highest free throws attempts for a single game in a nba game as 18th season in the playoff

LeBron James had the most free-throw attempts by a player in a playoff game in his 18th playoff, with 18 attempts in Game 4 of the 2025 First Round against the Timberwolves.

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highest free throws attempts by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 18th season in the playoff

	NAME	FTA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	18	4/27/2025	LAL	@	MIN	46	27	12	8	3	3	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	15	83.3	79.8	3	9	3	2	-4
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	14	4/28/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	44	24	8	3	1	1	6	12	50.0	0	0		12	85.7	66.1	3	5	4	4	-12
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	11	4/26/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	44	20	11	4	4	1	7	20	35.0	0	0		6	54.5	40.3	1	10	2	2	+2
4	LeBron James L. James	10	4/25/2025	LAL	@	MIN	41	38	10	4	2	2	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	7	70.0	74.8	3	7	1	0	-10
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	8	4/19/2003	UTA	@	SAC	41	25	7	8	1	0	10	23	43.5	0	1	0.0	5	62.5	47.1	2	5	5	4	+3
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	8	5/3/1989	LAL	@	POR	29	22	6	0	0	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		4	50.0	53.6	2	4	1	0
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	7	4/27/1989	LAL	vs	POR	26	11	8	1	0	1	4	11	36.4	0	0		3	42.9	39.1	0	8	2	4
8	LeBron James L. James	6	4/30/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	22	7	6	2	0	9	21	42.9	1	5	20.0	3	50.0	46.5	2	5	3	2	-14
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	6	5/12/2016	SAS	@	OKC	34	19	5	0	0	1	7	14	50.0	0	0		5	83.3	57.1	2	3	2	1	+12
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	5	4/27/2002	UTA	vs	SAC	29	15	5	7	4	0	5	9	55.6	1	2	50.0	4	80.0	67.0	1	4	1	6	+6
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	5	4/23/2002	UTA	@	SAC	39	13	4	12	2	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		5	100.0	58.0	0	4	1	3	+9
12	LeBron James L. James	4	4/22/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	21	11	7	1	1	8	19	42.1	1	5	20.0	4	100.0	50.6	3	8	2	4	+9
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4	5/10/2016	SAS	vs	OKC	28	5	3	1	0	2	1	6	16.7	0	0		3	75.0	32.2	2	1	1	3	+4
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4	4/19/2016	SAS	vs	MEM	26	3	9	4	1	1	0	1	0.0	0	0		3	75.0	54.3	1	8	2	1	+8
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	4	4/30/2003	UTA	@	SAC	32	14	4	2	0	0	5	17	29.4	0	0		4	100.0	37.3	0	4	2	3	-15
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	4	4/21/2003	UTA	@	SAC	30	15	4	3	2	0	6	12	50.0	0	0		3	75.0	54.5	1	3	7	2	-9
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4	6/13/1989	LAL	vs	DET	29	7	3	3	0	2	2	8	25.0	0	0		3	75.0	35.9	1	2	2	3
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4	6/11/1989	LAL	vs	DET	33	24	13	2	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		4	100.0	57.8	3	10	2	1
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4	6/8/1989	LAL	@	DET	28	11	2	2	0	1	4	12	33.3	0	0		3	75.0	40.0	1	1	3	3
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4	5/26/1989	LAL	@	PHX	25	15	4	1	1	1	6	14	42.9	0	0		3	75.0	47.6	2	2	0	1
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4	5/12/1989	LAL	@	SEA	21	8	1	2	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		4	100.0	84.0	0	1	1	2
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4	5/10/1989	LAL	vs	SEA	19	10	5	1	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		4	100.0	74.0	1	4	0	4
23	LeBron James L. James	2	4/19/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	36	19	5	3	2	3	8	18	44.4	1	5	20.0	2	100.0	50.3	1	4	4	0	-22
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2	4/30/2016	SAS	vs	OKC	21	8	2	2	0	1	4	7	57.1	0	0		0	0.0	50.8	0	2	0	1	+28
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2	4/22/2016	SAS	@	MEM	14	6	3	2	0	2	2	3	66.7	0	0		2	100.0	77.3	0	3	1	3	-8