Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Kurt Thomas committed the most personal fouls in a decade, with 2,565 fouls in the 2000s.

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NBA most fouls by a player in 2000s decade

	NAME	PF	DECADE	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	+/-
1	Kurt Thomas K. Thomas	2,565	2000s	749	27.3	9.4	7.5	1.2	0.7	0.9	4.0	8.3	48.8	0.0	0.0	26.9	1.4	1.7	79.2	52.3	1.9	5.5	1.2	20,454	7,073	5,603	917	527	644	906	+384
2	Al Harrington A. Harrington	2,361	2000s	707	30.5	14.1	6.0	1.8	1.0	0.3	5.4	12.1	45.0	0.8	2.3	36.0	2.4	3.3	72.7	52.1	1.7	4.2	2.0	21,598	9,965	4,209	1,307	677	195	1,436	-553
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,276	2000s	662	34.7	23.1	10.6	2.7	0.5	2.2	9.1	15.5	58.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	9.5	52.2	58.7	3.4	7.2	2.7	22,941	15,276	7,029	1,789	344	1,431	1,818	+3459
4	Vince Carter V. Carter	2,211	2000s	727	37.8	23.9	5.4	4.4	1.3	0.7	8.7	19.5	44.6	1.6	4.3	37.8	4.8	6.1	79.9	53.8	1.6	3.9	2.4	27,511	17,341	3,960	3,166	914	525	1,741	+731
5	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2,201	2000s	765	37.8	23.3	6.3	4.0	1.5	0.6	7.6	17.1	44.3	1.7	4.6	36.3	6.4	8.0	80.1	56.3	1.0	5.3	3.1	28,893	17,812	4,798	3,068	1,183	480	2,376	+1925
6	Lamar Odom L. Odom	2,178	2000s	665	36.5	15.1	8.8	4.2	1.0	1.0	5.6	12.1	46.3	0.7	2.4	31.4	3.2	4.5	70.1	53.7	2.0	6.8	2.7	24,264	10,057	5,859	2,813	637	696	1,826	+653
7	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	2,150	2000s	756	34.6	15.6	7.3	2.0	1.0	1.5	6.1	13.4	45.7	1.2	3.6	34.5	2.1	2.9	73.9	53.2	1.5	5.9	1.5	26,177	11,805	5,555	1,494	784	1,120	1,156	+3453
8	Rasho Nesterovic R. Nesterovic	2,128	2000s	767	22.9	7.0	5.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	3.2	6.5	50.1	0.0	0.0	7.7	0.5	0.8	58.7	51.0	1.9	3.4	1.0	17,540	5,348	4,046	810	320	917	731	+1525
9	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	2,123	2000s	652	32.0	16.5	8.6	1.8	0.6	2.2	6.3	13.8	46.0	0.0	0.1	15.9	3.8	5.3	72.0	51.3	2.3	6.3	2.3	20,883	10,758	5,595	1,150	381	1,436	1,478	+755
10	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	2,096	2000s	620	28.9	14.4	7.7	1.3	0.5	1.7	5.4	11.5	47.1	0.0	0.1	26.4	3.5	4.5	78.6	53.3	3.1	4.6	2.0	17,931	8,927	4,792	806	328	1,077	1,239	+467
11	Juwan Howard J. Howard	2,095	2000s	715	29.7	12.9	6.0	2.0	0.6	0.3	5.2	11.2	46.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	2.5	3.2	78.7	50.8	1.9	4.1	1.9	21,234	9,191	4,317	1,412	441	183	1,353	-1609
