most career playoff free throws by a player before 2013

Before 2012-13, Michael Jordan hit the most free throws in the playoffs, with 1,463 made.

	NAME	FTM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1,463	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	376	158	546	541	+294
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,320	220	39.3	25.6	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	9.2	20.5	44.8	1.3	4.0	33.1	7.4	81.6	54.1	1.0	4.0	2.9	8,641	5,640	1,119	1,040	310	144	647	660	+555
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,269	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	8.1	2.8	7,907	4,761	2,062	610	258	135	550	662	+123
4	Jerry West J. West	1,213	153	41.3	29.1	5.6	6.3	0.0	0.0	10.6	22.6	46.9				9.8	80.5	54.1	0.0	2.0		6,321	4,457	855	970	0	0		451
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1,168	216	37.5	24.3	11.6	2.7	0.5	2.1	9.4	16.8	56.3	0.0	0.0		10.7	50.4	56.5	4.0	7.6	3.0	8,098	5,250	2,508	582	117	459	649	769	+638
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,068	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	6.8	13.4	50.6	0.3	1.1	24.1	6.7	83.8	59.5	1.8	5.9	3.7	7,538	3,701	1,465	2,346	358	64	696	524
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,050	237	37.3	24.3	10.5	3.2	1.0	2.4	9.9	18.7	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	74.0	57.1	2.6	6.5	2.6	8,851	5,762	2,481	767	189	476	447	797
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,028	190	39.0	22.3	12.1	3.4	0.7	2.5	8.4	16.8	50.1	0.0	0.2	16.1	8.0	67.9	54.9	3.3	8.8	2.9	7,415	4,233	2,308	642	132	482	548	552	+756
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,007	128	41.3	25.9	10.3	2.6	1.1	0.9	8.5	18.4	46.3	1.1	2.9	38.0	8.8	89.3	58.4	1.6	8.7	2.3	5,281	3,321	1,314	329	139	118	296	362	+134
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	901	164	42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	6.2	89.0	55.1	2.2	8.1	3.1	6,886	3,897	1,683	1,062	296	145	506	466
11	LeBron James L. James	886	115	43.4	28.5	8.7	6.7	1.7	0.9	9.7	20.7	46.9	1.4	4.4	31.2	10.3	74.5	56.4	1.6	7.1	3.6	4,994	3,275	998	772	195	109	412	273	+482
12	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	874	172	39.9	22.0	6.9	4.8	1.1	0.3	8.4	19.4	43.6				6.1	83.6	49.8	1.5	3.8		6,860	3,776	1,186	825	60	16		527
13	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	847	134	41.1	27.0	12.9	4.0			10.4	23.6	43.9				8.2	77.1	49.7				5,510	3,623	1,724	541				435
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	790	130	39.6	21.0	6.4	3.9	1.3	0.7	6.7	15.8	42.2	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	83.2	55.2	0.9	5.5	3.1	5,153	2,728	835	506	175	91	408	432	+190
15	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	776	140	37.2	17.8	3.4	5.9	1.1	0.2	5.2	12.6	41.3	1.9	5.1	36.7	6.3	88.1	58.0	0.5	2.9	2.2	5,206	2,489	480	825	147	22	314	363	+605
16	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	772	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	1.9	0.9	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	5.1	72.4	52.4	2.2	5.4	2.9	8,105	3,642	1,583	1,048	395	185	602	686	+232
17	Reggie Miller R. Miller	770	144	36.9	20.6	2.9	2.5	1.0	0.2	6.5	14.5	44.9	2.2	5.7	39.0	6.0	89.3	60.1	0.5	2.4	1.8	5,308	2,972	416	357	146	34	257	275	+170
18	Kevin McHale K. McHale	766	169	33.8	18.8	7.4	1.6	0.4	1.7	7.1	12.7	56.1	0.0	0.1	38.1	5.8	78.8	61.8	2.7	4.7	1.9	5,716	3,182	1,253	274	65	281	326	571
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	757	160	47.2	22.5	24.5	4.2			8.9	17.1	52.2				10.2	46.5	52.4				7,559	3,607	3,913	673				412
20	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	756	180	38.9	17.3	4.3	5.6	1.4	0.6	6.5	14.8	43.9	0.2	0.8	23.6	5.2	80.2	50.7	1.5	2.9	2.7	6,994	3,116	781	1,006	247	113	480	575
21	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	751	123	39.4	23.0	12.9	3.9	1.6	0.9	8.2	16.0	51.3	0.5	2.0	25.5	8.5	71.7	58.4	4.1	8.7	2.9	4,849	2,833	1,582	482	193	108	353	408	+1
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	743	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	3,755	1,621	458	245	472	424	562	-29
23	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	731	110	40.3	25.2	5.6	5.3	1.7	1.1	9.0	18.7	47.8	0.7	2.1	32.2	8.5	77.8	56.1	1.4	4.2	3.7	4,432	2,776	619	586	182	125	412	326	+396
24	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	723	97	34.0	19.5	12.2	2.6			6.0	15.4	39.0				9.0	82.5	50.3				2,687	1,887	1,051	257				371
25	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	708	88	40.3	25.5	14.8	2.7			8.7	20.8	41.8				10.4	77.4	50.1				3,545	2,240	1,304	241				277

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