most free throw attempts in a 20 point game ever

Dwight Howard has the most free-throw attempts in a game with 20+ points, with 39 attempts on March 12, 2013 and on January 12, 2012.

Interpreted as:
most free throw attempts by a player in a 20 or more point regular-season game ever
NAME FTA PTS DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Dwight Howard
D. Howard
39
39
3/12/2013
LAL LAL
@
ORL ORL
38
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
45
1/12/2012
ORL ORL
@
GSW GSW
44
23
3
4
2
12
21
57.1
0
0
21
53.8
59.0
7
16
3
2
+12
3 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34
61
2/22/1962
PHI PHI
vs
STL STL
48
26
1
21
36
58.3
19
55.9
59.9
0
4 Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
32
64
12/13/2023
MIL MIL
vs
IND IND
37
14
3
4
1
20
28
71.4
0
3
0.0
24
75.0
76.0
3
11
4
1
+29
5 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
100
3/2/1962
PHI PHI
NYK NYK
48
25
2
36
63
57.1
28
87.5
64.9
2
6 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
31
41
11/19/1999
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
43
17
1
1
7
11
13
84.6
0
0
19
61.3
77.0
7
10
2
4
+14
7 Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
31
47
11/25/1983
UTA UTA
vs
DEN DEN
40
8
6
0
0
10
16
62.5
0
0
27
87.1
79.3
4
4
4
2
8 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31
78
12/8/1961
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
63
43
1
31
62
50.0
16
51.6
51.6
4
9 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
30
35
10/17/1969
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
48
24
4
10
20
50.0
15
50.0
52.7
3
10 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
30
52
12/1/1967
PHI PHI
SEA SEA
48
37
2
22
29
75.9
8
26.7
61.6
3
11 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
30
65
2/13/1962
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
48
22
4
24
40
60.0
17
56.7
61.1
3
12 Ben Simmons
B. Simmons
29
31
11/29/2017
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
41
18
4
2
2
8
16
50.0
0
1
0.0
15
51.7
53.9
5
13
6
3
+11
13 Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
29
46
1/4/1984
UTA UTA
vs
HOU HOU
40
9
5
1
0
9
15
60.0
0
0
28
96.6
82.9
5
4
2
3
14 Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
29
50
10/31/1980
UTA UTA
vs
DAL DAL
41
4
4
2
0
12
17
70.6
0
0
26
89.7
84.0
3
4
15 World B. Free
W. B. Free
29
46
1/13/1979
SDC SDC
@
ATL ATL
44
7
3
1
0
12
18
66.7
22
75.9
74.8
5
3
16 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
29
59
12/6/1963
SFW SFW
vs
LAL LAL
48
27
4
22
45
48.9
15
51.7
51.1
1
17 Jerami Grant
J. Grant
28
44
11/25/2022
POR POR
@
NYK NYK
40
1
2
0
1
10
20
50.0
3
7
42.9
21
75.0
68.1
0
1
2
4
-1
18 DeAndre Jordan
D. Jordan
28
26
2/19/2015
LAC LAC
vs
SAS SAS
39
18
0
3
1
8
11
72.7
0
0
10
35.7
55.7
5
13
0
4
-2
19 LeBron James
L. James
28
47
3/12/2006
CLE CLE
@
MIA MIA
45
7
4
0
1
11
27
40.7
1
6
16.7
24
85.7
59.8
2
5
5
2
-7
20 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
28
39
1/14/2005
MIA MIA
@
LAC LAC
51
10
5
0
0
12
25
48.0
0
0
15
53.6
52.3
5
5
4
4
+12
21 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
28
40
3/14/2002
LAL LAL
@
GSW GSW
43
13
0
1
2
13
20
65.0
0
0
14
50.0
61.9
4
9
6
5
+14
22 Karl Malone
K. Malone
28
32
1/8/1996
UTA UTA
vs
MIA MIA
38
7
2
2
1
8
15
53.3
1
2
50.0
15
53.6
58.6
1
6
2
3
23 Willie Burton
W. Burton
28
53
12/13/1994
PHI PHI
vs
MIA MIA
43
8
3
1
2
12
19
63.2
5
8
62.5
24
85.7
84.6
4
4
1
2
24 John Drew
J. Drew
28
41
4/5/1977
ATL ATL
@
PHX PHX
37
12
0
1
0
10
23
43.5
21
75.0
58.0
8
4
5
25 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
27
37
2/27/2022
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
36
9
3
1
4
7
18
38.9
0
4
0.0
23
85.2
61.9
0
9
2
3
+18
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for free-throw attempts going back to the 1953-54 season.

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