most fouls by both teams in a single game since 1980

Since 1979-80, the Utah Jazz have committed the most personal fouls by a team in a game, with 52 fouls versus the Suns on April 9, 1990.

Interpreted as:

most fouls by both teams in a single regular-season game since 1980

	TEAM	PF	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV
1	Jazz	52	4/9/1990	UTA	@	PHX	L 115-119	265	115	46	28	11	5	41	91	45.1	4	16	25.0	29	41	70.7	52.7	20	26	20
2	SuperSonics	48	2/19/1982	SEA	vs	ATL	L 122-127	340	122	53	33	12	4	49	108	45.4	0	3	0.0	24	34	70.6	49.6	17	36	27
3	Knicks	46	12/3/1987	NYK	@	PHX	L 114-120	240	114	48	17	14	3	42	104	40.4	2	7	28.6	28	39	71.8	47.0	27	21	20
4	Knicks	46	11/18/1987	NYK	@	BOS	L 109-111	290	109	43	22	7	8	45	93	48.4	2	4	50.0	17	24	70.8	52.6	14	29	24
5	Pacers	46	12/28/1982	IND	@	DEN	L 150-155	265	150	56	32	5	4	62	120	51.7	3	9	33.3	23	34	67.6	55.6	16	40	18
6	Spurs	45	11/8/1997	SAS	vs	UTA	W 87-80	240	87	45	15	8	8	30	70	42.9	0	4	0.0	27	36	75.0	50.7	14	31	19
7	Kings	45	11/25/1981	KCK	vs	DET	L 122-129	265	122	36	37	12	6	54	103	52.4	1			13	17	76.5	55.2
8	Clippers	44	11/29/1994	LAC	@	GSW	L 124-127	265	124	63	34	10	6	48	117	41.0	6	27	22.2	22	27	81.5	48.1	22	41	18
9	Bulls	44	11/21/1987	CHI	vs	DET	L 132-144	265	132	35	34	13	6	52	102	51.0	1	7	14.3	27	30	90.0	57.3	9	26	16
10	Trail Blazers	44	3/16/1984	POR	vs	CHI	L 155-156	340	155	57	32	10	7	56	115	48.7	1	4	25.0	42	58	72.4	55.2	23	34	19
11	Nuggets	44	12/26/1983	DEN	@	PHX	L 133-140	265	133	42	31	14	2	45	108	41.7	5	11	45.5	38	44	86.4	52.2	13	29	25
12	Pistons	44	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	W 186-184	315	186	56	47	19	6	74	136	54.4	1	2	50.0	37	60	61.7	57.3	23	33	13
13	Clippers	44	3/7/1982	SDC	@	SEA	L 106-144	240	106	24	25	7	0	41	84	48.8	3	7	42.9	21	29	72.4	54.8	11	13	23
14	Cavaliers	43	12/11/1999	CLE	vs	ATL	W 127-116	240	127	41	33	13	4	46	92	50.0	6	11	54.5	29	39	74.4	58.2	14	27	16
15	Clippers	43	11/30/1996	LAC	vs	NJN	L 95-106	265	95	50	17	13	10	38	101	37.6	3	15	20.0	16	25	64.0	42.4	18	32	25
16	Mavericks	43	12/8/1992	DAL	vs	MIA	L 112-126	240	112	35	19	10	2	43	89	48.3	5	14	35.7	21	32	65.6	54.3	14	21	14
17	Jazz	43	3/29/1990	UTA	@	GSW	L 123-128	240	123	40	32	5	4	43	79	54.4	4	10	40.0	33	46	71.7	62.0	12	28	17
18	Knicks	43	11/6/1987	NYK	@	DET	L 99-110	240	99	36	26	10	4	40	84	47.6	1	3	33.3	18	25	72.0	52.1	9	27	30
19	Bucks	43	11/24/1985	MIL	@	PHX	W 140-138	265	140	41	26	13	9	48	98	49.0	2	6	33.3	42	53	79.2	57.7	12	29	17
20	Bulls	43	3/16/1984	CHI	@	POR	W 156-155	340	156	45	36	8	3	62	112	55.4	0	0		32	41	78.0	60.0	15	30	19
21	Nuggets	43	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	L 184-186	315	184	57	46	7	7	68	115	59.1	1	2	50.0	47	57	82.5	65.7	16	41	24
22	Kings	43	11/17/1983	KCK	@	SAS	W 129-128	240	129	35	32	6	6	48	88	54.5	0	0		33	49	67.3	58.9	15	20	12
23	Bulls	43	1/15/1983	CHI	vs	MIL	L 126-128	290	126	50	31	8	3	45	84	53.6	0	1	0.0	36	50	72.0	59.4	13	37	34
24	Bulls	43	1/4/1983	CHI	vs	DET	W 147-138	290	147	53	38	15	5	54	108	50.0	0	1	0.0	39	47	83.0	57.1	17	36	19
25	Nets	43	2/29/1980	NJN	@	DET	L 128-137	265	128					45			1			37	51	72.5