Kobe Bryant has missed the most career shots, with 14,481 misses.

who has the most missed field goals in nba history

NAME	FG MISS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Kobe Bryant	14,481	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
LeBron James	14,476	1,492	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.6	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	56,598	40,474	11,185	11,009	2,275	1,111	5,211	2,682	+7443
John Havlicek	13,417	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	8.3	18.8	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	46,471	26,395	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
Elvin Hayes	13,296	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	2.4	8.4	18.6	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	50,000	27,313	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
Karl Malone	12,682	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
Dirk Nowitzki	12,565	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.6	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
Carmelo Anthony	12,524	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	2.4	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	43,514	28,289	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1530
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	12,470	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	2.7	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
Michael Jordan	12,345	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
Vince Carter	12,046	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	1.7	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	46,367	25,728	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
Dominique Wilkins	11,626	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	2.5	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
Russell Westbrook	11,604	1,162	33.6	21.7	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	3.9	7.8	17.8	43.8	1.1	3.6	30.4	5.0	6.5	77.6	39,080	25,211	8,307	9,468	1,849	369	4,587	2,969	+3061
Elgin Baylor	11,478	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3				10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	33,863	23,149	11,463	3,650				2,596
Allen Iverson	11,439	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	3.6	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
Wilt Chamberlain	10,816	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4				12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
Paul Pierce	10,797	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	2.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
Kevin Garnett	10,637	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	2.2	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
Ray Allen	10,388	1,300	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	2.1	6.6	14.6	45.2	2.3	5.7	40.0	3.4	3.8	89.4	46,344	24,505	5,272	4,361	1,451	244	2,709	2,858	+3491
Alex English	10,377	1,193	31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	2.5	8.9	17.6	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	38,063	25,613	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027
Hal Greer	10,307	1,122	35.5	19.2	5.0	4.0				7.6	16.8	45.2				4.1	5.1	80.1	39,788	21,586	5,665	4,540				3,855
Bob Cousy	10,300	924	35.3	18.4	5.2	7.5				6.7	17.8	37.5				5.0	6.2	80.3	30,165	16,960	4,786	6,955				2,242
Hakeem Olajuwon	10,242	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
Oscar Robertson	10,112	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1		9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	43,886	26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
Tim Duncan	10,049	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	2.4	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
Jerry West	10,016	932	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7		9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	36,571	25,192	5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435