List of Liga ACB annual free throw percentage leaders

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In basketball, a free throw is an unopposed attempt to score points from behind the free throw line. [1] The Liga ACB's (Endesa) free throw percentage leader is the player with the highest free throw percentage in a given season.

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To qualify as a leader for the free throw percentage, a player must play in at least 75 percent of the total number of possible games, and must make at least 40 free throws the entire season.

Free throw Percentage leaders

SeasonPlayer Position [lower-alpha 1] TeamGames
played
Free throws
made
Free throws
attempted
Free throw %Ref.
1993–94 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Nebojša Ilić F Cáceres CB 28207230.9000 [2]
1994–95 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Herreros F CB Estudiantes 38212247.8563 [3]
1995–96 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Herreros (2×)F CB Estudiantes 38171207.8261 [4]
1996–97 Flag of Lithuania.svg Arturas Karnišovas F FC Barcelona Bàsquet 33161182.8846 [5]
1997–98 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Alberto Espil G/F TAU Ceramica 346472.8889 [6]
1998–99 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Italy.svg Jorge Racca G CB Gran Canaria 325562.8871 [7]
1999–00 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Flag of Spain.svg Nenad Marković G Pamesa Valencia 346470.9143 [8]
2000–01 Flag of Spain.svg Xavi Fernández G Canarias Telecom 34107119.8992 [9]
2001–02 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Aleksandar Đorđević G Real Madrid Baloncesto 31120136.8824 [10]
2002–03 Flag of Spain.svg Paco VazquezF Unicaja Málaga 347684.9048 [11]
2003–04 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Alberto Espil (2×)G/F Baxi Manresa 3498104.9423 [12]
2004–05 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Alberto Espil (3×)G/F Baxi Manresa 347375.9733 [13]
2005–06 Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Arriel McDonald G Girona 336673.9041 [14]
2006–07 Flag of the United States.svg Louis Bullock G Real Madrid Baloncesto 34126137.9197 [15]
2007–08 Flag of the United States.svg Louis Bullock (2×)G Real Madrid Baloncesto 30116125.9280 [16]
2008–09 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Thomas G UCAM Murcia N/A8893.9462 [17]
2009–10 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Chase G CB Valladolid 315760.9500 [18]
2010–11 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Baron G Donosti Gipuzkoa Basket 347071.9859 [19]
2011–12 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Corbacho G/F Monbus Obradoiro 335963.9365 [20]
2012–13 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Corbacho (2×)G/F Monbus Obradoiro 368186.9419 [21]
2013–14 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Corbacho (3×)G/F Monbus Obradoiro 345153.9623 [22]
2014–15 Flag of Spain.svg Javi Salgado G Movistar Estudiantes 314344.9773 [23]
2015–16 Flag of Spain.svg Albert Oliver G Herbalife Gran Canaria 315558.9483 [24]
2016–17 Flag of the United States.svg Jaycee Carroll G Real Madrid Baloncesto 349299.9293 [25]
2017–18 Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Blake Schilb G/F Real Betis Baloncesto 3343431.0000 [26]
2018–19 Flag of the United States.svg Brian Roberts G Unicaja Málaga 346671.9296 [27]
2019–20 [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Huertas G CB Lenovo Tenerife 225354.9815 [28]
2020–21 Flag of Spain.svg Xabier López-Arostegui G Club Joventut Badalona 259497.9691 [29]
2021–22 Flag of Uruguay.svg Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Fitipaldo G CB Lenovo Tenerife 349297.9485 [30]

Notes

  1. The player's primary position is listed first.
  2. The number of games played were reduced in this season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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