Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has committed the most career personal fouls, with 4,657 fouls.

Interpreted as:

most fouls by a player in the NBA all-time

	NAME	PF	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	+/-
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4,657	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	4,578	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	+3010
3	Robert Parish R. Parish	4,443	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	6.3	2.1	45,704	23,334	14,715	2,180	1,219	2,361	3,183	+105
4	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	4,421	1,282	31.4	9.7	9.5	2.5	1.1	0.3	3.8	8.0	47.1	0.1	0.2	25.3	2.1	2.7	76.1	52.6	3.1	6.5	2.2	40,280	12,417	12,205	3,217	1,351	384	2,785	+171
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	4,383	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	+564
6	Buck Williams B. Williams	4,267	1,307	32.5	12.8	10.0	1.3	0.8	0.8	4.9	8.9	54.9	0.0	0.0	16.7	3.0	4.6	66.4	58.7	3.5	6.5	2.1	42,464	16,784	13,017	1,646	1,080	1,100	2,784	+155
7	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	4,193	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.4	18.6	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	49.1	3.1	7.8	2.4	50,000	27,313	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358
8	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	4,175	1,380	30.8	14.2	4.6	2.2	1.0	1.0	5.4	12.2	43.8	0.9	2.5	35.6	2.6	3.7	68.9	51.2	1.3	3.2	1.8	42,561	19,591	6,306	3,094	1,402	1,390	2,502	+704
9	Kevin Willis K. Willis	4,172	1,424	26.9	12.1	8.4	0.9	0.7	0.5	5.0	10.2	48.7	0.0	0.1	21.1	2.1	3.0	71.3	52.5	2.9	5.5	1.8	38,362	17,253	11,901	1,328	958	751	2,520	-825
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4,146	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	+4887
11	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	4,146	1,257	31.7	14.0	8.2	2.2	0.7	0.4	5.5	10.0	54.6	0.0	0.1	4.7	3.1	4.5	68.7	58.4	2.7	5.5	2.2	39,822	17,600	10,370	2,730	840	501	2,774	-438
12	James Edwards J. Edwards	4,042	1,168	24.3	12.7	5.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	5.0	10.0	49.5	0.0	0.0	4.8	2.8	4.0	69.8	53.9	1.5	3.6	1.7	28,356	14,862	6,004	1,499	420	867	1,931
13	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	4,034	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	40,594	24,815	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	+412
14	Vince Carter V. Carter	3,995	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	46,367	25,728	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	+1817
15	John Stockton J. Stockton	3,942	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	4,244	+2941
16	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3,912	1,242	31.8	15.7	11.8	1.3	0.9	1.8	5.7	9.7	58.7	0.0	0.1	21.4	4.3	7.6	56.7	60.2	3.3	8.4	2.7	39,435	19,485	14,627	1,676	1,081	2,228	3,302	+2878
17	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	3,879	1,107	33.4	15.6	9.8	3.2	1.0	0.9	5.8	12.5	46.4	0.2	0.7	32.8	3.9	4.6	84.9	54.0	2.3	7.5	2.3	36,943	17,287	10,816	3,488	1,162	1,048	2,586
18	Hal Greer H. Greer	3,855	1,122	35.5	19.2	5.0	4.0			7.6	16.8	45.2				4.1	5.1	80.1	50.6				39,788	21,586	5,665	4,540
19	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	3,836	1,183	28.7	16.4	7.3	1.9	1.1	0.5	6.8	14.1	48.4	0.0	0.1	29.5	2.8	4.0	70.6	52.0	2.7	4.6	1.9	33,898	19,460	8,630	2,190	1,255	650	2,200	-21
20	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	3,826	1,051	27.9	14.6	8.4	1.6	1.1	1.2	5.2	10.7	48.8	0.0	0.1	27.7	4.1	5.5	74.1	55.5	2.9	5.5	2.6	29,293	15,347	8,834	1,704	1,185	1,279	2,766	+468
21	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	3,742	1,107	30.6	18.1	6.1	2.1	0.8	0.6	6.7	14.2	46.8	0.2	0.7	30.7	4.6	5.7	80.7	54.2	1.8	4.3	2.3	33,922	20,049	6,703	2,283	885	627	2,549	-51
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	3,643	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	+3345
23	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	3,633	1,068	31.8	12.9	9.7	2.0	0.7	0.9	5.2	10.5	49.8	0.2	0.6	32.6	2.3	2.7	83.7	55.2	2.6	7.1	1.5	33,956	13,790	10,400	2,184	710	965	1,594
24	Vlade Divac V. Divac	3,609	1,134	29.8	11.8	8.2	3.1	1.1	1.4	4.6	9.3	49.5	0.1	0.4	23.5	2.5	3.7	69.2	54.3	2.5	5.7	2.2	33,838	13,398	9,326	3,541	1,288	1,631	2,470	+2228
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3,601	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	+6541