Ranking Giannis Antetokounmpo's Top 5 NBA seasons based on free-throw percentage

Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks.

#3 2014-15 NBA season | 74.1%

Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2015 NBA Playoffs.
Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2015 NBA Playoffs.

The 2014-15 NBA season saw a sophomore Giannis Antetokounmpo show glimpses of what his potential really was in the NBA. The 20-year-old forward averaged 12.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and a block per game while starting in 71 of his 81 appearances.

He established himself as a starter and put up career-high numbers across his stat sheet in the 2014-15 campaign.

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The Milwaukee Bucks made it to the NBA Playoffs for the first time in Giannis Antetokounmpo's career in 2015 and the season was certainly a good sample of his capabilities.

In terms of free-throw shooting, Antetokounmpo converted 257 of 347 attempts for a 74.1% for the entire regular season.


#2 2017-18 NBA season | 76%

Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks shoots.
Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks shoots.

In the 2017-18 NBA season, Giannis Antetokounmpo established himself as one of the best players in the NBA and a superstar in the league at just 23 years of age.

The Greek had career-highs across the board once again, and improved most of his main numbers as he had done every year since the start of his NBA career.

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He earned his second consecutive All-Star Game selection and made his first appearance in the All-NBA team (second team).

Moreover, his free-throw shooting remained as good as it had been in his first few seasons, as he made 487 of his 641 attempts from the foul line (76%). He was fourth in the league in free throws made and second in attempts (behind Houston Rockets' James Harden).


#1 2016-17 NBA season | 77%

Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks.

The 2016-17 NBA season saw great displays from Giannis Antetokounmpo, and he earned his first All-Star Game selection, while also receiving All-NBA and All-Defensive nods for the first time in his NBA journey.

It was Giannis Antetokounmpo's best season in terms of free-throw percentage, as he made 471 of his 612 attempts from the line (77%).

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He averaged 22.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.9 blocks per game. Giannis Antetokounmpo made 52.1% of his field goals that year and finished seventh in the NBA MVP voting, his first of five appearances in the Top 10.

In terms of free throws made, Giannis finished ninth in the 2016-17 NBA season and eighth in attempts.


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