Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Rick Barry had the highest free-throw percentage, at 93.5 percent.

Interpreted as:

NBA players highest ft% with a minimum of 63 free-throws made per 82 team games 1980s

	NAME	FT%	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	Rick Barry R. Barry	93.5	72	25.2	12.0	3.3	3.7	1.1	0.4	4.5	10.7	42.2	1.0	3.1	33.0	2.0	2.1	51.7	0.7	2.5	2.1	1,816	866	236	268	80	28	152	182
2	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	92.0	280	26.1	15.2	1.3	3.0	1.3	0.1	6.3	13.4	47.2	0.0	0.3	13.9	2.6	2.8	52.1	0.6	0.8	1.7	7,317	4,257	372	842	356	20	462	783
3	Doug Collins D. Collins	89.5	48	26.9	13.4	2.6	3.0	0.8	0.2	5.3	11.2	47.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.2	53.3	0.7	1.8	2.2	1,292	643	123	142	37	11	104	99
4	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	88.2	233	29.7	17.3	2.5	3.4	1.0	0.1	6.6	13.8	47.5	0.3	0.9	30.2	3.9	4.4	54.9	0.9	1.5	2.5	6,928	4,027	574	783	235	16	583	626
5	Mark Price M. Price	88.0	222	29.6	14.2	2.4	5.9	1.2	0.1	5.4	10.8	49.7	0.8	1.9	43.8	2.6	3.0	58.6	0.6	1.7	2.3	6,571	3,157	523	1,313	257	23	501	292
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	88.0	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	5.3	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
7	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	87.5	279	31.9	19.4	3.5	3.8	1.6	0.5	7.4	14.7	50.3	0.3	1.0	28.2	4.3	4.9	57.4	1.0	2.5	2.4	8,894	5,399	984	1,071	457	130	681	661
8	Kyle Macy K. Macy	87.3	551	25.9	9.5	2.2	4.0	1.1	0.1	3.9	7.9	50.1	0.3	1.0	33.8	1.3	1.5	55.9	0.6	1.6	1.3	14,246	5,259	1,214	2,198	631	49	712	1,081
9	Terry Furlow T. Furlow	87.2	76	27.9	13.9	2.6	3.9	1.0	0.3	5.7	12.2	46.4	0.3	1.1	29.3	2.3	2.6	52.1	0.9	1.6	2.1	2,122	1,055	194	293	73	23	163	98
10	Sam Vincent S. Vincent	87.2	245	16.4	6.5	1.7	3.4	0.6	0.1	2.5	5.4	45.5	0.0	0.2	26.2	1.5	1.7	52.4	0.3	1.4	1.5	4,010	1,584	417	844	138	31	360	361
11	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	87.0	161	31.7	14.8	3.3	8.9	1.5	0.3	5.2	10.7	49.0	0.0	0.3	15.2	4.3	4.9	57.5	0.5	2.8	2.9	5,096	2,382	531	1,428	238	48	468	381
12	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	87.0	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	5.8	59.9	1.3	2.7	1.9	20,088	13,775	2,416	1,435	383	215	1,129	1,278
13	Bingo Smith B. Smith	87.0	78	27.2	11.4	3.3	1.3	0.8	0.2	4.9	11.4	43.2	0.3	1.0	28.4	1.3	1.5	47.4	1.2	2.1	1.0	2,123	893	259	100	62	17	81	209
14	Jeff Malone J. Malone	86.8	473	32.6	19.6	2.6	2.7	0.7	0.2	8.0	16.8	47.4	0.1	0.5	24.6	3.6	4.1	52.7	0.7	1.9	1.9	15,417	9,263	1,252	1,280	310	74	904	1,025
15	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	86.7	43	22.4	13.7	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	5.7	12.6	44.9	0.2	0.3	66.7	2.1	2.4	50.0	0.4	1.4	1.9	964	589	78	83	24	6	82	79
16	James Silas J. Silas	86.6	219	26.5	15.7	2.3	3.9	0.7	0.1	5.7	11.7	48.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	5.1	56.3	0.5	1.8	2.1	5,795	3,439	507	854	152	32	458	444
17	John Long J. Long	86.5	706	26.2	14.4	2.9	2.1	1.1	0.2	6.1	12.9	46.9	0.1	0.3	31.4	2.2	2.6	51.4	1.2	1.8	1.8	18,526	10,183	2,071	1,493	747	152	1,305	1,533
18	Ron Boone R. Boone	86.2	133	26.6	10.6	2.3	3.5	1.0	0.1	4.2	9.7	43.9	0.2	0.7	33.7	1.9	2.2	49.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3,538	1,410	311	470	130	11	308	358
19	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	86.1	584	28.5	11.7	2.8	4.5	1.2	0.1	4.7	9.7	48.4	0.7	1.8	38.6	1.6	1.8	55.5	0.8	2.0	1.6	16,631	6,824	1,635	2,609	712	65	938	1,498
20	Johnny Dawkins J. Dawkins	86.1	178	27.8	13.0	2.7	5.6	1.2	0.0	5.1	11.2	45.8	0.2	0.6	29.5	2.5	2.9	51.9	0.9	1.8	2.2	4,944	2,316	474	994	210	5	385	277
21	Junior Bridgeman J. Bridgeman	85.7	522	25.6	13.9	3.3	2.6	0.7	0.2	5.8	12.1	47.4	0.1	0.3	24.4	2.3	2.7	52.1	0.8	2.4	1.6	13,362	7,251	1,698	1,366	391	102	855	1,127
22	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	85.7	424	23.9	13.7	2.5	1.7	0.7	0.2	5.3	10.2	51.7	0.0	0.3	15.7	3.0	3.5	57.9	1.1	1.5	1.3	10,122	5,793	1,064	718	314	78	558	1,063
23	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	85.6	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	5.0	54.6	2.4	7.9	2.4	27,557	13,342	8,192	2,721	871	829	1,878	2,822
24	Jim Spanarkel J. Spanarkel	85.5	259	20.4	9.7	2.5	2.2	1.0	0.1	3.3	6.9	47.0	0.0	0.2	25.0	3.1	3.6	56.7	1.2	1.4	1.5	5,290	2,505	652	572	248	38	399	495
25	Mack Calvin M. Calvin	85.5	69	13.0	5.2	1.4	2.3	0.5	0.0	1.6	3.9	42.5	0.0	0.2	12.5	1.9	2.2	53.8	0.2	1.2	1.1	900	358	96	162	32	0	74	85