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2,092	2000s	748	39.4	28.2	5.9	5.2	1.7	0.6	9.8	21.5	45.7	1.4	4.1	34.2	7.2	8.5	84.4	55.9	1.3	4.6	3.1	29,476	21,065	4,381	3,921	1,246	431	2,326	+3470
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2,073	2000s	792	37.5	23.6	8.9	2.8	0.9	1.0	8.2	17.3	47.4	1.3	3.5	38.2	5.9	6.7	87.4	58.3	1.3	7.6	2.0	29,734	18,699	7,020	2,200	747	830	1,545	+4665
14	Erick Dampier E. Dampier	2,026	2000s	662	25.2	7.7	7.6	0.9	0.3	1.5	3.0	5.7	52.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	62.3	55.5	3.0	4.5	1.5	16,703	5,068	5,012	569	216	1,000	988	+390
15	Andre Miller A. Miller	2,026	2000s	815	34.9	14.6	4.2	7.4	1.4	0.2	5.4	11.7	46.0	0.1	0.7	21.0	3.7	4.6	80.2	53.2	1.2	3.0	2.7	28,462	11,896	3,434	6,020	1,121	171	2,200	-64
16	James Posey J. Posey	2,023	2000s	738	28.0	9.2	4.9	1.7	1.2	0.4	3.1	7.5	41.6	1.2	3.4	35.3	1.8	2.2	82.0	54.6	1.0	3.9	1.2	20,690	6,780	3,585	1,262	851	273	906	+87
17	Brad Miller B. Miller	2,021	2000s	673	31.1	12.4	8.1	3.2	0.8	0.8	4.4	9.1	48.5	0.2	0.5	32.8	3.4	4.2	80.1	56.5	2.3	5.8	1.7	20,957	8,350	5,442	2,125	554	522	1,162	+1056
18	Elton Brand E. Brand	1,993	2000s	643	38.0	20.0	10.1	2.6	0.9	2.1	7.7	15.2	50.3	0.0	0.0	15.4	4.7	6.4	73.6	55.5	3.9	6.3	2.5	24,420	12,852	6,520	1,674	592	1,334	1,617	-1177
19	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,993	2000s	767	36.5	21.4	11.7	3.3	0.8	2.3	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	20.7	5.1	7.4	68.6	55.1	3.1	8.7	2.7	27,974	16,431	8,999	2,502	589	1,786	2,070	+5468
20	Joe Smith J. Smith	1,988	2000s	666	25.1	9.8	6.3	0.9	0.5	0.8	3.8	8.1	46.4	0.0	0.1	20.6	2.3	2.9	79.4	52.3	2.2	4.1	1.1	16,692	6,519	4,176	619	347	508	709	+447
21	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	1,970	2000s	742	33.3	17.9	3.3	3.4	0.8	0.2	6.8	15.0	45.4	0.5	1.5	34.9	3.8	4.4	85.3	52.9	0.9	2.4	2.2	24,724	13,284	2,455	2,549	609	118	1,641	+1807
22	Baron Davis B. Davis	1,947	2000s	673	35.4	16.9	4.0	7.3	1.9	0.4	6.1	14.9	40.9	1.7	5.3	32.3	2.9	4.2	69.7	50.2	1.0	3.0	2.8	23,825	11,364	2,705	4,901	1,292	286	1,875	+1028
23	Tim Thomas T. Thomas	1,938	2000s	679	27.2	12.0	4.3	1.7	0.8	0.4	4.4	10.1	43.4	1.3	3.4	37.1	1.9	2.5	76.6	53.4	0.9	3.4	1.5	18,460	8,116	2,924	1,122	519	269	1,039	+52
24	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	1,911	2000s	548	32.5	14.1	7.1	2.1	1.3	1.2	5.8	12.0	48.3	0.1	0.4	23.0	2.4	3.7	64.8	51.7	1.8	5.3	2.0	17,807	7,741	3,887	1,140	688	675	1,091	+1020
25	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,882	2000s	769	38.2	21.6	12.1	4.7	1.3	1.6	8.5	17.1	49.9	0.2	0.7	28.6	4.4	5.6	79.4	55.4	2.6	9.4	2.6	29,345	16,638	9,288	3,603	1,037	1,206	2,003	+3322