Ranking Kevin Durant's 5 best free-throw shooting-percentage seasons

Kevin Durant had a few of his best years with the OKC Thunder.
Kevin Durant had a few of his best years with the OKC Thunder.

#2 Oklahoma City Thunder (2009-10) - 90%

The 2009-10 season was the only season in which Kevin Durant featured in all 82 games. The then 21-year-old averaged 30.1 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per outing.

Durant achieved his personal record of 840 free-throw attempts. He converted 756 of them, taking his free-throw percentage to a whopping 90. His free-throw attempt total was the highest in the league that season.

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Durant also had a defensively strong season, recording 112 steals and 84 blocked shots. In the playoffs, his team was ousted in the first round by Kobe Bryant’s LA Lakers in six games, though.


#1 Oklahoma City Thunder (2012-13) - 90.5%

Kevin Durant scored 2,280 points for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2012-13 regular season.

He led the league with 679 free throws out of 750 attempts, shooting a career-best 90.5% from the line. Durant shot well from the deep too, making 139 three-pointers in 334 tries. The Oklahoma City Thunder finished atop the Western Conference with a 60-22 win-loss record.

In the first round of the playoffs, Russell Westbrook tore his meniscus in Game 2 against the Houston Rockets. Kevin Durant then carried the team to the next round, but the team fell short in the Western Conference Finals, falling 4-1 to the Memphis Grizzlies.

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