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NBA & ABA Yearly Leaders and Records for Personal Fouls

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Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

Season Lg Player PF Tm
2009-10 NBA Nene Hilario29 DEN
    Greg Oden29 POR
2008-09 NBA Jason Thompson314 SAC
2007-08 NBA Mikki Moore310 SAC
2006-07 NBA Andris Biedrins304 GSW
2005-06 NBA Al Harrington301 ATL
2004-05 NBA Jason Collins322 NJN
2003-04 NBA Theo Ratliff300 TOT
2002-03 NBA Kurt Thomas344 NYK
2001-02 NBA Kurt Thomas341 NYK
2000-01 NBA Aaron Williams319 NJN
1999-00 NBA Shawn Kemp371 CLE
1998-99 NBA Danny Fortson212 DEN
1997-98 NBA Ervin Johnson321 MIL
1996-97 NBA Shawn Kemp320 SEA
1995-96 NBA Otis Thorpe300 DET
    Elden Campbell300 LAL
1994-95 NBA Shawn Bradley338 PHI
1993-94 NBA Shawn Kemp312 SEA
1992-93 NBA Stanley Roberts332 LAC
1991-92 NBA Tyrone Hill315 GSW
1990-91 NBA Sam Mitchell338 MIN
1989-90 NBA Rik Smits328 IND
1988-89 NBA Grant Long337 MIA
1987-88 NBA Patrick Ewing*332 NYK
1986-87 NBA Steve Johnson340 POR
1985-86 NBA Charles Barkley*333 PHI
1984-85 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon*344 HOU
1983-84 NBA Darryl Dawkins386 NJN
1982-83 NBA Darryl Dawkins379 NJN
1981-82 NBA Steve Johnson372 KCK
1980-81 NBA Ben Poquette342 UTA
1979-80 NBA Darryl Dawkins328 PHI
1978-79 NBA Bill Robinzine367 KCK
1977-78 NBA Lonnie Shelton350 NYK
1976-77 NBA Lonnie Shelton363 NYK
1975-76 NBA Charlie Scott356 BOS
  ABA Artis Gilmore341 KEN
1974-75 NBA Phil Jackson*330 NYK
    Bob Dandridge330 MIL
  ABA Wil Jones353 KEN
1973-74 NBA Kevin Porter319 CAP
  ABA Jim Chones347 CAR
1972-73 NBA Neal Walk323 PHO
  ABA Gene Moore369 SDA
1971-72 NBA Dave Cowens*314 BOS
  ABA Wendell Ladner347 TOT
1970-71 NBA Dave Cowens*350 BOS
  ABA Wendell Ladner334 MMP
1969-70 NBA Jim Davis335 ATL
  ABA Gene Moore382 KEN
1968-69 NBA Billy Cunningham*329 PHI
  ABA John Smith328 DLC
1967-68 NBA Bill Bridges366 STL
  ABA Dan Anderson329 NJA
1966-67 NBA Joe Strawder344 DET
1965-66 NBA Zelmo Beaty344 STL
1964-65 NBA Bailey Howell*345 BAL
1963-64 NBA Wayne Embry325 CIN
1962-63 NBA Zelmo Beaty312 STL
1961-62 NBA Tom Meschery330 PHW
1960-61 NBA Paul Arizin*335 PHW
1959-60 NBA Tom Gola*311 PHW
1958-59 NBA Walter Dukes332 DET
1957-58 NBA Walter Dukes311 DET
1956-57 NBA Vern Mikkelsen*312 MNL
1955-56 NBA Vern Mikkelsen*319 MNL
1954-55 NBA Vern Mikkelsen*319 MNL
1953-54 NBA Earl Lloyd303 SYR
1952-53 NBA Monk Meineke334 FTW
1951-52 NBA George Mikan*286 MNL
1950-51 NBA George Mikan*308 MNL
1949-50 NBA George Mikan*297 MNL
1948-49 BAA Ed Sadowski273 PHW
1947-48 BAA Chuck Gilmur231 CHS
1946-47 BAA Stan Miasek208 DTF