most free throws attempted in the 1997 regular season and playoffs

Karl Malone had the most free-throw attempts in the 1997 regular-season and playoffs, with 890 attempts in 1996-97.

Interpreted as:

most free throws attempted by a player in the 1997 regular season and playoffs

	NAME	FTA	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	890	1996-97	UTA	102	37.4	27.1	10.2	4.2	1.4	0.6	10.3	19.6	52.5	0.0	0.1	6.7	6.5	74.7	57.8	2.5	7.7	2.8	3,814	2,768	1,037	425	140	63	287	276	+870
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	724	1996-97	CHI	101	38.7	29.9	6.3	4.4	1.7	0.6	11.4	23.7	48.0	1.2	3.6	34.1	6.0	83.3	55.8	1.5	4.7	2.1	3,910	3,021	632	443	170	61	215	202	+954
3	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	720	1996-97	MIA	83	35.5	19.4	10.0	1.5	0.8	2.8	7.0	13.3	52.6	0.0	0.2	23.5	5.4	62.4	56.8	2.8	7.2	3.6	2,950	1,613	829	122	67	235	296	345	+509
4	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	714	1996-97	SEA	93	34.3	19.1	10.3	2.1	1.5	1.0	6.6	13.0	50.6	0.2	0.5	32.6	5.8	75.5	58.3	3.5	6.8	3.5	3,192	1,775	955	192	139	97	327	375	+487
5	Grant Hill G. Hill	672	1996-97	DET	85	39.4	21.5	8.9	7.2	1.7	0.6	7.9	16.0	49.2	0.1	0.4	30.3	5.6	71.1	55.1	1.6	7.3	3.3	3,350	1,828	755	610	148	53	278	200	+398
6	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	667	1996-97	PHI	81	39.1	20.7	4.2	3.1	1.1	0.8	6.6	16.1	40.7	1.3	4.2	29.8	6.3	76.6	52.4	1.9	2.2	3.9	3,166	1,679	338	253	93	63	316	219	-440
7	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	624	1996-97	NYK	87	37.3	22.5	10.7	2.0	0.8	2.4	8.5	17.3	49.2	0.0	0.1	20.0	5.4	74.7	54.8	2.3	8.4	3.4	3,244	1,954	929	173	72	211	296	280	+342
8	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	585	1996-97	GSW	80	41.9	24.2	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	8.1	18.1	44.9	1.8	5.2	35.4	6.2	84.3	57.0	0.7	3.9	4.0	3,353	1,938	366	507	132	45	322	153	-215
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	584	1996-97	LAL	60	37.8	26.3	12.3	3.1	0.9	2.7	10.7	19.4	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.9	50.7	55.5	3.9	8.4	2.8	2,267	1,578	735	188	51	164	168	217	+300
10	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	576	1996-97	MIN	84	38.7	20.6	8.5	4.1	1.6	1.1	7.3	16.6	44.2	0.3	1.2	27.8	5.6	81.6	52.5	2.3	6.3	3.6	3,252	1,727	718	348	137	91	299	250	-194
11	Glen Rice G. Rice	558	1996-97	CHA	82	42.7	26.8	4.0	2.1	0.9	0.3	9.1	19.1	47.8	2.6	5.6	46.7	5.9	86.9	60.5	0.8	3.2	2.2	3,499	2,198	329	171	76	27	181	201	+166
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	550	1996-97	HOU	94	37.0	23.2	9.5	3.1	1.6	2.3	9.3	17.8	52.2	0.1	0.2	26.3	4.5	77.6	56.9	2.3	7.1	3.5	3,481	2,180	890	290	150	214	327	310	+423
13	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	549	1996-97	HOU	69	37.9	18.9	13.2	4.4	1.3	0.5	6.1	12.9	47.3	1.0	3.5	28.4	5.7	71.2	57.5	4.0	9.2	2.8	2,614	1,302	908	302	88	32	194	205	+337
14	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	548	1996-97	PHX	75	38.2	19.9	3.7	9.1	1.5	0.2	6.2	13.0	47.8	1.2	3.0	41.1	6.2	85.4	61.3	0.8	2.8	3.1	2,866	1,494	275	683	115	12	235	156	+97
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	544	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
16	Kendall Gill K. Gill	536	1996-97	NJN	82	39.0	21.8	6.1	4.0	1.9	0.6	7.9	17.7	44.3	0.9	2.7	33.6	5.2	79.7	53.0	2.2	3.9	2.7	3,199	1,789	499	326	154	46	218	225	-185
17	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	531	1996-97	SAC	81	38.6	25.9	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	8.9	19.5	45.4	2.5	5.9	42.8	5.6	86.1	57.8	0.7	3.2	2.9	3,125	2,095	319	338	118	24	237	211	-109
18	Vin Baker V. Baker	521	1996-97	MIL	78	40.5	21.0	10.3	2.7	1.0	1.4	8.1	16.0	50.5	0.2	0.7	27.8	4.6	68.7	55.3	3.4	6.9	3.1	3,159	1,637	804	211	81	112	245	275	-63
19	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	519	1996-97	VAN	80	35.0	18.7	6.9	2.2	1.0	1.0	6.9	15.2	45.3	0.1	0.3	25.9	4.8	74.6	51.8	2.7	4.2	2.8	2,802	1,494	555	175	79	79	225	199	-596
20	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	516	1996-97	WAS	85	36.7	17.3	4.2	8.8	1.7	0.2	6.3	13.6	46.4	0.2	0.9	17.7	4.5	73.8	53.1	1.2	3.0	3.3	3,121	1,469	353	752	146	14	281	174	+58
21	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	507	1996-97	ORL	77	35.1	16.8	9.3	1.2	0.6	1.4	6.1	12.1	50.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	71.4	56.2	3.6	5.7	2.9	2,701	1,296	717	92	50	110	222	285	-112
22	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	498	1996-97	ATL	90	37.6	13.6	11.7	1.4	0.6	3.2	4.8	9.0	53.8	0.0	0.0		3.9	70.7	59.4	3.4	8.3	2.3	3,388	1,220	1,052	123	50	290	206	279	+428
23	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	496	1996-97	ATL	92	38.5	18.1	8.6	2.7	1.2	0.8	6.6	13.9	47.6	0.4	1.2	32.1	4.4	82.1	55.4	2.5	6.1	2.7	3,543	1,662	792	249	112	72	249	309	+585
24	Reggie Miller R. Miller	475	1996-97	IND	81	36.6	21.6	3.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	6.8	15.4	44.4	2.8	6.6	42.7	5.2	88.0	60.3	0.7	2.9	2.0	2,966	1,751	286	273	75	25	166	172	+99
25	Steve Smith S. Smith	467	1996-97	ATL	82	39.5	19.9	3.4	3.9	0.8	0.3	6.7	15.7	42.5	1.8	5.4	33.4	4.8	84.4	54.9	1.2	2.1	2.5	3,239	1,634	277	322	66	24	204	211	+328