nba record for most missed free throws in a 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.

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NBA record for most missed free throws in a regular-season game by a player

	NAME	FT MISS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	23	1/20/2016	DET	@	HOU	23	17	11	2	1	1	2	4	50.0	0	0		13	36	36.1	42.8	5	6	2	2	+10
2	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	22	11/30/2015	LAC	vs	POR	33	18	24	1	1	2	3	6	50.0	0	0		12	34	35.3	42.9	9	15	0	4	+21
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	22	12/1/1967	PHI		SEA	48	52	37	2			22	29	75.9				8	30	26.7	61.6				3
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	19	12/12/1967	PHI		SEA	48	14	27	5			4	13	30.8				6	25	24.0	29.2				1
5	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	18	2/19/2015	LAC	vs	SAS	39	26	18	0	3	1	8	11	72.7	0	0		10	28	35.7	55.7	5	13	0	4	-2
6	Dwight Howard D. Howard	18	1/12/2012	ORL	@	GSW	44	45	23	3	4	2	12	21	57.1	0	0		21	39	53.8	59.0	7	16	3	2	+12
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	18	11/17/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	48	45	28	1			18	39	46.2				9	27	33.3	44.2				1
8	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	17	4/10/2016	LAC	vs	DAL	32	14	10	0	0	1	4	5	80.0	0	0		6	23	26.1	46.3	2	8	1	2	+15
9	Chris Dudley C. Dudley	17	4/14/1990	NJN	vs	IND	36	9	12	0	1	3	4	7	57.1	0	0		1	18	5.6	30.2	2	10	2	3
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	16	12/7/1968	LAL	@	CHI	47	20	23	1			7	12	58.3				6	22	27.3	46.1				2
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	16	11/28/1964	SFW	vs	LAL	48	40	30	6			17	33	51.5				6	22	27.3	46.9				2
12	Dwight Howard D. Howard	15	3/29/2016	HOU	@	CLE	31	11	11	3	0	2	2	3	66.7	0	0		7	22	31.8	43.4	0	11	2	0	+3
13	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	15	12/11/2005	DET	@	LAC	37	13	12	5	1	2	3	4	75.0	0	0		7	22	31.8	47.5	3	9	0	2	+13
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	15	12/21/2000	LAL	@	HOU	43	25	12	6	1	1	9	17	52.9	0	0		7	22	31.8	46.9	5	7	2	4	0
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	15	10/17/1969	LAL	@	PHI	48	35	24	4			10	20	50.0				15	30	50.0	52.7				3
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	15	1/19/1968	PHI	@	SFW	48	20	27	7			8	18	44.4				4	19	21.1	37.9				1
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	15	11/25/1967	PHI	vs	CHI	48	24	22	7			10	17	58.8				4	19	21.1	47.3				1
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	15	2/22/1962	PHI	vs	STL	48	61	26	1			21	36	58.3				19	34	55.9	59.9				0
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	15	12/8/1961	PHI	vs	LAL	63	78	43	1			31	62	50.0				16	31	51.6	51.6				4
20	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	14	11/29/2017	PHI	vs	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
21	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	14	11/30/2015	DET	vs	HOU	27	24	13	2	3	3	10	15	66.7	0	0		4	18	22.2	52.4	4	9	1	3	+13
22	Josh Smith J. Smith	14	4/10/2015	HOU	vs	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
23	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	14	2/11/2015	LAC	vs	HOU	43	24	20	2	3	2	6	8	75.0	0	0		12	26	46.2	61.7	8	12	2	4	+13
24	Dwight Howard D. Howard	14	1/8/2014	HOU	vs	LAL	38	20	13	3	4	1	5	14	35.7	0	0		10	24	41.7	40.7	4	9	0	4	+15
25	Dwight Howard D. Howard	14	3/12/2013	LAL	@	ORL	38	39	16	2	1	3	7	13	53.8	0	0		25	39	64.1	64.7	3	13	0	3	+16

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