In basketball, a free throw is an unopposed attempt to score points from behind the free throw line. The Women's National Basketball Association's (WNBA) free throw percentage leader is the player with the highest free throw percentage in a given season.
Becky Hammon holds the record for best free throw percentage in a season, which she accomplished with the San Antonio Stars in the 2014 with 1.000%, missing 0 free throws that season.
Becky Hammon has led the league in free throw percentage a record six times. Elena Delle Donne has led the league four times. Nicole Powell and Allie Quigley each led the league two times. Becky Hammon in the 2005 season, 2006 season and Allie Quigley in the 2021 season, 2022 season are the only two players to have led the league in free throw percentage in consecutive years.
Key ^Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA*Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame†Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame considerationPlayer (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been thefree throw percentage leader up to and including that seasonGGuardFForwardCCenter
Annual leaders SeasonPlayerPositionTeamGamesplayedFree throws madeFree throws attemptedFree throw %1997Bridget PettisGPhoenix Mercury2897108.89821998Sandy BrondelloSGDetroit Shock3096104.92311999Eva HorákováFCleveland Rockers316263.98412000Jennifer AzziPGUtah Starzz154043.93022001Elena BaranovaFMiami Sol326671.92962002Sue Bird*PGSeattle Storm32102112.91072003Becky Hammon*PGNew York Liberty113941.95122004Crystal RobinsonF/GNew York Liberty284043.93022005Becky Hammon* (2)PGNew York Liberty34118131.90082006Becky Hammon* (3)PGNew York Liberty227275.96002007Nicole PowellF/GSacramento Monarchs348083.96392008Becky Hammon* (4)PGSan Antonio Stars33163174.93682009Nicole Powell (2)F/GSacramento Monarchs349496.97922010Becky Hammon* (5)PGSan Antonio Stars3297101.96042011Marie Ferdinand-HarrisSGPhoenix Mercury343839.97442012Kara LawsonPGConnecticut Sun34100107.93462013Elena Delle Donne† F/GChicago Sky30157169.92902014Becky Hammon* (6)PGSan Antonio Stars3235351.00002015Elena Delle Donne† (2)F/GChicago Sky31207218.94952016Sonja VasićSFPhoenix Mercury314547.95752017Tianna Hawkins† PFWashington Mystics334143.95352018Diana Taurasi†SG/PFPhoenix Mercury33172186.92472019Elena Delle Donne† (3)F/GWashington Mystics31114117.97442020^SGIndiana Fever197781.95062021Allie Quigley†PG/SGChicago Sky264749.95922022Allie Quigley† (2)PG/SGChicago Sky347680.95002023Elena Delle Donne† (4)F/GWashington Mystics237580.93752024Arike Ogunbowale^PG/SGDallas Wings38175190.92112025Sabrina Ionescu^PGNew York Liberty38152163.93252026Ariel Atkins^SGLos Angeles Sparks425559.9322
Multiple-time leaders RankPlayerTeamTimes leaderYears1Becky HammonNew York Liberty (3) / San Antonio Stars (3)62003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 20142Elena Delle DonneChicago Sky (2) / Washington Mystics (2)42013, 2015, 2019, 2023 3Nicole PowellSacramento Monarchs 22007, 2009Allie QuigleyChicago Sky2021, 2022
See also List of Women's National Basketball Association career free throw percentage leaders List of National Basketball Association annual free throw percentage leaders
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