	143	160	137	125	223	+412
23	Marc Jackson M. Jackson	80.9	309	19.3	8.5	4.3	0.8	0.4	0.3	3.1	6.9	45.5	0.0	0.1	24.1	2.2	2.8	52.6	1.7	2.6	1.2	5,949	2,624	1,337	235	114	89	378	641	-392
24	Moritz Wagner M. Wagner	80.8	399	16.2	9.0	3.9	1.2	0.5	0.3	3.2	6.2	51.8	0.7	2.2	32.3	1.9	2.3	62.4	1.0	2.9	1.1	6,477	3,575	1,551	466	200	111	437	849	-518
25	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	80.4	442	34.8	18.8	8.4	1.8	0.9	1.1	6.8	13.6	50.3	0.3	0.9	32.3	4.8	5.9	57.8	2.3	6.1	1.9	15,374	8,294	3,693	816	378	497	856	1,091	+1033

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Since 2000-01, Dirk Nowitzki has the highest free-throw percentage by a center, at 86.7 percent.

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