most free throws attempted by a player when scoring 2 or less points in a game

Otis Howard has the most free-throw attempts in a game with 2 or fewer points, with 9 attempts versus the 76ers on November 11, 1978.

Interpreted as:
most free throws attempted by a player when scoring 2 or less points in a regular-season game
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 Otis Howard
O. Howard
9
2
11/11/1978
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
11
6
0
0
1
0.0
2
22.2
20.2
4
2 Clint Capela
C. Capela
8
1
1/30/2016
HOU HOU
vs
WAS WAS
17
4
0
1
2
0
3
0.0
0
0
1
12.5
7.7
2
2
2
4
-3
3 DeAndre Jordan
D. Jordan
8
2
12/2/2015
LAC LAC
vs
IND IND
28
15
0
0
0
0
4
0.0
0
0
2
25.0
13.3
6
9
2
4
-4
4 Ronny Turiaf
R. Turiaf
8
2
12/23/2012
LAC LAC
@
PHX PHX
19
4
3
1
1
0
2
0.0
0
0
2
25.0
18.1
1
3
1
2
-6
5 Adonal Foyle
A. Foyle
8
1
12/1/2001
GSW GSW
vs
DAL DAL
10
3
0
0
1
0
2
0.0
0
0
1
12.5
9.1
0
3
1
0
-12
6 Jerome Lane
J. Lane
8
2
12/29/1992
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
5
1
0
1
0
1
1
100.0
0
0
0
0.0
22.1
0
1
0
3
7 Bob Thornton
B. Thornton
8
1
2/28/1989
PHI PHI
@
LAC LAC
5
0
0
1
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
1
12.5
11.1
0
0
0
2
8 Rick Roberson
R. Roberson
8
1
1/8/1976
KCK KCK
vs
NOJ NOJ
5
3
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
1
12.5
9.1
1
9 John Barnhill
J. Barnhill
8
2
1/19/1964
STL STL
vs
CIN CIN
15
3
0
0
4
0.0
2
25.0
13.3
1
10 Ed Fleming
E. Fleming
8
2
11/26/1957
MIN MIN
DET DET
0
2
25.0
0
11 Jack Cotton
J. Cotton
8
2
11/21/1949
DEN DEN
SYR SYR
1
0
0.0
12 Eddie Jones
E. Jones
7
2
1/24/2006
MEM MEM
@
MIA MIA
27
2
0
2
0
0
7
0.0
0
5
0.0
2
28.6
9.9
0
2
1
4
-6
13 Steven Hunter
S. Hunter
7
2
2/27/2005
PHX PHX
vs
BOS BOS
18
5
0
0
2
0
3
0.0
0
0
2
28.6
16.4
2
3
1
2
+2
14 Bo Outlaw
B. Outlaw
7
2
11/3/2000
ORL ORL
vs
PHI PHI
21
4
3
1
4
0
2
0.0
0
0
2
28.6
19.7
1
3
1
3
+1
15 Bob Elliott
B. Elliott
7
2
1/30/1980
NJN NJN
@
UTA UTA
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
28.6
32.5
3
16 Quinn Buckner
Q. Buckner
7
2
3/12/1978
MIL MIL
@
ATL ATL
12
1
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
2
28.6
24.5
3
17 Jim Davis
J. Davis
7
2
2/26/1974
DET DET
vs
BOS BOS
16
3
1
0
4
0.0
2
28.6
14.1
4
18 Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
7
2
11/27/1971
ATL ATL
vs
CLE CLE
21
7
2
0
2
0.0
2
28.6
19.7
4
19 Luke Jackson
L. Jackson
7
2
1/8/1971
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
16
7
4
0
4
0.0
2
28.6
14.1
1
20 Charlie Tyra
C. Tyra
7
1
1/27/1962
CHI CHI
vs
SYR SYR
0
1
14.3
2
21 Ed Conlin
E. Conlin
7
2
10/28/1961
PHI PHI
@
SYR SYR
0
1
0
2
0.0
2
28.6
19.7
3
22 Dave Piontek
D. Piontek
7
1
11/20/1957
CIN CIN
@
PHI PHI
2
0
0
1
0.0
1
14.3
12.3
1
23 Stan Patrick
S. Patrick
7
2
12/17/1949
WAT WAT
PHI PHI
1
1
5
20.0
0
0.0
12.4
0
24 Otto Schnellbacher
O. Schnellbacher
7
2
12/30/1948
PRO PRO
vs
CHI CHI
0
2
28.6
25 Devin Carter
D. Carter
6
2
3/17/2025
SAC SAC
vs
MEM MEM
11
1
2
4
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
2
33.3
27.5
0
1
0
1
+12
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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