Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Pete Maravich and Nate Archibald were tied for the most free throws in a game, with 23 made.

Interpreted as:

most free throws by a player in a regular-season game in the 70s

	NAME	FTM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	23	10/26/1975	NOJ	vs	NYK	48	45	11	8			11	21	52.4	26	88.5	69.4				3
2	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	23	1/21/1975	KCO	vs	POR	43	41	5	6	2	0	9	22	40.9	25	92.0	62.1	1	4		1
3	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	23	2/5/1972	CIN	vs	DET		45	4	11			11	28	39.3	24	95.8	58.4
4	World B. Free W. B. Free	22	1/13/1979	SDC	@	ATL	44	46	7	3	1	0	12	18	66.7	29	75.9	74.8			5	3
5	John Williamson J. Williamson	22	12/9/1978	NJN	vs	SDC	38	48	5	4	2	0	13	25	52.0	24	91.7	67.5			7	5
6	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	21	3/21/1978	NOJ	vs	NJN	37	33	17	4			6	12	50.0	25	84.0	71.7				6
7	John Drew J. Drew	21	4/5/1977	ATL	@	PHX	37	41	12	0	1	0	10	23	43.5	28	75.0	58.0	8	4		5
8	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	21	1/3/1973	SEA	vs	KCO	48	51	18	2			15	33	45.5	27	77.8	56.8				3
9	Connie Hawkins C. Hawkins	21	1/17/1970	PHX	vs	SEA	38	35	11	5			7	20	35.0	25	84.0	56.5				5
10	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	21	11/8/1969	SEA	@	PHI	42	31	8	10			5	12	41.7	25	84.0	67.4				3
11	David Thompson D. Thompson	20	4/10/1977	DEN	@	NOJ	40	40	3	2	1	3	10	20	50.0	22	90.9	67.4	2	1		5
12	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	20	3/18/1977	CHI	vs	KCK	39	42	15	9	1	4	11	14	78.6	25	80.0	84.0	5	10		5
13	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	20	1/14/1971	SEA	vs	BAL	36	34	5	6			7	17	41.2	21	95.2	64.8				2
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	20	3/8/1970	MIL	@	BOS	48	44	14	2			12	17	70.6	25	80.0	78.6				2
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	19	3/28/1979	PHI	vs	CHI	43	35	5	3	3	1	8	18	44.4	20	95.0	65.3	1	4	5	2
16	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	19	1/14/1979	BOS	vs	NJN	40	29	10	3	1	2	5	6	83.3	20	95.0	98.0	1	9	3	6
17	Walter Davis W. Davis	19	11/24/1978	PHX	vs	HOU	39	37	7	4	2	0	9	15	60.0	21	90.5	76.3	1	6	7	4
18	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	19	4/10/1977	NOJ	vs	DEN	47	45	11	10	1	1	13	34	38.2	22	86.4	51.5	2	9		3
19	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	19	2/6/1970	BOS	vs	SEA	48	39	7	6			10	16	62.5	24	79.2	73.4				5
20	Bob Rule B. Rule	19	11/15/1969	SEA	vs	PHI	47	49	19	0			15	29	51.7	25	76.0	61.3				4
21	Moses Malone M. Malone	18	4/4/1979	HOU	@	PHI	45	30	21	1			6	16	37.5	26	69.2	54.7				3
22	John Drew J. Drew	18	1/20/1979	ATL	vs	NOJ	33	36	11	5			9	23	39.1	21	85.7	55.8				1
23	World B. Free W. B. Free	18	12/9/1978	SDC	@	NJN	40	38	0	4	2	0	10	20	50.0	25	72.0	61.3	0	0	2	6
24	Larry McNeill L. McNeill	18	3/29/1978	BUF	@	PHI	37	24	8	5		0	3	13	23.1	19	94.7	56.2				4
25	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	18	2/27/1977	NOJ	vs	SAS	44	40	5	10	6	0	11	25	44.0	20	90.0	59.2				3