most missed free throws in an nba game by a player

Andre Drummond has missed the most free throws in a game, with 23 misses against the Rockets on January 20, 2016.

Interpreted as:
most missed free throws in an NBA regular-season game by a player
NAMEFT MISSDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
23
1/20/2016
DET DET
@
HOU HOU
23
17
11
2
1
1
2
4
50.0
0
0
13
36
36.1
42.8
5
6
2
2
+10
2DeAndre Jordan
D. Jordan
22
11/30/2015
LAC LAC
vs
POR POR
33
18
24
1
1
2
3
6
50.0
0
0
12
34
35.3
42.9
9
15
0
4
+21
3Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
22
12/1/1967
PHI PHI
SEA SEA
48
52
37
2
22
29
75.9
8
30
26.7
61.6
3
4Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
19
12/12/1967
PHI PHI
SEA SEA
48
14
27
5
4
13
30.8
6
25
24.0
29.2
1
5DeAndre Jordan
D. Jordan
18
2/19/2015
LAC LAC
vs
SAS SAS
39
26
18
0
3
1
8
11
72.7
0
0
10
28
35.7
55.7
5
13
0
4
-2
6Dwight Howard
D. Howard
18
1/12/2012
ORL ORL
@
GSW GSW
44
45
23
3
4
2
12
21
57.1
0
0
21
39
53.8
59.0
7
16
3
2
+12
7Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
18
11/17/1960
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
45
28
1
18
39
46.2
9
27
33.3
44.2
1
8DeAndre Jordan
D. Jordan
17
4/10/2016
LAC LAC
vs
DAL DAL
32
14
10
0
0
1
4
5
80.0
0
0
6
23
26.1
46.3
2
8
1
2
+15
9Chris Dudley
C. Dudley
17
4/14/1990
NJN NJN
vs
IND IND
36
9
12
0
1
3
4
7
57.1
0
0
1
18
5.6
30.2
2
10
2
3
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
16
12/7/1968
LAL LAL
@
CHI CHI
47
20
23
1
7
12
58.3
6
22
27.3
46.1
2
11Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
16
11/28/1964
SFW SFW
vs
LAL LAL
48
40
30
6
17
33
51.5
6
22
27.3
46.9
2
12Dwight Howard
D. Howard
15
3/29/2016
HOU HOU
@
CLE CLE
31
11
11
3
0
2
2
3
66.7
0
0
7
22
31.8
43.4
0
11
2
0
+3
13Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
15
12/11/2005
DET DET
@
LAC LAC
37
13
12
5
1
2
3
4
75.0
0
0
7
22
31.8
47.5
3
9
0
2
+13
14Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
15
12/21/2000
LAL LAL
@
HOU HOU
43
25
12
6
1
1
9
17
52.9
0
0
7
22
31.8
46.9
5
7
2
4
0
15Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
15
10/17/1969
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
48
35
24
4
10
20
50.0
15
30
50.0
52.7
3
16Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
15
1/19/1968
PHI PHI
@
SFW SFW
48
20
27
7
8
18
44.4
4
19
21.1
37.9
1
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
15
11/25/1967
PHI PHI
vs
CHI CHI
48
24
22
7
10
17
58.8
4
19
21.1
47.3
1
18Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
15
2/22/1962
PHI PHI
vs
STL STL
48
61
26
1
21
36
58.3
19
34
55.9
59.9
0
19Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
15
12/8/1961
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
63
78
43
1
31
62
50.0
16
31
51.6
51.6
4
20Ben Simmons
B. Simmons
14
11/29/2017
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
41
31
18
4
2
2
8
16
50.0
0
1
0.0
15
29
51.7
53.9
5
13
6
3
+11
21Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
14
11/30/2015
DET DET
vs
HOU HOU
27
24
13
2
3
3
10
15
66.7
0
0
4
18
22.2
52.4
4
9
1
3
+13
22Josh Smith
J. Smith
14
4/10/2015
HOU HOU
vs
SAS SAS
22
20
6
3
1
1
4
9
44.4
0
3
0.0
12
26
46.2
48.9
0
6
3
4
-2
23DeAndre Jordan
D. Jordan
14
2/11/2015
LAC LAC
vs
HOU HOU
43
24
20
2
3
2
6
8
75.0
0
0
12
26
46.2
61.7
8
12
2
4
+13
24Dwight Howard
D. Howard
14
1/8/2014
HOU HOU
vs
LAL LAL
38
20
13
3
4
1
5
14
35.7
0
0
10
24
41.7
40.7
4
9
0
4
+15
25Dwight Howard
D. Howard
14
3/12/2013
LAL LAL
@
ORL ORL
38
39
16
2
1
3
7
13
53.8
0
0
25
39
64.1
64.7
3
13
0
3
+16
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for missed free throws going back to the 1953-54 season.

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