Larry Bird had the highest free-throw percentage in 1985-86, at 89.6 percent.

Interpreted as:

NBA 85-86 ft% with a minimum of 125 free-throws made per 82 team games leaders

	NAME	FT%	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	89.6	1985-86	BOS	82	38.0	25.8	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	9.7	19.6	49.6	1.0	2.4	42.3	5.4	6.0	58.0	2.3	7.5	3.2	3,113	2,115	805	557	166	51	266	182
2	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	89.6	1985-86	GSW	55	25.3	14.0	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	5.2	11.3	46.3	0.1	0.5	18.5	3.4	3.8	53.9	0.8	1.3	1.4	1,391	768	115	105	70	23	75	130
3	Mike Gminski M. Gminski	89.3	1985-86	NJN	81	31.2	16.5	8.2	1.6	0.7	0.9	6.1	11.7	51.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	4.9	59.4	2.5	5.7	1.7	2,525	1,333	668	133	56	71	140	163
4	Jim Paxson J. Paxson	88.9	1985-86	POR	75	25.7	13.1	2.0	3.7	1.3	0.1	5.0	10.6	47.0	0.3	0.8	32.3	2.9	3.3	54.5	0.6	1.4	1.5	1,931	981	148	278	94	5	112	156
5	George Gervin G. Gervin	87.9	1985-86	CHI	82	25.2	16.2	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	6.3	13.4	47.2	0.0	0.2	21.1	3.5	3.9	53.4	1.0	1.7	2.0	2,065	1,325	215	144	49	23	161	210
6	Franklin Edwards F. Edwards	87.4	1985-86	LAC	73	20.4	9.0	1.2	3.5	1.2	0.1	3.6	7.9	45.4	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.8	2.1	51.1	0.3	0.8	1.9	1,491	657	86	259	89	4	137	87
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	87.1	1985-86	LAL	72	35.8	18.8	5.9	12.6	1.6	0.2	6.7	12.8	52.6	0.1	0.6	23.3	5.3	6.0	61.0	1.2	4.7	3.8	2,578	1,354	426	907	113	16	273	133
8	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	86.9	1985-86	POR	79	35.3	24.8	2.7	2.4	0.7	0.2	9.1	16.9	54.0	0.0	0.1	12.5	6.6	7.6	61.4	1.2	1.6	2.2	2,791	1,962	216	187	54	17	177	161
9	Brad Davis B. Davis	86.8	1985-86	DAL	82	24.0	9.3	1.8	5.7	0.7	0.2	3.3	6.1	53.2	0.4	1.1	36.0	2.4	2.8	63.4	0.3	1.5	1.3	1,971	764	146	467	57	15	110	174
10	Jeff Malone J. Malone	86.8	1985-86	WAS	80	37.4	22.4	3.6	2.4	0.9	0.2	9.2	19.0	48.3	0.0	0.2	17.6	4.0	4.6	53.3	0.8	2.8	2.1	2,992	1,795	288	191	70	12	168	180
11	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	86.5	1985-86	LAL	82	27.7	9.2	3.0	5.7	1.1	0.5	3.3	7.4	45.2	0.8	2.0	38.7	1.8	2.1	55.7	0.5	2.4	1.8	2,269	758	244	466	89	43	151	238
12	Purvis Short P. Short	86.5	1985-86	GSW	64	37.9	25.5	5.1	3.7	1.4	0.3	9.9	20.5	48.2	0.2	0.8	30.6	5.5	6.3	54.7	2.0	3.2	2.9	2,427	1,632	329	237	92	22	184	229
13	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	86.4	1985-86	SEA	80	34.9	17.1	9.4	3.8	1.2	0.9	6.4	13.8	46.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.4	5.1	53.5	1.8	7.5	2.7	2,790	1,371	748	301	92	73	214	293
14	Alex English A. English	86.2	1985-86	DEN	81	37.3	29.8	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	11.7	23.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	20.0	6.3	7.3	56.2	2.4	2.6	3.1	3,024	2,414	405	320	73	29	249	235
15	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	85.9	1985-86	MIL	73	35.2	20.2	4.6	4.9	1.4	0.2	6.4	13.2	48.9	0.5	1.4	32.0	6.8	7.9	60.4	1.6	3.0	2.4	2,567	1,471	334	357	103	18	174	178
16	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	85.8	1985-86	MIL	81	26.5	13.9	2.9	2.2	1.0	0.1	5.3	9.9	53.8	0.0	0.3	13.0	3.3	3.8	60.3	1.2	1.7	1.3	2,147	1,127	231	177	83	6	107	252
17	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	85.6	1985-86	DET	81	32.4	20.0	4.3	3.3	1.1	0.1	7.6	15.3	49.8	0.1	0.3	48.0	4.7	5.5	56.7	1.4	2.9	2.3	2,626	1,622	348	265	93	10	183	167
18	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	85.4	1985-86	HOU	74	16.1	7.9	0.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	2.9	6.2	46.3	0.3	0.9	35.8	1.8	2.1	55.3	0.1	0.8	1.2	1,190	583	67	234	58	8	88	126
19	Rickey Green R. Green	85.2	1985-86	UTA	80	25.2	11.7	1.7	5.1	1.3	0.1	4.5	9.5	47.1	0.1	0.4	17.2	2.7	3.1	53.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	2,012	932	135	411	106	6	132	130
20	Mike Evans M. Evans	84.6	1985-86	DEN	81	17.1	9.5	1.2	2.2	0.8	0.0	3.8	8.8	42.5	0.5	2.2	22.2	1.6	1.8	49.5	0.4	0.9	1.5	1,389	773	101	177	61	1	124	159
21	Lewis Lloyd L. Lloyd	84.3	1985-86	HOU	82	29.8	16.9	4.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	7.2	13.6	52.9	0.0	0.2	21.4	2.4	2.9	56.7	1.9	2.1	2.4	2,444	1,386	324	300	102	24	194	216
22	Walter Davis W. Davis	84.3	1985-86	PHX	70	32.0	21.8	2.9	5.2	1.4	0.0	8.9	18.4	48.5	0.3	1.1	23.7	3.7	4.4	53.6	0.8	2.1	3.1	2,239	1,523	203	361	99	3	219	153
23	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	84.2	1985-86	PHI	82	39.9	15.4	2.9	9.2	2.5	0.3	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.2	23.5	3.4	4.1	59.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	3,270	1,266	235	753	207	27	238	160
24	John Stockton J. Stockton	83.9	1985-86	UTA	82	23.6	7.7	2.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	2.8	5.7	48.9	0.0	0.2	13.3	2.1	2.5	56.6	0.4	1.8	2.0	1,935	630	179	610	157	10	168	227
25	Mike Woodson M. Woodson	83.7	1985-86	SAC	81	29.8	15.6	2.8	2.4	1.1	0.5	6.3	13.2	47.5	0.0	0.2	15.4	3.0	3.6	52.7	1.2	1.6	1.8	2,417	1,264	226	197	92	37	145	215