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Men's Independent Career Free Throw Attempts Leaders

Known as: Independent

Record: 124 Seasons, 67310-47918, (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

NCAA Tournament: 260 Teams (296-298), 37 Final Fours, 6 Championships

Ranked in AP Poll: 94 (Preseason), 150 (Final), 2262 (Total)

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Leaders are based on stats from the 1985-86 through 2023-24 seasons.
Not all leaderboards are available for seasons prior to 1992-93.

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however some statistics may be incomplete.

Since 1947-48

Since 1947-48 Table
Rank	Player	FTA	From	To	Last School
1	Jesse Arnelle	992	1952	1955	Penn State
2	Nick Werkman	980	1962	1964	Seton Hall
3	Walter Dukes	904	1951	1953	Seton Hall
4	Bob Schafer	891	1952	1955	Villanova
5	Tom Gola	877	1952	1955	La Salle
6	George Dalton	859	1952	1955	John Carroll
7	Eric Brown	840	1986	1989	Miami (FL)
8	Lyndon Lee	822	1955	1957	Oklahoma City
9	Elton Tuttle	792	1952	1954	Creighton
10	Tony Dumas	789	1991	1994	Kansas City
11	Rick Barry	786	1963	1965	Miami (FL)
12	Calvin Murphy	770	1968	1970	Niagara
13	Adrian Dantley	769	1974	1976	Notre Dame
	Elvin Hayes	769	1966	1968	Houston
15	Dean Meminger	762	1969	1971	Marquette
16	Jimmy Hayes	760	1968	1970	Boston University
17	Phil Sellers	757	1973	1976	Rutgers
18	Roosevelt Chapman	742	1981	1984	Dayton
	Bill O'Connor	742	1961	1963	Canisius
20	Hub Reed	729	1956	1958	Oklahoma City
21	Dick Stricklin	728	1955	1957	Seattle
22	Frank Burgess	727	1959	1961	Gonzaga
23	Bob Carney	726	1952	1954	Bradley
24	David Rivers	717	1985	1988	Notre Dame
25	Mark Young	697	1976	1979	Fairfield
26	Ken Pennington	695	1958	1961	Butler
27	Mel Counts	693	1962	1964	Oregon State
	Dick Gaines	693	1955	1957	Seton Hall
29	Jack Stephens	686	1952	1955	Notre Dame
	Charlie Tyra	686	1954	1957	Louisville
31	Ed Eckart	677	1954	1957	Valparaiso
	Dick Ricketts	677	1952	1955	Duquesne
33	George Thompson	674	1967	1969	Marquette
34	Jerry Harkness	667	1961	1963	Loyola (IL)
35	Don May	663	1966	1968	Dayton
36	Tom Heinsohn	661	1954	1956	Holy Cross
37	John Austin	660	1964	1966	Boston College
38	Jack Foley	657	1960	1962	Holy Cross
39	John Horan	656	1952	1955	Dayton
40	Tom Stith	655	1959	1961	St. Bonaventure
41	John Nichols	653	1955	1957	Colgate
42	Bill Uhl	650	1954	1956	Dayton
43	Don Meineke	648	1950	1952	Dayton
	Freeman Williams	648	1975	1978	Portland State
	Gary Winton	648	1975	1978	Army
46	Austin Carr	646	1969	1971	Notre Dame
	Marv Roberts	646	1969	1971	Utah State
48	Sihugo Green	639	1954	1956	Duquesne
49	Paul Silas	637	1962	1964	Creighton
50	Bill Smith	623	1969	1971	Syracuse
51	Charlie Share	622	1948	1950	Bowling Green State
52	Jeff Blue	621	1962	1964	Butler
	Dick Estergard	621	1952	1954	Bradley
54	Jimmy Walker	614	1965	1967	Providence
	Rich Yunkus	614	1969	1971	Georgia Tech
