what is the record for most free throws made by one player without a miss in a game in a losing effort

40 players had 0 missed free throws. The first three are James Harden 5 times, Bill Cartwright on November 17, 1981 and on November 22, 1986 and Bob Pettit on November 22, 1961.

Interpreted as:
What is the record for most free throws made by one player without a free throw miss in a regular-season game in a losing effort?
NAME FT MISS FTM L DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 James Harden
J. Harden
0
24
1
12/3/2019
HOU HOU
@
SAS SAS
49
50
9
6
4
0
11
37
29.7
4
20
20.0
24
100.0
52.6
3
6
5
4
-3
2 James Harden
J. Harden
0
19
1
11/14/2017
HOU HOU
vs
TOR TOR
39
38
6
11
0
1
8
25
32.0
3
11
27.3
19
100.0
57.0
1
5
9
5
-2
3 Bill Cartwright
B. Cartwright
0
19
1
11/17/1981
NYK NYK
vs
KCK KCK
36
31
8
0
0
1
6
7
85.7
0
0
19
100.0
100.9
2
4 Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
0
19
1
11/22/1961
STL STL
@
BOS BOS
40
43
16
4
12
20
60.0
19
100.0
75.8
4
5 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
0
18
1
11/10/2009
OKC OKC
@
SAC SAC
39
37
5
2
3
0
9
23
39.1
1
6
16.7
18
100.0
59.8
1
4
4
3
-7
6 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
0
18
1
11/29/1975
BUF BUF
@
POR POR
41
40
8
2
2
2
11
24
45.8
18
100.0
62.7
2
6
4
7 Rick Barry
R. Barry
0
18
1
2/6/1975
GSW GSW
vs
WAS WAS
44
34
5
8
1
1
8
24
33.3
18
100.0
53.3
3
2
1
8 Jerry West
J. West
0
18
1
11/9/1969
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
44
28
2
6
5
18
27.8
18
100.0
54.0
1
9 Dolph Schayes
D. Schayes
0
18
1
1/10/1957
SYR SYR
vs
MIN MIN
40
14
11
18
100.0
4
10 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
0
17
1
11/14/2023
PHI PHI
vs
IND IND
38
39
12
6
3
0
11
22
50.0
0
4
0.0
17
100.0
66.1
3
9
5
4
-9
11 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
0
17
1
4/2/2023
OKC OKC
vs
PHX PHX
38
39
3
5
2
0
11
22
50.0
0
0
17
100.0
66.1
0
3
1
4
-6
12 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
0
17
1
3/31/2023
OKC OKC
@
IND IND
38
39
9
4
1
1
11
22
50.0
0
2
0.0
17
100.0
66.1
0
9
3
6
+4
13 Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
0
17
1
1/15/2022
MIL MIL
vs
TOR TOR
35
30
6
4
0
2
6
17
35.3
1
3
33.3
17
100.0
61.3
0
6
4
5
-9
14 DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
0
17
1
11/16/2016
TOR TOR
vs
GSW GSW
38
34
6
4
1
0
8
18
44.4
1
4
25.0
17
100.0
66.7
1
5
5
3
+1
15 Kevin Martin
K. Martin
0
17
1
10/27/2010
HOU HOU
@
GSW GSW
35
28
0
4
1
1
5
14
35.7
1
4
25.0
17
100.0
65.2
0
0
1
0
-6
16 Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
0
17
1
3/20/2010
DEN DEN
vs
MIL MIL
37
29
4
3
2
0
5
17
29.4
2
5
40.0
17
100.0
59.2
0
4
1
1
-4
17 Grant Hill
G. Hill
0
17
1
11/1/2002
ORL ORL
@
MIN MIN
33
27
7
5
0
0
5
12
41.7
0
0
17
100.0
69.3
1
6
4
1
-5
18 Michael Adams
M. Adams
0
17
1
4/7/1991
DEN DEN
vs
SEA SEA
45
37
3
6
2
2
9
26
34.6
2
8
25.0
17
100.0
55.3
0
3
7
5
19 Doc Rivers
D. Rivers
0
17
1
2/2/1988
ATL ATL
@
POR POR
36
25
2
8
1
0
4
15
26.7
0
0
17
100.0
55.6
0
2
2
2
20 Billy Knight
B. Knight
0
17
1
3/15/1983
IND IND
vs
PHI PHI
37
40
2
3
3
0
11
18
61.1
1
1
100.0
17
100.0
78.5
2
0
1
1
21 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
0
17
1
1/1/1972
CIN CIN
@
NYK NYK
48
31
3
8
7
19
36.8
17
100.0
58.5
1
22 Rick Barry
R. Barry
0
17
1
2/7/1966
SFW SFW
BOS BOS
40
31
14
1
7
16
43.8
17
100.0
66.0
4
23 Howard Komives
H. Komives
0
17
1
1/5/1966
NYK NYK
SFW SFW
43
27
2
9
5
15
33.3
17
100.0
60.1
5
24 Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
0
17
1
12/14/1960
PHI PHI
@
DET DET
25
9
3
4
17
23.5
17
100.0
51.1
5
25 Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
0
17
1
2/8/1952
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
31
12
2
7
23
30.4
17
100.0
50.9
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for missed free throws going back to the 1953-54 season.

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