most free throws attempted 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.

Interpreted as:
most free throws attempted by a player in a regular-season game
NAMEFTADATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Dwight Howard
D. Howard
39
3/12/2013
@
38
39
16
2
1
3
7
13
53.8
0
0
25
64.1
64.7
3
13
0
3
+16
2Dwight Howard
D. Howard
39
1/12/2012
@
44
45
23
3
4
2
12
21
57.1
0
0
21
53.8
59.0
7
16
3
2
+12
3Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
36
1/20/2016
@
23
17
11
2
1
1
2
4
50.0
0
0
13
36.1
42.8
5
6
2
2
+10
4DeAndre Jordan
D. Jordan
34
11/30/2015
vs
33
18
24
1
1
2
3
6
50.0
0
0
12
35.3
42.9
9
15
0
4
+21
5Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34
2/22/1962
vs
48
61
26
1
21
36
58.3
19
55.9
59.9
0
6Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
32
12/13/2023
vs
37
64
14
3
4
1
20
28
71.4
0
3
0.0
24
75.0
76.0
3
11
4
1
+29
7Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
3/2/1962
48
100
25
2
36
63
57.1
28
87.5
64.9
2
8Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
31
11/19/1999
vs
43
41
17
1
1
7
11
13
84.6
0
0
19
61.3
77.0
7
10
2
4
+14
9Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
31
11/25/1983
vs
40
47
8
6
0
0
10
16
62.5
0
0
27
87.1
79.3
4
4
4
2
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31
12/8/1961
vs
63
78
43
1
31
62
50.0
16
51.6
51.6
4
11Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
30
10/17/1969
@
48
35
24
4
10
20
50.0
15
50.0
52.7
3
12Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
30
12/1/1967
48
52
37
2
22
29
75.9
8
26.7
61.6
3
13Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
30
2/13/1962
@
48
65
22
4
24
40
60.0
17
56.7
61.1
3
14Ben Simmons
B. Simmons
29
11/29/2017
vs
41
31
18
4
2
2
8
16
50.0
0
1
0.0
15
51.7
53.9
5
13
6
3
+11
15Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
29
1/4/1984
vs
40
46
9
5
1
0
9
15
60.0
0
0
28
96.6
82.9
5
4
2
3
16Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
29
10/31/1980
vs
41
50
4
4
2
0
12
17
70.6
0
0
26
89.7
84.0
3
4
17World B. Free
W. B. Free
29
1/13/1979
@
44
46
7
3
1
0
12
18
66.7
22
75.9
74.8
5
3
18Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
29
12/6/1963
vs
48
59
27
4
22
45
48.9
15
51.7
51.1
1
19Jerami Grant
J. Grant
28
11/25/2022
@
40
44
1
2
0
1
10
20
50.0
3
7
42.9
21
75.0
68.1
0
1
2
4
-1
20DeAndre Jordan
D. Jordan
28
2/19/2015
vs
39
26
18
0
3
1
8
11
72.7
0
0
10
35.7
55.7
5
13
0
4
-2
21LeBron James
L. James
28
3/12/2006
@
45
47
7
4
0
1
11
27
40.7
1
6
16.7
24
85.7
59.8
2
5
5
2
-7
22Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
28
1/14/2005
@
51
39
10
5
0
0
12
25
48.0
0
0
15
53.6
52.3
5
5
4
4
+12
23Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
28
3/14/2002
@
43
40
13
0
1
2
13
20
65.0
0
0
14
50.0
61.9
4
9
6
5
+14
24Karl Malone
K. Malone
28
1/8/1996
vs
38
32
7
2
2
1
8
15
53.3
1
2
50.0
15
53.6
58.6
1
6
2
3
25Willie Burton
W. Burton
28
12/13/1994
vs
43
53
8
3
1
2
12
19
63.2
5
8
62.5
24
85.7
84.6
4
4
1
2
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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