56	Ron Sobieszczyk	613	1954	1956	DePaul
57	Paul Arizin	609	1948	1950	Villanova
58	Bob Lloyd	605	1965	1967	Rutgers
	Jack Sallee	605	1952	1955	Dayton
60	Togo Palazzi	603	1952	1954	Holy Cross
	Sandy Williams	603	1962	1964	Saint Francis (PA)
62	Vin Cohen	602	1955	1957	Syracuse
63	Kevin Bradshaw	600	1984	1991	U.S. International
	Bob Quick	600	1966	1968	Xavier
65	Allan Bristow	596	1971	1973	Virginia Tech
66	Tom Workman	595	1965	1967	Seattle
67	Mark Aguirre	594	1979	1981	DePaul
68	Dave DeBusschere	593	1960	1962	Detroit Mercy
69	Dallas Comegys	588	1984	1987	DePaul
70	Harry Hollines	585	1966	1968	Denver
71	Tom Hawkins	583	1957	1959	Notre Dame
72	Henry Finkel	580	1964	1966	Dayton
	Jerry Kelly	580	1981	1983	Southeastern Louisiana
74	Bob Kissane	579	1969	1971	Holy Cross
75	Kelly Tripucka	578	1978	1981	Notre Dame
76	John Clune	577	1952	1954	Navy
77	Donald Royal	576	1984	1987	Notre Dame
78	Jerry Lee Wells	575	1964	1966	Oklahoma City
79	Dorie Murrey	574	1964	1966	Detroit Mercy
	Ron Perry	574	1977	1980	Holy Cross
81	Clinton Jeffries	573	1956	1958	Muhlenberg
82	Kevin Bass	569	1974	1977	Iona
	Hugh Durham	569	1957	1959	Florida State
84	Bill Hannon	568	1952	1954	Army
	Bobby Plump	568	1955	1958	Butler
86	John Riser	566	1955	1957	Pitt
	Kevin Sinnett	566	1976	1979	Navy
88	Ted Guzek	565	1955	1958	Butler
89	John Nelson	564	1969	1971	Oklahoma City
90	Fred Moses	560	1959	1961	Oklahoma City
91	Elgin Baylor	559	1957	1958	Seattle
92	Willie Cerf	558	1954	1956	Drake
93	Dave Bing	556	1964	1966	Syracuse
94	John Clark	554	1973	1976	Northeastern
95	Willie Allen	553	1969	1971	Miami (FL)
96	Doug Clevenger	550	1969	1971	Army
	Bob Lanier	550	1968	1970	St. Bonaventure
	Dave Piontek	550	1954	1956	Xavier
	Guy Rodgers	550	1956	1958	Temple
100	Terry Driscoll	549	1967	1969	Boston College
	Bob Wolf	549	1965	1967	Marquette
102	Wayne Estes	548	1963	1965	Utah State
103	Carl Bauer	547	1954	1956	Seattle
104	John Thompson	546	1962	1964	Providence
105	Joe DeSantis	544	1976	1979	Fairfield
106	Bob Whitmore	543	1967	1969	Notre Dame
107	Calvin Natt	541	1976	1979	Louisiana-Monroe
108	Willie Somerset	540	1962	1965	Duquesne
109	Arnold Short	539	1952	1954	Oklahoma City
110	Rich Travis	535	1967	1969	Oklahoma City
111	John Egan	534	1962	1964	Loyola (IL)
112	Ken House	532	1970	1972	Seton Hall
113	Jim Foster	531	1981	1984	South Carolina
	Chuck White	531	1961	1963	Idaho
115	Bob McIntyre	530	1964	1966	St. John's (NY)
	Hubie White	530	1960	1962	Villanova
117	Billy Shepherd	529	1970	1972	Butler
118	Pete Gaudin	528	1956	1958	Loyola (LA)
119	Warren Buehler	527	1954	1957	Georgetown
120	Mike Moran	525	1957	1959	Marquette
121	Jim Barton	523	1955	1957	Washington (MO)
	David Grady	523	1984	1988	Brooklyn
123	Franklin Edwards	520	1978	1981	Cleveland State
124	George Almones	519	1983	1985	Louisiana
	Michael Vicens	519	1975	1978	Holy Cross

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