Shaquille O'Neal has missed the most free throws in an NBA Finals, with 57 misses.

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most missed freethrows by a player in a finals

	NAME	FT MISS	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	57	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	6	45.5	38.0	16.7	2.3	1.0	2.7	16.0	26.2	61.1	0.0	0.0		6.0	15.5	38.7	57.6	5.7	11.0	2.2	273	228	100	14	6	16	13	20	+8
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	50	1966-67	NBA Finals	PHI	6	47.8	17.7	28.5	6.8			7.0	12.5	56.0				3.7	12.0	30.6	49.7				287	106	171	41				16
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	44	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	7	47.6	23.3	24.1	4.0			10.0	16.0	62.5				3.3	9.6	34.3	57.6				333	163	169	28				18
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	40	1968-69	NBA Finals	LAL	7	47.3	11.7	25.0	3.0			4.1	8.3	50.0				3.4	9.1	37.5	47.6				331	82	175	21				21
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	37	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	45.0	33.0	15.8	4.8	0.4	3.4	12.6	22.0	57.3	0.0	0.0		7.8	15.2	51.3	57.5	6.2	9.6	4.0	225	165	79	24	2	17	20	20	+40
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	35.2	13.7	10.2	2.8	0.5	0.8	5.7	9.3	60.7	0.0	0.0		2.3	8.0	29.2	53.2	2.5	7.7	3.2	211	82	61	17	3	5	19	22	-28
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31	1963-64	NBA Finals	SFW	5	46.0	29.2	27.6	2.4			12.4	24.0	51.7				4.4	10.6	41.5	50.9				230	146	138	12				12
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	6	39.8	35.2	13.2	5.0	1.2	1.8	12.7	20.5	61.8	0.5	2.5	20.0	9.3	14.2	65.9	65.8	4.0	9.2	2.3	239	211	79	30	7	11	14	18	+30
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	5	42.6	26.6	10.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	10.6	16.8	63.1	0.0	0.0		5.4	11.0	49.1	61.5	3.0	7.8	2.8	213	133	54	8	2	3	14	22	-31
10	Arnie Risen A. Risen	27	1950-51	NBA Finals	ROC	7		21.7	14.3	2.7			7.4	18.7	39.7				6.9	10.7	64.0	46.3					152	100	19				27
11	Bill Russell B. Russell	25	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	5	46.6	17.6	28.8	4.4			6.6	15.4	42.9				4.4	9.4	46.8	45.0				233	88	144	22				13
12	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	24	2003-04	NBA Finals	DET	5	40.6	10.8	13.6	1.4	1.8	1.0	4.4	9.2	47.8	0.0	0.4	0.0	2.0	6.8	29.4	44.3	3.8	9.8	1.2	203	54	68	7	9	5	6	15	+64
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	24	1972-73	NBA Finals	LAL	5	48.0	11.6	18.6	3.8			4.4	8.4	52.4				2.8	7.6	36.8	49.4				240	58	93	19				16
14	Bill Russell B. Russell	24	1967-68	NBA Finals	BOS	6	48.7	17.3	21.8	5.7			5.7	13.2	43.0				6.0	10.0	60.0	49.3				292	104	131	34				22
15	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	24	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	7	44.7	30.1	18.3				9.9	25.4	38.8				10.4	13.9	75.3	47.8				313	211	128					23
16	Chick Halbert C. Halbert	24	1946-47	NBA Finals	CHI	5		14.4					4.4						5.6	10.4	53.8						72						14
17	Dwight Howard D. Howard	23	2008-09	NBA Finals	ORL	5	42.6	15.4	15.2	2.2	1.6	4.0	4.2	8.6	48.8	0.0	0.0		7.0	11.6	60.3	56.2	3.6	11.6	4.0	213	77	76	11	8	20	20	20	-38
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	41.5	36.3	12.3	3.8	0.5	2.8	12.5	21.0	59.5	0.0	0.0		11.3	17.0	66.2	63.6	3.3	9.0	3.5	166	145	49	15	2	11	14	7	+45
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	23	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	40.8	23.8	10.3	3.5	1.7	0.3	9.0	20.3	44.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.8	9.7	60.3	48.5	3.2	7.2	2.3	245	143	62	21	10	2	14	19	+12
20	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	22	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.5	34.7	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	208	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
21	Bill Russell B. Russell	22	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	7	41.6	13.3	22.9				5.1	14.4	35.6				3.0	6.1	48.8	38.8				291	93	160					30
22	Wally Osterkorn W. Osterkorn	22	1953-54	NBA Finals	SYR	7		11.6					3.7	9.1	40.6				4.1	7.3	56.9	46.9					81						20
23	LeBron James L. James	21	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	6	45.7	35.8	13.3	8.8	1.3	0.5	13.0	32.7	39.8	2.2	7.0	31.0	7.7	11.2	68.7	47.7	1.8	11.5	3.5	274	215	80	53	8	3	21	19	-25
24	Kleggie Hermsen K. Hermsen	21	1948-49	NBA Finals	WAS	6		11.7					3.5						4.7	8.2	57.1						70						27
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	19	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	35.3	18.0	7.7	3.8	1.3	3.2	7.2	13.5	53.1	0.0	0.0		3.7	6.8	53.7	54.5	2.2	5.5	2.7	212	108	46	23	8	19	16	21

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