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1979-1980 NBA Free Throw Percentage Leaders

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Rick Barry led the NBA in free throw percentage in 1979-1980 with 93.5%, 3.8 percentage points ahead of Calvin Murphy (89.7%). It stands 16th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 6 times Rick Barry led in free throw percentage.

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Rick Barry Led the NBA in 1979-1980 Rick Barry HOU
93.5% Free Throw Percentage 3.8% clear of Calvin Murphy
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# Player Team FT% GP FGM FGA FG%
1 Rick Barry Rick Barry HOU 93.5% 72 325 771 42.2%
2 Calvin Murphy Calvin Murphy HOU 89.7% 76 624 1,267 49.3%
3 James Silas SAN 88.7% 77 513 999 51.4%
4 Mike Newlin Mike Newlin NJN 88.4% 78 611 1,329 46.0%
5 Mike Bratz PHX 87.0% 82 269 687 39.2%
6 Kevin Grevey Kevin Grevey WAS 86.7% 65 331 804 41.2%
7 John Roche John Roche DEN 86.6% 82 354 741 47.8%
8 Junior Bridgeman Junior Bridgeman MIL 86.5% 81 594 1,243 47.8%
9 Johnny Davis IND 86.4% 82 496 1,159 42.8%
10 Paul Westphal Paul Westphal PHX 86.2% 82 692 1,317 52.5%
11 Brian Winters MIL 86.0% 80 535 1,116 47.9%
12 George Gervin George Gervin SAN 85.2% 78 1,024 1,940 52.8%
13 Adrian Dantley Adrian Dantley UTH 84.2% 68 730 1,267 57.6%
14 Dave Robisch CLE 84.2% 82 489 940 52.0%
15 Ron Brewer Ron Brewer POR 84.0% 82 548 1,182 46.4%
16 Jan Van Breda Kolff Jan Van Breda Kolff NJN 83.9% 82 212 458 46.3%
17 Reggie Theus Reggie Theus CHI 83.8% 82 566 1,172 48.3%
18 Scott May Scott May CHI 83.7% 54 264 587 45.0%
19 Ricky Sobers Ricky Sobers CHI 83.7% 82 470 1,002 46.9%
20 Larry Bird Larry Bird BOS 83.6% 82 693 1,463 47.4%
21 Ben Poquette UTH 83.2% 82 296 566 52.3%
22 Steve Mix Steve Mix PHL 83.1% 81 363 703 51.6%
23 Nate Archibald Nate Archibald BOS 83.0% 80 383 794 48.2%
24 Eddie Johnson Eddie Johnson ATL 82.8% 79 590 1,212 48.7%
25 John Long DET 82.5% 69 588 1,164 50.5%
26 Steve Hawes Steve Hawes ATL 82.4% 82 304 605 50.2%
27 Randy Smith Randy Smith CLE 82.3% 82 599 1,326 45.2%
28 Walter Davis Walter Davis PHX 81.9% 75 657 1,166 56.3%
29 Phil Ford Phil Ford KCK 81.8% 82 489 1,058 46.2%
30 Freeman Williams Freeman Williams SDC 81.5% 82 645 1,343 48.0%
31 Allen Leavell HOU 81.4% 77 330 656 50.3%
32 Kevin Restani SAN 81.4% 82 369 727 50.8%
33 Purvis Short Purvis Short GOS 81.2% 62 461 916 50.3%
34 Charlie Criss Charlie Criss ATL 81.1% 81 249 578 43.1%
35 Allan Bristow Allan Bristow UTH 81.1% 82 377 785 48.0%
36 David Greenwood David Greenwood CHI 81.0% 82 498 1,051 47.4%
37 Magic Johnson Magic Johnson LAL 81.0% 77 503 949 53.0%
38 Billy Knight Billy Knight IND 80.9% 75 385 722 53.3%
39 Toby Knight NYK 80.8% 81 669 1,265 52.9%
40 Jamaal Wilkes Jamaal Wilkes LAL 80.8% 82 726 1,358 53.5%
41 Jack Sikma Jack Sikma SEA 80.5% 82 470 989 47.5%
42 Brian Taylor Brian Taylor SDC 80.2% 78 418 895 46.7%
43 Foots Walker Foots Walker CLE 80.2% 76 258 568 45.4%
44 Scott Wedman Scott Wedman KCK 80.1% 68 569 1,112 51.2%
45 John Johnson John Johnson SEA 80.1% 81 377 772 48.8%
46 Mickey Johnson IND 79.9% 82 588 1,271 46.3%
47 Bill Cartwright Bill Cartwright NYK 79.7% 82 665 1,215 54.7%
48 Alvan Adams Alvan Adams PHX 79.7% 75 465 875 53.1%
49 Mark Olberding Mark Olberding SAN 79.5% 75 291 609 47.8%
50 Sidney Moncrief Sidney Moncrief MIL 79.5% 77 211 451 46.8%
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