Lew Hitch and Don Otten are tied for the most personal fouls in a game, with 8 fouls.

Interpreted as:

most pfs in a regular-season game by an NBA player

	NAME	PF	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	+/-
1	Lew Hitch L. Hitch	8	1/17/1952	MIN	@	SYR		15					4						7	10	70.0
2	Don Otten D. Otten	8	11/24/1949	TRI	@	SHE		12		3			4	11	36.4				4	8	50.0	41.3
3	Cal Bowdler C. Bowdler	7	11/13/1999	ATL	@	POR	15	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	0	2	0	-9
4	Adrian Smith A. Smith	7	1/24/1967	CIN	@	NYK		28	3				11	22	50.0				6	7	85.7	55.8
5	Cal Christensen C. Christensen	7	1/15/1953	ROC	@	SYR		7					2						3	6	50.0
6	Wally Osterkorn W. Osterkorn	7	11/15/1952	SYR	@	BAL		2					1						0	3	0.0
7	Wally Osterkorn W. Osterkorn	7	3/7/1952	SYR	@	IND		6					2						2	3	66.7
8	George Mikan G. Mikan	7	1/17/1952	MIN	@	SYR	47	18					6						6	6	100.0
9	Alex Hannum A. Hannum	7	12/26/1950	SYR	@	BOS		8					1						6	6	100.0
10	Mal McMullen M. McMullen	7	12/25/1949	IND	@	WAT		7					3						1	4	25.0
11	John Hargis J. Hargis	7	11/24/1949	AND	@	SYR		17					4						9	12	75.0
12	Rollie Seltz R. Seltz	7	11/24/1949	AND	@	SYR		5					1						3	5	60.0
13	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	6	12/15/2025	UTA	vs	DAL	24	7	2	3	0	0	3	9	33.3	1	4	25.0	0	0		38.9	1	1	1	-2
14	Josh Hart J. Hart	6	12/13/2025	NYK	@	ORL	31	12	6	6	3	1	6	12	50.0	0	4	0.0	0	0		50.0	1	5	3	-1
15	Desmond Bane D. Bane	6	12/13/2025	ORL	vs	NYK	37	18	6	7	1	0	7	17	41.2	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	50.3	2	4	3	-4
16	Nae'Qwan Tomlin N. Tomlin	6	12/12/2025	CLE	@	WAS	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	1	2	0	-3
17	Ethan Thompson E. Thompson	6	12/12/2025	IND	@	PHI	33	12	2	3	0	0	4	10	40.0	2	7	28.6	2	3	66.7	53.0	1	1	0	-8
18	Jabari Smith Jr. J. Smith Jr.	6	12/11/2025	HOU	vs	LAC	37	18	10	4	1	0	6	14	42.9	2	8	25.0	4	4	100.0	57.1	3	7	4	-3
19	Jordan Walsh J. Walsh	6	12/7/2025	BOS	@	TOR	26	9	6	0	3	0	4	8	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		56.3	2	4	0	+10
20	Zach Edey Z. Edey	6	12/7/2025	MEM	vs	POR	22	12	10	3	0	0	5	11	45.5	0	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	48.7	5	5	6	+4
21	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	6	12/7/2025	CHA	vs	DEN	25	6	6	0	0	2	3	4	75.0	0	0		0	0		75.0	0	6	1	-10
22	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	6	12/6/2025	MIN	vs	LAC	33	4	7	2	0	1	1	1	100.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	72.5	2	5	2	-9
23	Kobe Sanders K. Sanders	6	12/6/2025	LAC	@	MIN	16	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	0		33.3	0	1	1	-1
24	Kris Murray K. Murray	6	12/5/2025	POR	@	DET	28	0	6	1	1	0	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0.0	3	3	2	0
25	Toumani Camara T. Camara	6	12/5/2025	POR	@	DET	24	1	2	4	1	0	0	4	0.0	0	3	0.0	1	2	50.0	10.2	0	2	0	-3