Adrian Dantley sank the most free throws in 1977-78, with 541 made.

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most free throws by a player in 1978

	NAME	FTM	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	541	1977-78	TOT	79	37.1	21.5	7.8	3.2	1.5	0.3	7.3	14.3	51.2	8.6	79.6	59.5	3.4	4.5	2.9	2,933	1,697	620	253	118	24	228	233
2	David Thompson D. Thompson	520	1977-78	DEN	80	37.8	27.2	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	10.3	19.8	52.1	8.4	77.8	57.8	2.0	2.9	3.1	3,025	2,172	390	362	92	99	245	213
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	504	1977-78	SAS	82	34.8	27.2	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	10.5	19.6	53.6	7.4	83.0	59.4	1.4	3.7	3.7	2,857	2,232	420	302	136	110	306	255
4	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	471	1977-78	CHI	82	37.4	22.9	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	8.6	15.4	55.9	8.2	70.4	60.4	3.9	9.2	4.5	3,067	1,879	1,071	263	42	181	366	261
5	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	469	1977-78	NYK	79	40.3	26.5	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	10.3	19.8	52.0	8.2	72.7	56.7	3.0	9.8	4.4	3,182	2,097	1,010	298	105	126	346	297
6	Randy Smith R. Smith	443	1977-78	BUF	82	40.4	24.6	3.8	5.6	2.1	0.1	9.6	20.7	46.5	6.8	80.0	52.1	1.3	2.4	3.5	3,314	2,021	310	458	172	11	286	224
7	John Drew J. Drew	437	1977-78	ATL	70	31.5	23.2	7.3	2.0	1.7	0.4	8.5	17.7	48.0	8.2	76.0	54.5	3.0	4.3	3.0	2,203	1,623	511	141	119	27	210	247
8	Dan Issel D. Issel	428	1977-78	DEN	82	34.8	21.3	10.1	3.7	1.2	0.5	8.0	15.7	51.2	6.7	78.2	57.1	3.1	7.0	3.2	2,851	1,746	830	304	100	41	259	279
9	World B. Free W. B. Free	411	1977-78	PHI	76	27.0	15.7	2.8	4.0	0.9	0.5	5.1	11.3	45.5	7.4	73.1	53.9	1.2	1.6	2.6	2,050	1,191	212	306	68	41	200	199
10	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	411	1977-78	PHI	78	32.5	20.3	10.4	3.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	16.3	46.3	7.4	71.6	52.1	3.6	6.8	4.0	2,533	1,587	810	294	137	27	312	287
11	John Shumate J. Shumate	400	1977-78	TOT	80	34.5	14.8	8.5	2.3	1.1	0.7	4.9	9.7	50.6	6.4	78.7	59.3	2.0	6.6	2.9	2,760	1,182	682	180	90	52	232	200
12	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	396	1977-78	PHX	80	31.0	25.2	2.1	5.5	1.7	0.4	10.1	19.6	51.6	6.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	1.5	3.5	2,481	2,014	164	437	138	31	280	162
13	Walter Davis W. Davis	387	1977-78	PHX	81	32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	9.7	18.4	52.6	5.8	83.0	57.7	2.0	4.0	3.5	2,590	1,959	484	273	113	20	283	242
14	Rick Barry R. Barry	378	1977-78	GSW	82	36.9	23.1	5.5	5.4	1.9	0.5	9.3	20.6	45.1	5.0	92.4	50.9	0.9	4.6	2.7	3,024	1,898	449	446	158	45	224	188
15	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	366	1977-78	NOJ	82	44.4	22.7	15.7	2.1	0.9	1.0	9.1	20.5	44.4	7.0	64.0	48.1	3.6	12.1	3.7	3,638	1,862	1,288	171	73	79	301	265
16	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	362	1977-78	CHI	81	35.4	18.3	9.1	3.3	1.1	0.8	6.9	15.0	46.2	5.5	81.2	52.6	2.7	6.4	3.3	2,870	1,484	738	267	92	68	270	317
17	Campy Russell C. Russell	352	1977-78	CLE	72	35.0	19.4	6.4	3.9	1.2	0.2	7.3	16.2	44.8	6.5	75.1	50.9	2.1	4.2	2.9	2,520	1,398	458	278	88	12	206	193
18	John Williamson J. Williamson	331	1977-78	TOT	75	36.4	23.7	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.1	9.6	22.0	43.8	5.2	84.7	48.8	0.9	2.1	3.0	2,731	1,777	227	214	94	10	228	236
19	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	330	1977-78	WAS	75	37.0	19.3	5.9	3.8	1.3	0.6	7.5	15.9	47.1	5.6	78.8	52.8	1.8	4.1	3.2	2,777	1,450	442	287	101	44	241	262
20	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	330	1977-78	IND	79	38.2	18.2	4.1	7.4	2.2	0.3	7.0	15.5	45.3	5.1	82.5	51.4	1.2	3.0	4.5	3,019	1,436	327	584	170	23	352	308
21	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	326	1977-78	WAS	81	40.1	19.7	13.3	1.8	1.2	2.0	7.9	17.4	45.1	6.3	63.4	48.9	4.1	9.1	2.8	3,246	1,598	1,075	149	96	159	229	313
22	Ron Boone R. Boone	322	1977-78	KCK	82	32.4	17.7	3.3	3.8	1.3	0.1	6.9	15.5	44.3	4.6	85.4	50.4	1.4	1.9	3.7	2,653	1,448	269	311	105	11	303	233
23	Moses Malone M. Malone	318	1977-78	HOU	59	35.7	19.4	15.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	7.0	14.0	49.9	7.5	71.8	55.9	6.4	8.6	3.7	2,107	1,144	886	31	48	76	220	179
24	Phil Smith P. Smith	316	1977-78	GSW	82	35.9	19.7	3.7	4.8	1.3	0.3	7.9	16.7	47.2	4.7	81.2	52.2	1.2	2.4	3.2	2,940	1,612	300	393	108	27	266	219
25	Dave Meyers D. Meyers	314	1977-78	MIL	80	30.2	14.7	6.7	3.0	1.1	0.6	5.4	11.7	46.1	5.4	72.2	52.2	1.8	4.9	2.7	2,416	1,178	537	241	86	46	213	240

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