highest free throws made for a single game in a nba game as 6th season in the playoffs

Dirk Nowitzki drained the most free throws by a player in a playoff game in his 6th playoff, with 21 made in Game 3 of the 2006 Western Conference Semifinals against the Spurs.

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highest free throws made by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 6th season in the playoffs

	NAME	FTM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	21	5/13/2006	DAL	vs	SAS	43	27	15	3	1	1	3	9	33.3	0	0		24	87.5	69.0	4	11	3	2	+3
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	20	5/9/1991	UTA	@	POR	43	40	16	3	2	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		22	90.9	72.3	3	13	4	4
3	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	19	4/17/2017	SAS	vs	MEM	40	37	11	2	0	0	9	14	64.3	0	2	0.0	19	100.0	82.7	1	10	4	2	+8
4	Zelmo Beaty Z. Beaty	18	3/23/1968	STL	vs	SFW	43	46	22	2			14	25	56.0				21	85.7	67.2				4
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	17	7/20/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	42	50	14	2	0	5	16	25	64.0	1	3	33.3	19	89.5	74.9	4	10	6	2	+10
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	17	6/1/2006	DAL	vs	PHX	43	50	12	3	1	0	14	26	53.8	5	6	83.3	18	94.4	73.7	1	11	1	2	+22
7	Bob Love B. Love	17	4/27/1975	CHI	@	GSW	42	37	4	1	3	0	10	24	41.7				17	100.0	58.8	2	2		3
8	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	16	5/13/2008	DET	vs	ORL	42	31	2	3	4	0	7	20	35.0	1	3	33.3	16	100.0	57.3	0	2	0	3	+7
9	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	16	5/1/2006	DET	@	MIL	42	34	3	6	1	0	8	18	44.4	2	7	28.6	16	100.0	67.9	1	2	2	2	+8
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	16	5/28/1990	CHI	vs	DET	43	42	4	9	4	3	13	26	50.0	0	1	0.0	19	84.2	61.1	0	4	4	5
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	5/7/1985	LAL	vs	POR	40	34	9	19	2	0	9	16	56.3	0	0		17	94.1	72.4	1	8	4	3
12	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	16	3/21/1967	STL	vs	CHI	41	20	10	6			2	11	18.2				17	94.1	54.1				2
13	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	15	5/27/2023	BOS	@	MIA	44	31	12	5	1	2	8	22	36.4	0	8	0.0	15	100.0	54.2	3	9	3	2	+3
14	James Harden J. Harden	15	5/17/2015	HOU	vs	LAC	43	31	7	8	3	1	7	20	35.0	2	7	28.6	18	83.3	55.5	0	7	7	1	+12
15	James Harden J. Harden	15	5/6/2015	HOU	vs	LAC	35	32	3	7	1	1	7	17	41.2	3	10	30.0	15	100.0	67.8	1	2	7	4	+14
16	James Harden J. Harden	15	4/18/2015	HOU	vs	DAL	39	24	2	11	1	0	4	11	36.4	1	5	20.0	17	88.2	64.9	0	2	3	1	+14
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	15	5/22/2006	DAL	@	SAS	50	37	15	3	1	1	11	20	55.0	0	1	0.0	16	93.8	68.4	2	13	0	3	0
18	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	15	5/5/1985	LAL	@	POR	41	31	6	13	0	1	8	13	61.5	0	1	0.0	16	93.8	77.3	0	6	6	2
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	14	5/8/2009	BOS	@	ORL	38	27	3	6	3	0	6	15	40.0	1	3	33.3	14	100.0	63.8	0	3	2	2	-15
20	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	14	5/15/2006	DAL	vs	SAS	47	28	9	3	0	1	7	12	58.3	0	1	0.0	15	93.3	75.3	0	9	6	4	+3
21	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	14	6/5/1996	SEA	@	CHI	41	32	8	2	2	1	9	14	64.3	0	0		16	87.5	76.0	5	3	7	6
22	Reggie Miller R. Miller	14	5/7/1995	IND	@	NYK	33	31	5	4	4	0	7	18	38.9	3	7	42.9	15	93.3	63.0	1	4	0	1
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	14	4/30/1985	BOS	vs	DET	40	42	10	6	0	1	14	26	53.8	0	1	0.0	15	93.3	64.4	4	6	1	3
24	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	14	4/21/1985	MIL	vs	CHI	40	25	4	6	0	0	5	11	45.5	1	2	50.0	14	100.0	72.8	1	3	1	3
25	George Gervin G. Gervin	14	5/9/1982	SAS	@	LAL	44	34	6	6	1	0	10	24	41.7	0	1	0.0	16	87.5	54.8			3	2