most free throws attempted in one game since 1980

Since 1979-80, 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 one regular-season game since 1980

	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	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27	2/27/2022	PHI	@	NYK	36	37	9	3	1	4	7	18	38.9	0	4	0.0	23	85.2	61.9	0	9	2	3	+18
19	Anthony Davis A. Davis	27	10/29/2019	LAL	vs	MEM	31	40	20	2	0	2	7	17	41.2	0	2	0.0	26	96.3	69.3	8	12	0	2	+19
20	James Harden J. Harden	27	12/31/2018	HOU	vs	MEM	41	43	10	13	2	0	8	19	42.1	6	12	50.0	21	77.8	69.6	1	9	9	3	+21
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27	3/2/2008	LAL	vs	DAL	51	52	11	4	1	2	15	27	55.6	2	3	66.7	20	74.1	66.9	1	10	5	2	+4
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27	10/30/2007	LAL	vs	HOU	43	45	8	4	4	1	13	32	40.6	1	3	33.3	18	66.7	51.3	0	8	5	4	+3
23	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	27	12/17/2006	WAS	@	LAL	49	60	8	8	2	0	17	32	53.1	5	12	41.7	21	77.8	68.4	0	8	3	3	+10
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	27	2/12/2005	PHI	vs	ORL	42	60	4	6	5	1	17	36	47.2	2	5	40.0	24	88.9	62.7	1	3	3	1	+27
25	Vince Carter V. Carter	27	12/30/2000	TOR	@	PHX	44	46	6	6	1	1	11	26	42.3	2	7	28.6	22	81.5	60.7	4	2	3	5	+3