nba mvp with most free throw attempted per game in the last 50 years

Between September 12, 1976 and September 12, 2026, Joel Embiid has attempted the most free throws per game by an MVP in a season, with 11.7 attempts per game in 2022-23.

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NBA mvp in a regular season with most free throw attempted per game by a player in the last 50 years

	NAME	FTA	MVP	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	11.7	1	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	10.5	1	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	130	252	270
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	10.5	1	1994-95	SAS	81	38.0	27.6	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	9.7	18.4	53.0	0.1	0.2	30.0	8.1	77.4	60.2	2.9	7.9	2.9	3,074	2,238	877	236	134	262	233	230
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	10.4	1	1999-00	LAL	79	40.0	29.7	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	12.1	21.1	57.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	52.4	57.8	4.3	9.4	2.8	3,163	2,344	1,078	299	36	239	223	255	+706
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	10.4	1	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
6	Moses Malone M. Malone	10.2	1	1981-82	HOU	81	41.8	31.1	14.7	1.8		1.5	11.7	22.5	51.9	0.0			7.8	76.2	57.6				3,388	2,520	1,188	142		125		208
7	LeBron James L. James	10.2	1	2009-10	CLE	76	39.0	29.7	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	10.1	20.1	50.3	1.7	5.1	33.3	7.8	76.7	60.4	0.9	6.4	3.4	2,966	2,258	554	651	125	77	261	119	+648
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	10.1	1	2000-01	PHI	71	42.0	31.1	3.8	4.6	2.5	0.3	10.7	25.5	42.0	1.4	4.3	32.0	8.2	81.4	51.8	0.7	3.1	3.3	2,979	2,207	273	325	178	20	237	147	+368
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	10.1	1	1982-83	PHI	78	37.5	24.5	15.3	1.3		2.0	8.4	16.7	50.1	0.0	0.0		7.7	76.1	57.8				2,923	1,908	1,194	101		157		206
10	James Harden J. Harden	10.1	1	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10.0	1	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	9.9	1	2013-14	OKC	81	38.5	32.0	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	10.5	20.8	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	87.3	63.5	0.7	6.7	3.5	3,122	2,593	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
13	Moses Malone M. Malone	9.9	1	1978-79	HOU	82	41.3	24.7	17.6	1.8			8.7	16.2	54.0				7.3	74.0	60.3				3,390	2,029	1,444	147				223
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	9.8	1	1998-99	UTA	49	37.4	23.8	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	8.0	16.3	49.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	78.8	57.7	2.2	7.3	3.3	1,832	1,164	463	201	62	28	162	134	+355
15	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	9.5	1	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	10.0	17.3	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	72.9	64.4	2.2	10.3	3.7	2,358	1,994	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
16	LeBron James L. James	9.4	1	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	9.0	1	2007-08	LAL	82	38.9	28.3	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	9.5	20.6	45.9	1.8	5.1	36.1	7.6	84.0	57.6	1.1	5.2	3.1	3,192	2,323	517	441	151	40	257	227	+598
18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	9.0	1	2025-26	OKC	68	33.2	31.1	4.3	6.6	1.4	0.8	10.8	19.4	55.3	1.7	4.4	38.6	7.9	87.9	66.5	0.6	3.7	2.2	2,259	2,117	292	448	95	52	151	139	+788
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	8.8	1	2024-25	OKC	76	34.2	32.7	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	2,598	2,484	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	8.8	1	1997-98	CHI	82	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	8.5	1	2001-02	SAS	82	40.6	25.5	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	9.3	18.3	50.8	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.8	79.9	57.6	3.3	9.4	3.2	3,329	2,089	1,042	307	61	203	263	217	+563
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	8.4	1	1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	27.4	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	75.5	60.0	2.4	7.5	2.8	2,998	2,249	809	368	113	48	233	217	+768
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	8.2	1	1990-91	CHI	82	37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	85.1	60.5	1.4	4.6	2.5	3,034	2,580	492	453	223	83	202	229
24	LeBron James L. James	8.1	1	2011-12	MIA	62	37.5	27.1	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	10.0	18.9	53.1	0.9	2.4	36.2	6.2	77.1	60.5	1.5	6.4	3.4	2,326	1,683	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	8.1	1	1989-90	LAL	79	37.2	22.3	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	6.9	14.4	48.0	1.3	3.5	38.4	7.2	89.0	62.2	1.6	5.0	3.7	2,937	1,765	522	907	132	34	289	167

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