In the NBA, the record is 97 in a row by Michael Williams of the Minnesota Timberwolves. He accomplished this feat over 2 season (1992-1993, 1993-1994).
The Guinness world record holder is Ted St. Martin, who made 5,221 consecutive free throws on April 28, 1996. He did so while giving a shooting clinic to students, taking over 7 hours to complete the task.
The most by an amateur and second most overall is Hal Cohen, a former SU player. He hit 598 consecutive free throws after practice when he was 17 in High School.
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The 2 players who have made the most free throws are Karl Malone and Moses Malone, with 9,787 and 8,531 makes, respectively. Karl Malone, Wilt Chamberlain, and Moses Malone have attempted the most, in that order.
In the NBA, that would be Karl Malone with 9,787 made free throws. Malone also holds the career NBA record for free throw attempts with 13,188.
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The NBA record for most consecutive free throws made is 97 by Michael Williams of the Minnesota Timberwolves between March 24, 1993 and November 9, 1993.
Johnstown-Monroe (OH) High School set the national record for most consecutive free throws made by hitting all 36 free throw attempts on 02/20/79 in a game against Licking Hts ( OH) High school. This broke the old record held by Great Falls,Montana of 24 for 24 set in 1977.
From March 24 to November 9, 1993 Micheal Williams of the Minnesota Timberwolves was on fire at the free throw line, netting 97 straight free throws and setting the NBA record for the longest free throw streak ever. Now as impressive as this may be it pales in comparison to Ted St. Martin who on April 28, 1996 sank an unimaginable 5,221 straight shots from the free throw line.
There's a video on youtube where Steve Nash makes 21 in one minute. It looked like he could've made 25 easily so I doubt it's a record