Who is best free-throw shooter in NBA?

Karl Malone
Karl Malone
Born in Summerfield, Louisiana, Malone was the youngest of nine children and during his childhood lived on a farm with his single mother, Shirley. His father, Shedrick Hay, was raising a family with another woman he married and committed suicide when Karl Malone was 3; Malone first disclosed that suicide in 1994.
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holds the record for most free throws scored in career: 9,787 free throws. Malone also holds the record for attempts, with 13,188 free throws attempted with a percentage of 74.20%.
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Who is the best free-throw shooter in the NBA now?

Chris Paul had the highest free-throw percentage in 2020-21, at 93.4 percent.
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Who has the best free-throw percentage in the NBA 2021?

Jordan Poole had the best free-throw percentage this season, at 92.5 percent.
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Who is the best free-throw shooter in NBA 2019?

From the free-throw line, Curry led the league with an FT% of 92.1. He made 278 of his 302 free-throw attempts.
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Who has the highest free-throw percentage in the NBA?

The highest free throw percentage in NBA history is 90.82%, by Stephen Curry (USA) while playing for the Golden State Warriors from the 2009/10 season to the 2021/22 season. Curry had converted 3,197 of 3,520 free throw attempts, as of 16 March 2022.
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Who has never missed a free throw?

Lakers' Brandon Ingram Claims to Have Never Missed a Free Throw in High School. Brandon Ingram excelled at many things while wearing a Duke Blue Devils uniform, ultimately working his way into becoming the No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft.
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Who has a 100 free-throw percentage?

The National Basketball Association's (NBA) free throw percentage leader is the player with the highest free throw percentage in a given season. José Calderón holds the record for best free throw percentage in a season, which he accomplished with the Toronto Raptors in the 2008–09 NBA season.
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Who shoots the most in basketball?

The shooting guard, as the name implies, is often the best shooter, as well as being capable of shooting accurately from longer distances. The small forward often has an aggressive approach to the basket when handling the ball. The small forward is also known to make cuts to the basket in efforts to get open for shots.
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Who has the worst free-throw percentage?

Ben Wallace has the worst career free-throw percentage, at 41.4 percent.
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What is Curry's free throw percentage?

Curry, a career 90.8 percent free throw shooter, had never missed four three throws in a game before Sunday, when he struggled at the line in the Warriors' 126-121 Game 4 loss to the Denver Nuggets.
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How many free throws has Curry missed?

Stephen Curry has missed 323 free throws in his career.
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What is NBA Top shot?

NBA Top Shot allows users to buy, sell, and collect NBA NFTs that showcase influential “Moments” minted on the FLOW blockchain. Some Moments are rarer than others, with the rarest versions being worth the most. Moments are minted in “Packs,” much like you'd expect from physical trading cards.
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Who has the highest shot accuracy in the NBA?

Steve Nash is one of the best shooters the game of basketball has ever witnessed. While he and Mark Price are the only two point guards ever to shoot 50-40-90 in a season on 10 or more shot attempts per game, Nash is the only player to have accomplished the feat more than twice (he did it four times).
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Who was the first point forward?

History. Historically, one of the first to fill the role was John Johnson, who played it for the 1970s Seattle SuperSonics alongside two scoring-minded guards, Gus Williams and Dennis Johnson. During the 1980s Milwaukee Bucks Marques Johnson and Paul Pressey played point forward under coach Don Nelson.
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Why can't Shaq shoot free throws?

— According to the experts, the problem was that Shaquille O'Neal broke his wrist as a child and it never healed properly. Or that he didn't practice enough. That's what Dave Hopla, who has worked as a shooting coach for the Detroit Pistons and now runs clinics around the country teaching the art of shooting, told me.
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What is LeBron free throw percentage?

Free-throw percentage: 78.1%
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What is a good 3 point percentage?

Three-point field goal percentage is usually kept as additional statistics. Its abbreviation is 3FG%. A 3FG% of . 400 and above is a very good percentage.
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Who is the best basketball player?

Top 10 NBA Players Ever
  • Larry Bird.
  • Earvin Johnson Jr. ...
  • Tim Duncan. ...
  • Bill Russell. Bill Russell currently has the most championships in NBA history with 11. ...
  • Hakeem Olajuwon. Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon is one of the greatest defensive players in NBA history. ...
  • Kobe Bryant. Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant defined the 2000s. ...
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What NBA player never missed a shot?

Dave Hopla isn't impressed with himself. But he sees kids increasingly becoming more and more distracted, and he knows that his incredible shooting ability could go unmatched for a long time.
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Has anyone had a perfect game in NBA?

No player in NBA history has ever made 13-plus shot in a playoff game without a miss. Only Wilt Chamberlain has made more shots without a miss, but both of his perfect performances—18-of-18 and 16-of-16—were in the regular season.
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Who is the best dunker?

Top Ten Dunkers Of All Time
  • #7 Jason Richardson.
  • #6 Julius Erving.
  • #5 Shawn Kemp.
  • #4 Kobe Bryant.
  • #3 Michael Jordan.
  • #2 Dominique Wilkins.
  • #1 Vince Carter.
  • Honorable mentions:
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Who has the most 3s in one game?

Klay Thompson shatters record for most 3-pointers in a game

It was back on October 29 of 2018 that Klay Thompson lit the Windy City on fire. Taking on the Bulls, this Golden State Warriors star nailed 10 3-pointers in the first half alone. It's a game that saw Golden State lead by the score of 92-50 at the half.
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