NBA Playoff Leaders and Records for Free Throws
Which player holds the record for free throws in the NBA Playoffs? Check it out the best shooter ranking
As we have seen in several games, the free throw is a technical gesture that can make the difference during a match: teams that have to recover a minimal disadvantage commit a foul hoping that the opposite player misses the free throws.
So many NBA champions, a few of them pluri-titled, don’t have a great feeling from the foul line, as evidenced by the best free shooters ranking in NBA Playoff history.
NBA Playoff Free Throws Leader
The record belongs to LeBron James, with 1735 free throws. However, he doesn’t have a very good scoring percentage (74,1%), far lower than 95% of the leader, Gordon Hayward.
#23 places himself on top of NBA Playoff attempted free throws ranking with 2341 shots from the foul line.
Other special records linked to free throws in NBA Playoff:
- Free throws scored consecutively: 24, Dirk Nowitzki (2011);
- Free throws scored in a single game: 30, Bob Cousy (1953);
- Free throws attempted in a single game: 39, Shaquille O’Neal (2000);
- Free throws scored in a quarter: 13, Magic Johnson (1991);
- Free throws scored in a half: 19, Magic Johnson (1991).
NBA Playoff Free Throws Ranking
| # | Player | Free throws scored | Free throws attempted | Percentage |
| 1 | LeBron James | 1,735 | 2,341 | 74,1% |
| 2 | Michael Jordan | 1,463 | 1,766 | 82,8% |
| 3 | Kobe Bryant | 1,320 | 1,617 | 81,6% |
| 4 | Karl Malone | 1,269 | 1,725 | 73,6% |
| 5 | Tim Duncan | 1,217 | 1,766 | 68,9% |
| 6 | Jerry West | 1,213 | 1,506 | 80,5% |
| 7 | Shaquille O’Neal | 1,168 | 2,317 | 50,4% |
| 8 | Dirk Nowitzki | 1,074 | 1,204 | 89,2% |
| 9 | Magic Johnson | 1,068 | 1,274 | 83,8% |
| 10 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 1,050 | 1,419 | 74,0% |
| 11 | Kevin Durant | 1,013 | 1,172 | 86,4% |
| 12 | Dwyane Wade | 951 | 1,220 | 78,0% |
| 13 | Larry Bird | 901 | 1,012 | 89,0% |
| 14 | James Harden | 888 | 1,026 | 86,5% |
| 15 | John Havlicek | 874 | 1,046 | 83,6% |
| 16 | Paul Pierce | 860 | 1,036 | 83,0% |
| 17 | Elgin Baylor | 847 | 1,101 | 76,9% |
| 18 | Manu Ginobili | 818 | 1,001 | 81,7% |
| 19 | Chauncey Billups | 785 | 892 | 88,0% |
| 20 | Scottie Pippen | 772 | 1,067 | 72,4% |
| 21 | Reggie Miller | 770 | 862 | 89,3% |
| 22 | Kevin McHale | 766 | 972 | 78,8% |
| 23 | Wilt Chamberlain | 757 | 1,627 | 46,5% |
| 24 | Dennis Johnson | 756 | 943 | 80,2% |
| 25 | Charles Barkley | 751 | 1,048 | 71,7% |
NBA Playoff Best Free Throws Percentage
| # | Player | Percentage |
| 1 | Gordon Hayward | 95,0% |
| 2 | Mark Price | 94,4% |
| 3 | Calvin Murphy | 93,2% |
| 4 | Bill Sharman | 91,1% |
| 5 | Kiki Vandeweghe | 90,7% |
| 6 | Hersey Hawkins | 90,7% |
| 7 | Stephen Curry | 90,6% |
| 8 | Peja Stojakovic | 90,0% |
| Steve Nash | 90,0% | |
| Jamal Murray | 90,0% | |
| 11 | Kyle Korver | 89,5% |
| 12 | Reggie Miller | 89,3% |
| 13 | Dirk Nowitzki | 89,2% |
| 14 | Larry Bird | 89,0% |
| 15 | Brandon Bass | 89,02% |
| 16 | Vince Boryla | 88,9% |
| 17 | Jeff Hornacek | 88,6% |
| 18 | Allan Houston | 88,5% |
| 19 | Ray Allen | 88,4% |
| 20 | Wally Szczerbiak | 88,2% |
| 21 | Donovan Mithcell | 88,1% |
| 22 | Chauncey Billups | 88,0% |
| Bobby Wanzer | 88,0% | |
| Ron Boone | 88,0% | |
| 25 | J.J. Redick | 87,9% |
| Damian Lillard | 87,9% |