most free throws per game as a rookie since 1970

Since 1969-70, Michael Jordan has averaged the most free throws per game by a rookie with 7.7 per game in 1984-85.

Interpreted as:

most free throws per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games as a rookie since 1970

	NAME	FTM	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	7.7	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	7.5	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	24.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
3	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	6.3	1992-93	CHA	78	33.9	21.0	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	7.3	14.3	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.1	78.1	58.6	3.4	6.9	3.0	2,644	1,639	805	76	27	271	236	286
4	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	6.2	1976-77	BUF	77	36.6	20.3	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	7.1	13.6	52.0				7.6	81.8	60.1	3.3	4.4		2,816	1,564	587	144	91	15		215
5	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	6.0	1981-82	DET	82	37.5	21.6	5.4	3.3	1.1	0.2	7.8	15.6	49.6	0.1	0.3	22.7	7.6	79.7	57.0	2.7	2.7	3.4	3,077	1,772	443	270	89	16	280	241
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	5.9	1969-70	MIL	82	43.1	28.8	14.5	4.1			11.4	22.1	51.8				9.1	65.3	55.2				3,534	2,361	1,190	337				283
7	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	5.7	1992-93	MIN	81	34.9	18.2	8.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	6.2	13.1	47.4	0.0	0.5	10.0	6.8	83.5	56.4	2.1	6.6	3.4	2,823	1,472	708	223	105	83	275	290
8	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	5.6	1970-71	POR	82	37.0	24.8	3.4	4.8			9.6	21.6	44.3				7.3	77.2	49.9				3,032	2,031	280	390				196
9	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	5.5	1979-80	NYK	82	38.4	21.7	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	8.1	14.8	54.7	0.0	0.0		6.9	79.7	60.8	2.4	6.5	2.7	3,150	1,781	726	165	48	101	222	279
10	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	5.5	2022-23	ORL	72	33.8	20.0	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	6.7	15.6	42.7	1.2	4.0	29.8	7.4	73.8	52.9	1.2	5.7	2.8	2,430	1,437	497	269	60	39	200	160	-215
11	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	5.4	2010-11	LAC	82	38.0	22.5	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	8.5	16.8	50.6	0.1	0.3	29.2	8.5	64.2	54.9	3.3	8.8	2.7	3,112	1,845	989	312	63	45	223	252	-146
12	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	5.4	1971-72	POR	82	39.6	24.5	11.5	4.3			9.6	22.4	42.7				7.6	71.0	47.6				3,245	2,009	943	350				186
13	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	5.4	1995-96	PHI	72	37.5	19.2	3.7	3.9	1.1	1.1	6.3	15.2	41.4	1.3	4.1	31.8	7.2	74.7	52.5	1.3	2.4	3.5	2,701	1,384	265	278	76	79	252	179
14	Grant Hill G. Hill	5.3	1994-95	DET	70	38.3	19.9	6.4	5.0	1.8	0.9	7.3	15.2	47.7	0.1	0.4	14.8	7.3	73.2	54.1	1.8	4.6	2.9	2,678	1,394	445	353	124	62	202	203
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	5.3	1992-93	ORL	81	37.9	23.4	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	9.0	16.1	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.9	59.2	58.4	4.2	9.6	3.8	3,071	1,893	1,122	152	60	286	307	321
16	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	5.2	1988-89	GSW	79	34.4	22.0	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	8.2	17.5	46.8	0.4	1.1	36.7	6.4	81.0	54.1	2.0	3.9	3.4	2,717	1,741	468	334	82	13	269	223
17	Chris Paul C. Paul	5.1	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	2,808	1,258	400	611	175	6	183	218	-181
18	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	5.0	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	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
19	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	5.0	1970-71	ATL	81	36.1	23.2	3.7	4.4			9.1	19.9	45.8				6.2	80.0	51.2				2,926	1,880	298	355				238
20	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	5.0	2003-04	DEN	82	36.5	21.0	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	7.6	17.9	42.6	0.8	2.6	32.2	6.4	77.7	50.9	2.2	3.8	3.0	2,995	1,725	498	227	97	41	247	225	+65
21	John Drew J. Drew	5.0	1974-75	ATL	78	29.3	18.5	10.7	1.8	1.5	0.5	6.8	15.8	42.8				7.0	71.3	49.1	4.6	6.1		2,289	1,442	836	138	119	39		274
22	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	5.0	1994-95	MIL	80	37.0	21.9	6.4	2.5	1.4	0.3	8.0	17.6	45.1	1.1	3.4	32.1	6.2	79.6	53.8	2.1	4.3	3.9	2,958	1,755	513	197	115	22	313	234
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4.9	2007-08	SEA	80	34.6	20.3	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	7.3	17.1	43.0	0.7	2.6	28.8	5.6	87.3	51.9	0.9	3.5	2.9	2,768	1,624	348	192	78	75	232	122	-651
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	4.9	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	187	41	305	218
25	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	4.8	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	6.5	74.6	51.8	2.7	4.2	2.8	2,802	1,494	555	175	79	79	225	199	-596

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