all-time fewest free throw attempts to score 40 points in game

14 players are tied for the fewest free-throw attempts in a game with 40+ points, with 0 attempts. The first three are Kevin Durant on January 21, 2024, Klay Thompson on February 6, 2023, on January 21, 2019 and on January 8, 2019 and Jamal Murray on February 19, 2021.

Interpreted as:
all-time fewest free throw attempts by a player to score 40 or more points in regular-season game
NAMEFTAPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Kevin Durant
K. Durant
0
40
1/21/2024
vs
40
9
2
0
3
18
25
72.0
4
7
57.1
0
80.0
1
8
2
4
+7
2Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
0
42
2/6/2023
vs
33
3
1
0
0
15
22
68.2
12
16
75.0
0
95.5
0
3
4
1
+10
3Jamal Murray
J. Murray
0
50
2/19/2021
@
38
6
2
2
0
21
25
84.0
8
10
80.0
0
100.0
0
6
1
4
+24
4Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
0
44
1/21/2019
@
27
3
2
0
1
17
20
85.0
10
11
90.9
0
110.0
0
3
2
2
+29
5D'Angelo Russell
D. Russell
0
40
1/18/2019
@
33
2
7
1
0
16
25
64.0
8
12
66.7
0
80.0
1
1
1
1
+10
6Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
0
43
1/8/2019
vs
34
2
0
2
2
18
29
62.1
7
16
43.8
0
74.1
1
1
1
1
+31
7Paul George
P. George
0
43
2/1/2018
@
36
5
5
2
0
19
26
73.1
5
8
62.5
0
82.7
1
4
1
2
-2
8Wally Szczerbiak
W. Szczerbiak
0
44
4/13/2003
vs
37
3
1
1
0
19
26
73.1
6
7
85.7
0
84.6
0
3
2
2
+32
9Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
0
48
1/30/1997
vs
43
10
3
0
2
24
40
60.0
0
0
0
60.0
3
7
3
3
-1
10Dennis Scott
D. Scott
0
41
4/13/1993
vs
40
6
3
0
1
16
31
51.6
9
19
47.4
0
66.1
2
4
0
2
11Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
0
41
2/20/1987
vs
37
7
9
1
1
19
30
63.3
3
10
30.0
0
68.3
1
6
3
1
12Chuck Person
C. Person
0
42
2/11/1987
@
38
9
2
2
0
18
23
78.3
6
6
100.0
0
91.3
0
9
2
4
13George Gervin
G. Gervin
0
42
1/25/1985
@
38
2
3
2
0
21
26
80.8
0
0
0
80.8
1
1
2
3
14Alex English
A. English
0
44
3/3/1984
vs
39
5
5
1
2
22
32
68.8
0
0
0
68.8
3
2
1
3
15Rick Barry
R. Barry
0
40
4/5/1977
vs
36
5
4
3
1
20
26
76.9
0
76.9
2
3
2
16Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
0
48
1/25/1973
44
24
1
24
32
75.0
0
75.0
2
17Mikal Bridges
M. Bridges
1
41
12/25/2024
vs
43
1
4
2
2
17
25
68.0
6
9
66.7
1
100.0
80.6
1
0
0
2
+8
18Dejounte Murray
D. Murray
1
41
3/8/2024
@
40
7
6
2
0
17
25
68.0
6
10
60.0
1
100.0
80.6
0
7
2
1
+15
19D'Angelo Russell
D. Russell
1
44
3/8/2024
vs
38
6
9
0
1
17
25
68.0
9
12
75.0
1
100.0
86.5
2
4
2
5
+1
20Brandon Ingram
B. Ingram
1
41
2/5/2024
vs
30
6
9
0
1
16
21
76.2
8
11
72.7
1
100.0
95.6
1
5
0
1
+37
21Stephen Curry
S. Curry
1
40
11/18/2021
@
35
4
6
2
0
15
27
55.6
9
16
56.3
1
100.0
72.9
0
4
3
4
+8
22Stephen Curry
S. Curry
1
40
11/12/2021
vs
34
4
5
1
1
15
24
62.5
9
17
52.9
1
100.0
81.8
0
4
6
1
+31
23Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
1
42
5/5/2021
vs
38
6
7
1
1
17
22
77.3
8
9
88.9
0
0.0
93.6
1
5
3
4
+11
24Buddy Hield
B. Hield
1
41
11/25/2019
@
42
5
2
0
1
15
26
57.7
11
21
52.4
0
0.0
77.5
0
5
4
0
+2
25Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
1
40
12/25/2018
vs
40
10
2
1
0
17
33
51.5
5
10
50.0
1
100.0
59.8
4
6
2
3
+19
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for free-throw attempts going back to the 1953-54 season.

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