who has the most free throw attempts total in the nba playoffs

LeBron James has the most career free-throw attempts in the playoffs, with 2,582 attempts.

	NAME	FTA	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	LeBron James L. James	2,582	302	12,446	8,521	2,695	2,168	506	287	3,055	6,167	49.5	497	1,495	33.2	1,914	74.1	58.3	446	2,249	1,085	679	+1234	41.2	28.2	8.9	7.2	1.7	1.0	3.6
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,317	216	8,098	5,250	2,508	582	117	459	2,041	3,627	56.3	0	0		1,168	50.4	56.5	866	1,642	649	769	+638	37.5	24.3	11.6	2.7	0.5	2.1	3.0
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,766	251	9,370	5,172	2,859	764	168	568	1,975	3,939	50.1	5	35	14.3	1,217	68.9	54.8	778	2,081	633	701	+1090	37.3	20.6	11.4	3.0	0.7	2.3	2.5
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1,766	179	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	376	158	2,188	4,497	48.7	148	446	33.2	1,463	82.8	56.8	305	847	546	541	+294	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	3.1
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,725	193	7,907	4,761	2,062	610	258	135	1,743	3,768	46.3	6	37	16.2	1,269	73.6	52.6	502	1,560	550	662	+123	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	2.8
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1,627	160	7,559	3,607	3,913	673			1,425	2,728	52.2				757	46.5	52.4				412		47.2	22.5	24.5	4.2
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,617	220	8,641	5,640	1,119	1,040	310	144	2,014	4,499	44.8	292	882	33.1	1,320	81.6	54.1	230	889	647	660	+555	39.3	25.6	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	2.9
8	Jerry West J. West	1,506	153	6,321	4,457	855	970	0	0	1,622	3,460	46.9				1,213	80.5	54.1	0	2		451		41.3	29.1	5.6	6.3	0.0	0.0
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,450	171	6,934	5,008	1,333	713	173	205	1,691	3,540	47.8	367	1,033	35.5	1,259	86.8	59.9	131	1,202	559	431	+641	40.5	29.3	7.8	4.2	1.0	1.2	3.3
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,419	237	8,851	5,762	2,481	767	189	476	2,356	4,422	53.3	0	4	0.0	1,050	74.0	57.1	505	1,273	447	797		37.3	24.3	10.5	3.2	1.0	2.4	2.6
11	James Harden J. Harden	1,407	191	6,940	4,240	1,040	1,224	313	110	1,275	3,009	42.4	472	1,402	33.7	1,218	86.6	58.4	139	901	674	558	+253	36.3	22.2	5.4	6.4	1.6	0.6	3.5
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,274	190	7,538	3,701	1,465	2,346	358	64	1,291	2,552	50.6	51	212	24.1	1,068	83.8	59.5	349	1,116	696	524		39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	3.7
13	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1,220	177	6,697	3,954	928	870	273	175	1,450	3,062	47.4	103	305	33.8	951	78.0	54.9	234	694	583	467	+432	37.8	22.3	5.2	4.9	1.5	1.0	3.3
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,204	145	5,895	3,663	1,446	360	149	129	1,220	2,642	46.2	149	408	36.5	1,074	89.2	57.7	212	1,234	328	407	+48	40.7	25.3	10.0	2.5	1.0	0.9	2.3
15	Bill Russell B. Russell	1,106	165	7,497	2,673	4,104	770			1,003	2,335	43.0				667	60.3	47.4				546		45.4	16.2	24.9	4.7
16	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	1,098	134	5,510	3,623	1,724	541			1,388	3,161	43.9				847	77.1	49.7				435		41.1	27.0	12.9	4.0
17	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1,067	208	8,105	3,642	1,583	1,048	395	185	1,335	3,009	44.4	200	660	30.3	772	72.4	52.4	466	1,117	602	686	+232	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	1.9	0.9	2.9
18	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1,048	123	4,849	2,833	1,582	482	193	108	1,009	1,965	51.3	64	251	25.5	751	71.7	58.4	510	1,072	353	408	+1	39.4	23.0	12.9	3.9	1.6	0.9	2.9
19	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	1,046	172	6,860	3,776	1,186	825	60	16	1,451	3,329	43.6				874	83.6	49.8	79	199		527		39.9	22.0	6.9	4.8	1.1	0.3
20	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1,036	170	6,229	3,180	985	579	204	105	1,022	2,415	42.3	276	777	35.5	860	83.0	55.4	125	860	476	547	+160	36.6	18.7	5.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.8
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,034	145	5,749	3,755	1,621	458	245	472	1,504	2,847	52.8	4	18	22.2	743	71.9	56.9	471	1,150	424	562	-29	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	2.9
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,012	164	6,886	3,897	1,683	1,062	296	145	1,458	3,090	47.2	80	249	32.1	901	89.0	55.1	360	1,323	506	466		42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	3.1
23	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	1,001	218	6,075	3,054	874	827	292	61	956	2,209	43.3	324	905	35.8	818	81.7	57.6	155	719	481	588	+951	27.9	14.0	4.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	2.2
24	Dwight Howard D. Howard	997	125	3,945	1,909	1,473	149	94	248	681	1,156	58.9	1	7	14.3	546	54.8	59.9	441	1,032	323	467	-77	31.6	15.3	11.8	1.2	0.8	2.0	2.6
25	Kevin McHale K. McHale	972	169	5,716	3,182	1,253	274	65	281	1,204	2,145	56.1	8	21	38.1	766	78.8	61.8	456	797	326	571		33.8	18.8	7.4	1.6	0.4	1.7	1.9

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