most ft attempts by a lakers rookie in a game

Elgin Baylor has the most free-throw attempts by a Minneapolis Lakers rookie in a game, with 21 attempts against the Philadelphia Warriors on January 25, 1959.

Interpreted as:
most ft attempts by a lakers rookie in a regular-season game
NAMEFTADATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
21
1/25/1959
@
41
18
2
13
26
50.0
15
71.4
58.2
5
2Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
18
3/4/1959
@
33
10
13
72.2
2
3Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
18
2/9/1959
vs
31
21
9
8
21
38.1
15
83.3
53.6
5
4Jerry West
J. West
17
1/15/1961
vs
27
14
8
11
64.7
2
5Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
17
2/25/1959
55
12
22
38
57.9
11
64.7
60.5
3
6Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
17
1/5/1959
@
46
30
12
7
16
43.8
16
94.1
63.9
3
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
17
11/23/1958
vs
30
7
20
35.0
16
94.1
54.6
5
8James Edwards
J. Edwards
16
11/25/1977
vs
41
31
8
0
10
18
55.6
11
68.8
61.9
4
9Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
15
11/23/1979
@
38
25
6
6
1
0
6
15
40.0
0
2
0.0
13
86.7
57.9
2
4
5
4
10Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
15
11/9/1979
vs
43
31
6
8
4
1
10
16
62.5
0
0
11
73.3
68.6
2
4
3
4
11Jerry West
J. West
15
12/12/1960
vs
26
11
8
22
36.4
10
66.7
45.5
5
12Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
15
3/8/1959
vs
36
22
14
30
46.7
8
53.3
49.2
5
13Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
15
12/11/1958
vs
31
26
10
25
40.0
11
73.3
49.1
2
14Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
15
11/20/1958
vs
37
14
10
12
22
54.5
13
86.7
64.7
4
15Austin Reaves
A. Reaves
14
4/10/2022
@
42
31
16
10
2
1
7
17
41.2
3
5
60.0
14
100.0
66.9
6
10
3
0
+12
16James Edwards
J. Edwards
14
10/28/1977
@
34
32
15
4
0
2
11
19
57.9
10
71.4
63.6
4
11
1
1
17Jerry West
J. West
14
1/5/1961
vs
24
14
7
17
41.2
10
71.4
51.8
3
18Jerry West
J. West
14
11/12/1960
27
10
7
50.0
3
19Rudy LaRusso
R. LaRusso
14
2/13/1960
@
17
3
11
78.6
20Rudy LaRusso
R. LaRusso
14
2/7/1960
vs
18
14
4
10
71.4
4
21Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
14
3/11/1959
vs
39
14
34
41.2
11
78.6
48.6
5
22Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
14
2/27/1959
@
40
28
20
4
7
24
29.2
14
100.0
46.4
4
23Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
14
11/29/1958
@
35
22
4
11
19
57.9
13
92.9
69.6
3
24Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
14
11/22/1958
@
30
9
17
52.9
12
85.7
64.8
3
25Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
14
11/13/1958
43
28
19
8
12
85.7
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for free-throw attempts going back to the 1953-54 season.

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