most free throw attempts by a single player in a game

Dwight Howard has the most free-throw attempts in a game, with 39 attempts on March 12, 2013 and on January 12, 2012.

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most free throw attempts by a single player in a regular-season game

	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	Dwight Howard D. Howard	39	3/12/2013	LAL	@	ORL	38	39	16	2	1	3	7	13	53.8	0	0		25	64.1	64.7	3	13	0	3	+16
2	Dwight Howard D. Howard	39	1/12/2012	ORL	@	GSW	44	45	23	3	4	2	12	21	57.1	0	0		21	53.8	59.0	7	16	3	2	+12
3	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	36	1/20/2016	DET	@	HOU	23	17	11	2	1	1	2	4	50.0	0	0		13	36.1	42.8	5	6	2	2	+10
4	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	34	11/30/2015	LAC	vs	POR	33	18	24	1	1	2	3	6	50.0	0	0		12	35.3	42.9	9	15	0	4	+21
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34	2/22/1962	PHI	vs	STL	48	61	26	1			21	36	58.3				19	55.9	59.9				0
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	32	12/13/2023	MIL	vs	IND	37	64	14	3	4	1	20	28	71.4	0	3	0.0	24	75.0	76.0	3	11	4	1	+29
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	32	3/2/1962	PHI		NYK	48	100	25	2			36	63	57.1				28	87.5	64.9				2
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	11/19/1999	LAL	vs	CHI	43	41	17	1	1	7	11	13	84.6	0	0		19	61.3	77.0	7	10	2	4	+14
9	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	31	11/25/1983	UTA	vs	DEN	40	47	8	6	0	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		27	87.1	79.3	4	4	4	2
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31	12/8/1961	PHI	vs	LAL	63	78	43	1			31	62	50.0				16	51.6	51.6				4
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30	10/17/1969	LAL	@	PHI	48	35	24	4			10	20	50.0				15	50.0	52.7				3
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30	12/1/1967	PHI		SEA	48	52	37	2			22	29	75.9				8	26.7	61.6				3
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30	2/13/1962	PHI	@	CIN	48	65	22	4			24	40	60.0				17	56.7	61.1				3
14	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	29	11/29/2017	PHI	vs	WAS	41	31	18	4	2	2	8	16	50.0	0	1	0.0	15	51.7	53.9	5	13	6	3	+11
15	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	29	1/4/1984	UTA	vs	HOU	40	46	9	5	1	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		28	96.6	82.9	5	4	2	3
16	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	29	10/31/1980	UTA	vs	DAL	41	50	4	4	2	0	12	17	70.6	0	0		26	89.7	84.0			3	4
17	World B. Free W. B. Free	29	1/13/1979	SDC	@	ATL	44	46	7	3	1	0	12	18	66.7				22	75.9	74.8			5	3
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	29	12/6/1963	SFW	vs	LAL	48	59	27	4			22	45	48.9				15	51.7	51.1				1
19	Jerami Grant J. Grant	28	11/25/2022	POR	@	NYK	40	44	1	2	0	1	10	20	50.0	3	7	42.9	21	75.0	68.1	0	1	2	4	-1
20	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	28	2/19/2015	LAC	vs	SAS	39	26	18	0	3	1	8	11	72.7	0	0		10	35.7	55.7	5	13	0	4	-2
21	LeBron James L. James	28	3/12/2006	CLE	@	MIA	45	47	7	4	0	1	11	27	40.7	1	6	16.7	24	85.7	59.8	2	5	5	2	-7
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	1/14/2005	MIA	@	LAC	51	39	10	5	0	0	12	25	48.0	0	0		15	53.6	52.3	5	5	4	4	+12
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	3/14/2002	LAL	@	GSW	43	40	13	0	1	2	13	20	65.0	0	0		14	50.0	61.9	4	9	6	5	+14
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	28	1/8/1996	UTA	vs	MIA	38	32	7	2	2	1	8	15	53.3	1	2	50.0	15	53.6	58.6	1	6	2	3
25	Willie Burton W. Burton	28	12/13/1994	PHI	vs	MIA	43	53	8	3	1	2	12	19	63.2	5	8	62.5	24	85.7	84.6	4	4	1	2

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