most free throws attempted per game by a player in a finals series

Shaquille O'Neal has attempted the most free throws per game in an NBA Finals, with 17.0 attempts per game.

	NAME	FTA	SEASON	SERIES	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	17.0	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	41.5	36.3	12.3	3.8	0.5	2.8	12.5	21.0	59.5	0.0	0.0		11.3	66.2	63.6	3.3	9.0	3.5	166	145	49	15	2	11	14	7	+45
2	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	16.2	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.5	34.7	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	208	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	15.5	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	6	45.5	38.0	16.7	2.3	1.0	2.7	16.0	26.2	61.1	0.0	0.0		6.0	38.7	57.6	5.7	11.0	2.2	273	228	100	14	6	16	13	20	+8
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	15.2	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	45.0	33.0	15.8	4.8	0.4	3.4	12.6	22.0	57.3	0.0	0.0		7.8	51.3	57.5	6.2	9.6	4.0	225	165	79	24	2	17	20	20	+40
5	George Mikan G. Mikan	14.3	1949-50	NBA Finals	MIN	6		32.2					10.5						11.2	77.9						193						27
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	14.2	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	6	39.8	35.2	13.2	5.0	1.2	1.8	12.7	20.5	61.8	0.5	2.5	20.0	9.3	65.9	65.8	4.0	9.2	2.3	239	211	79	30	7	11	14	18	+30
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	14.1	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	7	45.9	40.6	17.9	3.7			14.4	33.6	43.0				11.7	82.8	51.0				321	284	125	26				22
8	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	13.9	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	7	44.7	30.1	18.3				9.9	25.4	38.8				10.4	75.3	47.8				313	211	128					23
9	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	13.2	1957-58	NBA Finals	STL	6	39.7	29.3	17.0				9.7	22.8	42.3				10.0	75.9	51.2				238	176	102					18
10	Jerry West J. West	12.9	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	7	47.9	31.3	3.4	7.7			10.3	22.9	45.0				10.7	83.3	54.9				335	219	24	54				21
11	Jerry West J. West	12.4	1968-69	NBA Finals	LAL	7	43.9	37.9	4.7	7.4			13.7	28.0	49.0				10.4	83.9	56.6				307	265	33	52				20
12	Jerry West J. West	12.1	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	7	45.0	31.1	5.0	2.7			10.4	22.9	45.6				10.3	84.7	55.2				315	218	35	19				25
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	12.0	1966-67	NBA Finals	SFW	6	43.3	40.8	8.8	3.3			15.7	39.2	40.0				9.5	79.2	45.9				260	245	53	20				25
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	12.0	1966-67	NBA Finals	PHI	6	47.8	17.7	28.5	6.8			7.0	12.5	56.0				3.7	30.6	49.7				287	106	171	41				16
15	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	12.0	1960-61	NBA Finals	STL	5	41.6	28.4	16.4	3.0			9.4	23.8	39.5				9.6	80.0	48.8				208	142	82	15				18
16	Jerry West J. West	11.8	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	5	42.0	33.8	5.6	3.4			11.8	27.8	42.4				10.2	86.4	51.2				210	169	28	17				13
17	Moses Malone M. Malone	11.8	1982-83	NBA Finals	PHI	4	39.3	25.8	18.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	9.0	17.8	50.7	0.0	0.0		7.8	66.0	56.2	6.8	11.3	2.8	157	103	72	8	6	6	11	15
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11.7	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	6	41.7	33.5	4.0	2.3	1.8	0.7	11.7	27.3	42.7	0.7	2.2	30.8	9.5	81.4	51.6	1.5	2.5	1.7	250	201	24	14	11	4	10	13	+39
19	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	11.7	1947-48	NBA Finals	PHI	6		23.5		0.5			6.7	25.2	26.5				10.2	87.1	38.8					141		3				27
20	Dwight Howard D. Howard	11.6	2008-09	NBA Finals	ORL	5	42.6	15.4	15.2	2.2	1.6	4.0	4.2	8.6	48.8	0.0	0.0		7.0	60.3	56.2	3.6	11.6	4.0	213	77	76	11	8	20	20	20	-38
21	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	11.6	1946-47	NBA Finals	PHI	5		26.2					8.8						8.6	74.1						131						15
22	George Mikan G. Mikan	11.5	1948-49	NBA Finals	MIN	6		27.5					9.0						9.5	82.6						165						28
23	George Mikan G. Mikan	11.4	1952-53	NBA Finals	MIN	5		20.8					6.0	19.2	31.3				8.8	77.2	42.9					104						27
24	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	11.3	1957-58	NBA Finals	STL	6	39.0	25.2	9.7				7.7	17.3	44.2				9.8	86.8	56.4				234	151	58					30
25	LeBron James L. James	11.2	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	6	45.7	35.8	13.3	8.8	1.3	0.5	13.0	32.7	39.8	2.2	7.0	31.0	7.7	68.7	47.7	1.8	11.5	3.5	274	215	80	53	8	3	21	19	-25

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Shaquille O'Neal has attempted the most free throws per game in an NBA Finals, with 17.0 attempts per game.

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