highest free throw percentage in a season by a center since 2001

Since 2000-01, Joel Embiid has the best free-throw percentage by a center in a season, at 88.3 percent in 2023-24.

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highest free throw percentage with a minimum of 125 free-throws made per 82 team games in a season by a center since 2001

	NAME	FT%	SEASON	TM	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	88.3	2023-24	PHI	39	33.6	34.7	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	11.5	21.8	52.9	1.4	3.6	38.8	10.2	11.6	64.4	2.4	8.6	3.8	1,309	1,353	430	219	46	66	150	112	+267
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	88.2	2024-25	PHI	19	30.2	23.8	8.2	4.5	0.7	0.9	7.4	16.6	44.4	1.2	4.1	29.9	7.8	8.9	58.0	1.9	6.3	3.3	574	452	155	85	14	18	62	42	-57
3	Danny Fortson D. Fortson	88.0	2004-05	SEA	62	16.9	7.5	5.6	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.9	3.6	52.2	0.0	0.0		3.7	4.2	68.2	2.5	3.1	1.5	1,047	463	348	8	15	7	91	265	+80
4	Kevin Love K. Love	88.0	2017-18	CLE	59	28.0	17.6	9.3	1.7	0.7	0.4	5.7	12.4	45.8	2.3	5.6	41.5	4.0	4.5	61.4	1.7	7.5	1.5	1,651	1,039	546	103	43	24	90	120	+80
5	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	87.9	2024-25	TOT	81	18.8	10.4	7.7	2.0	0.5	0.6	4.3	7.7	55.0	0.1	0.5	21.6	1.8	2.0	60.2	2.3	5.4	1.5	1,524	843	627	164	37	46	120	181	-304
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	87.7	2003-04	DAL	77	37.9	21.8	8.7	2.7	1.2	1.4	7.9	17.0	46.2	1.3	3.8	34.1	4.8	5.5	56.1	1.2	7.5	1.8	2,915	1,680	670	207	92	104	135	216	+406
7	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	87.3	2023-24	MIN	62	32.7	21.8	8.3	3.0	0.7	0.7	7.7	15.3	50.4	2.2	5.3	41.6	4.1	4.7	62.5	1.5	6.8	2.9	2,026	1,349	515	189	43	41	177	204	+321
8	Andrea Bargnani A. Bargnani	87.3	2011-12	TOR	31	33.3	19.5	5.5	2.0	0.6	0.5	6.7	15.6	43.2	1.1	3.7	29.6	4.9	5.6	53.8	0.8	4.8	2.2	1,032	603	172	61	18	15	69	52	-45
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	86.8	2020-21	DEN	72	34.5	26.4	10.8	8.3	1.3	0.7	10.2	18.0	56.6	1.3	3.3	38.8	4.8	5.5	64.7	2.8	8.0	3.1	2,487	1,898	780	599	95	48	222	192	+384
10	Brandon Bass B. Bass	86.7	2008-09	DAL	81	19.4	8.5	4.5	0.5	0.3	0.7	3.1	6.3	49.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	2.6	57.1	1.6	2.9	1.1	1,574	686	367	43	27	55	86	140	+75
11	Yao Ming Y. Ming	86.6	2008-09	HOU	77	33.6	19.7	9.9	1.8	0.4	1.9	7.4	13.4	54.8	0.0	0.0	100.0	4.9	5.7	61.8	2.6	7.2	3.0	2,589	1,514	761	137	30	150	234	257	+453
12	Yao Ming Y. Ming	86.2	2006-07	HOU	48	33.8	25.0	9.4	2.0	0.4	2.0	8.8	17.1	51.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.4	8.6	60.1	2.1	7.3	3.5	1,624	1,202	452	94	17	94	167	159	+298
13	Drew Gooden D. Gooden	86.1	2009-10	TOT	70	25.1	10.9	7.7	0.7	0.6	0.8	4.1	8.6	47.8	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.7	3.1	54.7	3.0	4.8	1.5	1,755	763	542	47	41	58	108	194	-279
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	85.9	2020-21	PHI	51	31.1	28.5	10.6	2.8	1.0	1.4	9.0	17.6	51.3	1.1	3.0	37.7	9.2	10.7	63.6	2.2	8.4	3.1	1,585	1,451	539	145	50	69	159	123	+405
15	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	85.9	2020-21	MIN	50	33.8	24.8	10.6	4.5	0.8	1.1	8.5	17.5	48.6	2.4	6.3	38.7	5.3	6.2	61.2	2.7	7.9	3.2	1,689	1,239	529	225	39	57	160	186	+11
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	85.8	2017-18	MIN	82	35.6	21.3	12.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	7.8	14.3	54.5	1.5	3.5	42.1	4.2	4.9	64.6	2.9	9.4	1.9	2,918	1,743	1,012	199	64	115	159	285	+371
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	85.8	2025-26	NYK	75	31.0	20.1	11.9	3.0	0.9	0.5	6.9	13.8	50.1	1.5	4.1	36.8	4.8	5.5	61.9	3.1	8.7	2.5	2,322	1,504	889	226	65	40	187	255	+378
18	P.J. Brown	85.8	2001-02	CHA	80	32.0	8.4	9.8	1.3	0.7	1.0	3.1	6.6	47.4	0.0	0.0		2.1	2.5	54.5	3.4	6.4	1.1	2,563	669	786	107	59	78	85	222	+143
19	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	85.7	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
20	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	85.7	2011-12	BOS	60	31.1	15.8	8.2	2.9	0.9	1.0	6.5	13.0	50.3	0.1	0.2	33.3	2.7	3.2	55.0	1.1	7.1	1.8	1,864	947	494	175	56	61	107	141	+267
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	85.4	2025-26	PHI	38	31.6	26.9	7.7	3.9	0.6	1.2	9.0	18.3	48.9	1.4	4.2	33.3	7.5	8.8	60.5	2.0	5.7	2.9	1,201	1,021	293	150	21	46	109	82	+155
22	Kelly Olynyk K. Olynyk	85.3	2022-23	UTA	68	28.6	12.5	6.2	3.7	0.9	0.5	4.1	8.2	49.9	1.4	3.5	39.4	2.9	3.4	64.3	1.2	5.0	2.5	1,942	847	420	252	60	37	168	232	+14
23	Yao Ming Y. Ming	85.3	2005-06	HOU	57	34.2	22.3	10.2	1.5	0.5	1.6	8.2	15.8	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.9	6.9	59.2	2.6	7.6	2.6	1,949	1,271	581	85	30	94	147	195	+90
24	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	85.3	2001-02	DAL	76	38.0	23.4	9.9	2.4	1.1	1.0	7.9	16.6	47.7	1.8	4.6	39.7	5.8	6.8	59.9	1.6	8.4	1.9	2,891	1,779	755	186	83	77	145	222	+411
25	P.J. Brown	85.2	2000-01	CHA	80	35.1	8.5	9.3	1.6	1.0	1.2	3.1	7.0	44.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	2.6	51.8	3.2	6.1	1.4	2,811	676	742	127	78	92	108	260	+238

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Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
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Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
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Since 2000-01, Joel Embiid has the best free-throw percentage by a center in a season, at 88.3 percent in 2023-24.

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