Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Moses Malone had the most free-throw attempts, with 7,709 attempts.

Interpreted as:

most fta by a player 1979-80 to 1988-89

	NAME	FTA	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Moses Malone M. Malone	7,709	778	37.3	24.5	13.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	8.4	17.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.7	77.5	57.0	5.4	7.8	3.4	29,039	19,082	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	2,659	1,898
2	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	6,467	684	36.8	26.5	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.4	17.1	55.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.8	82.0	62.5	2.2	3.3	3.0	25,201	18,157	3,721	2,206	647	92	2,039	1,833
3	Reggie Theus R. Theus	4,511	787	33.7	18.7	3.4	6.7	1.2	0.2	6.9	14.5	47.4	0.2	0.9	23.0	4.7	82.7	54.9	1.2	2.2	3.4	26,545	14,729	2,671	5,239	968	171	2,712	2,313
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	4,439	716	36.9	19.5	7.4	11.2	2.0	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.0	0.2	0.7	23.9	5.2	83.4	60.6	1.9	5.6	3.9	26,417	13,943	5,303	8,025	1,464	310	2,800	1,685
5	Alex English A. English	4,385	811	36.0	25.9	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	10.7	21.0	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	83.8	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	29,208	21,018	4,780	3,596	848	634	2,294	2,286
6	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	4,214	695	31.7	16.7	5.0	3.9	1.3	0.3	5.8	11.5	50.3	0.1	0.5	27.6	5.0	83.2	59.1	2.0	3.0	2.1	22,054	11,594	3,447	2,689	874	217	1,485	1,523
7	World B. Free W. B. Free	4,187	583	31.8	21.7	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	7.9	17.5	45.2	0.4	1.1	33.7	5.5	76.6	52.4	1.1	1.6	2.4	18,515	12,662	1,555	2,303	619	116	1,372	1,504
8	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	4,147	634	34.0	20.3	6.8	2.4	0.9	0.6	7.5	15.7	47.6	0.2	0.7	31.0	5.2	79.5	54.8	2.2	4.7	2.9	21,559	12,896	4,341	1,500	564	406	1,808	2,418
9	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	4,062	559	36.9	26.0	6.8	2.4	1.5	0.7	10.0	21.4	46.7	0.2	0.9	26.9	5.8	80.4	53.0	2.9	3.8	2.7	20,644	14,557	3,784	1,357	811	403	1,485	1,196
10	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	3,945	795	34.7	16.8	10.3	3.4	1.1	1.0	6.2	13.2	47.1	0.1	0.4	31.3	4.2	85.6	54.6	2.4	7.9	2.4	27,557	13,342	8,192	2,721	871	829	1,878	2,822
11	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	3,942	602	33.6	24.1	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.1	49.2	0.4	1.4	30.4	4.9	74.2	54.7	2.2	3.5	3.0	20,222	14,488	3,395	2,252	518	231	1,814	1,819
12	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	3,926	663	30.9	15.4	9.0	1.6	0.5	1.8	5.6	8.9	62.7	0.0	0.0	7.7	4.3	71.9	67.0	2.6	6.4	2.5	20,476	10,233	5,977	1,041	334	1,207	1,671	2,179
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3,846	787	32.6	20.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	8.5	14.9	57.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.6	74.3	60.6	2.0	5.6	2.6	25,675	16,246	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	2,037	2,258
14	Buck Williams B. Williams	3,818	635	36.4	16.4	11.9	1.5	0.9	1.1	6.3	11.4	55.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.9	64.9	58.6	4.1	7.9	2.9	23,100	10,440	7,576	976	599	696	1,811	2,244
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	3,783	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	3,697	635	36.7	20.3	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.3	1.2	27.8	4.4	76.1	52.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	23,276	12,862	2,372	6,220	1,338	181	2,437	2,105
17	George Gervin G. Gervin	3,674	547	33.1	26.0	4.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	10.1	20.2	49.8	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	85.0	56.1	1.4	2.8	2.8	18,086	14,216	2,333	1,455	563	365	1,545	1,515
18	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	3,626	683	28.7	12.3	6.0	2.3	0.8	0.5	4.1	7.6	54.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	4.2	78.2	62.2	2.5	3.5	2.1	19,587	8,419	4,091	1,566	520	311	1,446	1,856
19	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	3,616	615	31.1	16.2	7.1	1.4	0.5	0.9	5.8	10.7	54.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	78.2	61.1	2.1	5.0	2.4	19,124	9,972	4,359	882	334	584	1,451	1,985
20	Julius Erving J. Erving	3,572	602	34.1	22.0	6.4	3.8	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.0	51.1	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	77.4	56.2	2.5	3.9	2.9	20,506	13,263	3,861	2,282	1,081	983	1,770	1,621
21	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	3,529	783	34.9	15.3	3.9	5.6	1.3	0.6	5.7	12.9	44.6	0.1	0.6	18.0	3.7	81.9	51.4	1.2	2.7	2.5	27,325	11,954	3,078	4,381	1,055	456	1,976	2,265
22	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	3,514	605	33.2	22.8	4.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	8.8	16.5	53.2	0.2	0.5	36.2	5.1	87.0	59.9	1.3	2.7	1.9	20,088	13,775	2,416	1,435	383	215	1,129	1,278
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3,496	345	39.0	32.6	6.2	5.9	2.8	1.2	11.9	23.3	51.3	0.2	0.8	20.2	8.6	84.8	58.9	1.9	4.3	3.3	13,442	11,263	2,129	2,046	962	411	1,150	1,085
24	Kevin McHale K. McHale	3,481	694	32.1	18.5	7.6	1.8	0.4	1.8	7.3	12.9	56.5	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.9	78.0	61.2	2.6	5.0	2.0	22,275	12,830	5,277	1,217	262	1,269	1,396	2,076
25	Robert Parish R. Parish	3,479	786	32.9	17.9	10.4	1.8	0.8	1.7	7.3	13.4	54.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	72.3	58.3	3.3	7.2	2.4	25,841	14,043	8,195	1,419	660	1,346	1,924	2,424