most ft% in finals playoff by a rookie in a season minimum 5 fta per game

Magic Johnson has the best free-throw percentage by a rookie with 5.0+ free-throw attempts per game in an NBA Finals, at 87.5 percent.

NAME FT% FTA SEASON SERIES TM GP MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM TS% OREB DREB TPG MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
87.5
6.7
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
6
42.7
21.5
11.2
8.7
2.7
0.3
7.8
13.7
57.3
0.0
0.3
0.0
5.8
64.8
2.8
8.3
5.0
256
129
67
52
16
2
30
17
2 Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
78.8
6.6
1963-64
NBA Finals
SFW SFW
5
40.0
11.2
13.0
1.2
3.0
9.2
32.6
5.2
46.3
200
56
65
6
15
3 Tom Gola
T. Gola
76.0
5.0
1955-56
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
5
13.8
10.0
6.0
5.0
13.0
38.5
3.8
45.4
69
50
30
22
4 Johnny Macknowski
J. Macknowski
75.7
6.2
1949-50
NBA Finals
SYR SYR
6
13.7
4.5
4.7
82
13
5 Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
74.1
11.6
1946-47
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
5
26.2
8.8
8.6
131
15
6 Dolph Schayes
D. Schayes
73.3
10.0
1949-50
NBA Finals
SYR SYR
6
17.3
5.0
7.3
104
24
7 Jim Pollard
J. Pollard
73.2
6.8
1948-49
NBA Finals
MIN MIN
6
12.7
3.8
5.0
76
25
8 Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
71.2
7.4
1956-57
NBA Finals
STL STL
7
31.4
16.1
11.6
5.4
12.7
42.7
5.3
50.5
220
113
81
33
9 Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
70.8
6.9
1956-57
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
7
36.3
24.0
12.6
9.6
23.7
40.4
4.9
44.9
254
168
88
28
10 Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
69.2
5.6
1965-66
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
7
34.3
13.6
5.0
4.1
4.9
10.6
45.9
3.9
52.1
240
95
35
29
26
11 Paul Hoffman
P. Hoffman
65.9
6.8
1947-48
NBA Finals
BAL BAL
6
13.8
0.7
4.7
15.8
29.5
4.5
36.7
83
4
24
12 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
65.7
8.8
1958-59
NBA Finals
MIN MIN
4
42.3
22.8
11.8
8.5
25.5
33.3
5.8
38.8
169
91
47
18
13 Vern Mikkelsen
V. Mikkelsen
63.9
6.0
1949-50
NBA Finals
MIN MIN
6
12.5
4.3
3.8
75
32
14 Chick Halbert
C. Halbert
53.8
10.4
1946-47
NBA Finals
CHI CHI
5
14.4
4.4
5.6
72
14
15 Bill Russell
B. Russell
48.8
6.1
1956-57
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
7
41.6
13.3
22.9
5.1
14.4
35.6
3.0
38.8
291
93
160
30

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1.2

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36.6

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0