Kevin Durant has made the most free throws in a season opener, with 22 made versus the Jazz on October 30, 2013.

Interpreted as:

most free throws made by a player in opening night

	NAME	FTM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kevin Durant K. Durant	22	10/30/2013	OKC	@	UTA	39	42	6	1	3	0	9	24	37.5	2	8	25.0	24	91.7	60.8	0	6	5	1	+3
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	20	11/6/1987	WAS	@	ATL	37	32	12	1	0	1	6	12	50.0	0	0		23	87.0	72.3	4	8	2	1
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	20	11/1/1986	CHI	@	NYK	41	50	6	3	4	3	15	31	48.4	0	0		22	90.9	61.5	2	4	6	2
4	Reggie Miller R. Miller	19	11/2/1999	IND	@	NJN	39	27	4	1	2	0	4	13	30.8	0	3	0.0	21	90.5	60.7	2	2	2	4	+7
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	18	10/30/2007	LAL	vs	HOU	43	45	8	4	4	1	13	32	40.6	1	3	33.3	27	66.7	51.3	0	8	5	4	+3
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	18	11/2/2005	BOS	vs	NYK	45	30	12	3	1	2	6	18	33.3	0	2	0.0	24	75.0	52.5	2	10	4	2	+16
7	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	18	11/5/1994	SEA	vs	UTA	37	26	12	4	2	0	4	6	66.7	0	1	0.0	20	90.0	87.8	3	9	2	4
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	17	10/26/2023	MIL	vs	PHI	37	39	8	4	0	0	9	20	45.0	4	12	33.3	17	100.0	71.0	0	8	0	2	+12
9	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	17	2/6/1999	NJN	@	ATL	42	36	1	9	1	0	9	22	40.9	1	5	20.0	19	89.5	59.3	1	0	4	4	-3
10	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	17	11/4/1988	SEA	@	UTA	37	46	5	1	3	0	14	23	60.9	1	5	20.0	19	89.5	73.3	3	2	1	3
11	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	17	10/21/1961	CIN	@	STL	47	35	15	13			9	27	33.3				19	89.5	49.5				6
12	Kenny Sears K. Sears	17	10/25/1958	NYK	vs	BOS		33					8						18	94.4					3
13	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	16	10/21/2025	GSW	@	LAL	35	31	5	4	1	0	7	14	50.0	1	2	50.0	16	100.0	73.7	2	3	1	4	+20
14	Anthony Davis A. Davis	16	10/26/2016	NOP	vs	DEN	41	50	15	5	5	4	17	34	50.0	0	2	0.0	17	94.1	60.3	1	14	3	4	-3
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	16	10/31/1997	CHI	@	BOS	42	30	6	4	2	1	7	23	30.4	0	0		21	76.2	46.5	1	5	3	2	-8
16	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	16	10/13/1978	DET	vs	NJN	39	38	16	0			11	23	47.8				24	66.7	56.6				4
17	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	15	10/23/2025	IND	vs	OKC	45	36	11	1	0	0	9	19	47.4	3	8	37.5	17	88.2	68.0	3	8	4	6	+9
18	James Harden J. Harden	15	10/26/2016	HOU	@	LAL	37	34	7	17	1	0	9	19	47.4	1	7	14.3	16	93.8	65.3	3	4	7	5	+10
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	15	10/25/2016	SAS	@	GSW	32	35	5	3	5	0	10	21	47.6	0	3	0.0	15	100.0	63.4	3	2	2	1	+14
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	15	10/29/2014	OKC	@	POR	33	38	3	6	3	0	11	26	42.3	1	2	50.0	16	93.8	57.5	2	1	2	3	-4
21	James Harden J. Harden	15	10/28/2014	HOU	@	LAL	31	32	1	6	1	0	7	17	41.2	3	6	50.0	16	93.8	66.6	0	1	0	1	+12
22	LeBron James L. James	15	12/25/2011	MIA	@	DAL	36	37	10	6	2	2	11	19	57.9	0	0		19	78.9	67.6	3	7	3	3	+27
23	Jim Jackson J. Jackson	15	11/5/1994	DAL	vs	NJN	40	37	6	2	0	0	11	22	50.0	0	0		17	88.2	62.8	4	2	3	1
24	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	15	11/7/1992	PHX	vs	LAC	44	37	21	8	1	1	11	16	68.8	0	1	0.0	17	88.2	78.8	12	9	3	2
25	Orlando Woolridge O. Woolridge	15	11/2/1990	DEN	vs	GSW	34	37	8	1	1	0	11	22	50.0	0	0		20	75.0	60.1	3	5	3	6