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The Best NBA Free-Throw Shooters Ever

Updated February 9, 2020 1.5k votes 87 voters52 items

List RulesVote up the players who can be counted on when they reach the line.

The best free-throw shooters in NBA history are the players teams want at the foul line with the game resting in the balance. They are the players who know how to get to the line and contribute big points with their free-throw shot.

Even though he spent most of the 2019-2020 NBA season injured, Stephen Curry still has the highest FT percentage in NBA history, and as one of the best pure shooters the game has ever seen, Curry is just as valuable to his team from the foul line as behind the arc. Only two players besides Curry have a career free-throw percentage higher than 90 percent: Steve Nash and Mark Price. Other top free-throw shooters from NBA history include Peja Stojakovic and Ray Allen.

So check out this list of the best NBA players ever to hit the free-throw line, and vote up the guys you would want at the line if your team needed two free throws to go in.

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Stephen Curry
Point guard
Age: 32
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States of America
Number: 30
Teams: Golden State Warriors
Career FT percentage: .9053 %

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Steve Nash
Point guard
Age: 46
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Number: 10
Teams: Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns
Career FT percentage: .9043 %

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Mark Price
Point guard
Age: 56
Birthplace: Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States of America
Teams: Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors
Career FT percentage: .9039 %

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Chauncey Billups
Point guard
Age: 44
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Number: 1
Teams: Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons
Career FT percentage: .8940 %

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Ray Allen
Shooting guard
Age: 44
Birthplace: Merced, California, United States of America
Number: 34
Teams: Boston Celtics, Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks
Career FT percentage: .8939 %

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Rick Barry
Small forward
Age: 76
Birthplace: Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Teams: New York Nets, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, San Francisco Warriors
Career FT percentage: .8931 %

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Larry Bird
Small forward
Age: 64
Birthplace: West Baden Springs, French Lick Township, Indiana, United States of America
Number: 33
Teams: Boston Celtics
Career FT percentage: .8857 %

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Peja Stojaković
Small forward
Age: 43
Birthplace: Požega, Croatia
Teams: Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans
Career FT percentage: .8948 %

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Reggie Miller
Shooting guard
Age: 54
Birthplace: Riverside, California, United States of America
Teams: Indiana Pacers
Career FT percentage: .8877 %

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Kevin Durant
Small forward
Age: 32
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States of America
Number: 35
Teams: Brooklyn Nets
Career FT percentage: .8826 %

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Calvin Murphy
Point guard
Age: 72
Birthplace: Norwalk, Connecticut, United States of America
Teams: Houston Rockets, San Diego Rockets
Career FT percentage: .8916 %

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Dirk Nowitzki
Power forward
Age: 42
Birthplace: Würzburg, Germany
Number: 41
Teams: Dallas Mavericks
Career FT percentage: .8787 %

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Damian Lillard
Point guard
Age: 30
Birthplace: Oakland, California
Number: 0
Teams: Portland Trail Blazers
Career FT percentage: .8889 %

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J. J. Redick
Point guard, Shooting guard
Age: 36
Birthplace: Cookeville, Tennessee
Number: 4
Teams: New Orleans Pelicans
Career FT percentage: .8903 %

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Scott Skiles
Point guard
Age: 56
Birthplace: La Porte, Indiana
Teams: Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards, Philadelphia 76ers, Orlando Magic, Milwaukee Bucks
Career FT percentage: .8891 %

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Kyrie Irving
Point guard
Age: 28
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Number: 2
Teams: Brooklyn Nets
Career FT percentage: .8769 %

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Isaiah Thomas
Point guard
Age: 31
Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington
Number: 22
Teams: Washington Wizards
Career FT percentage: .8723 %

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Bill Sharman
Shooting guard
Age: Dec. at 87 (1926-2013)
Birthplace: Abilene, Texas
Teams: Washington Capitols, Boston Celtics
Career FT percentage: .8831 %

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Jeff Hornacek
Shooting guard
Age: 56
Birthplace: Elmhurst, Illinois
Teams: Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers
Career FT percentage: .8770 %

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Earl Boykins
Point guard
Age: 43
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Teams: Charlotte Bobcats, Brooklyn Nets, Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors
Career FT percentage: .8758 %
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Kyle Korver
Shooting guard, Small forward
Age: 39
Birthplace: Lakewood, California
Number: 26
Teams: Milwaukee Bucks
Career FT percentage: .8768 %

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Chris Paul
Point guard
Age: 35
Birthplace: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Number: 3
Teams: Phoenix Suns
Career FT percentage: .8694 %

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Khris Middleton
Small forward, Forward
Age: 29
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina
Number: 32
Teams: Milwaukee Bucks
Career FT percentage: .8727 %

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D. J. Augustin
Point guard
Age: 32
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Number: 14
Teams: Orlando Magic
Career FT percentage: .8638 %
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Mo Williams
Point guard
Age: 37
Birthplace: Jackson, Mississippi
Number: 5
Teams: Utah Jazz, Milwaukee Bucks
Career FT percentage: .8708 %

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