Ousmane Diop led Lega Basket Serie A in foul-drawing in 2021-22 at +20.5 free throws drawn over expected per 100 possessions. Measured against the season's own league rate, not a flat average.
| # | Player | Team | Poss | FTA | Expected | free throws drawn over expected / 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ousmane Diop | Sassari | 134 | 57 | 29.6 | +20.5 |
| 2 | Mouhammadou Jaiteh | Bologna | 238 | 95 | 57.9 | +15.6 |
| 3 | Paulius Sorokas | Varese | 245 | 91 | 53.1 | +15.5 |
| 4 | Trey Kell | Varese / Milano | 154 | 57 | 35.1 | +14.2 |
| 5 | Marcos Delia | Trieste | 243 | 93 | 58.9 | +14.0 |
| 6 | Miro Bilan | Sassari | 132 | 46 | 27.9 | +13.7 |
| 7 | Jalen Jones | Varese | 141 | 49 | 29.9 | +13.5 |
| 8 | Nicolò Melli | Milano | 192 | 68 | 42.6 | +13.3 |
| 9 | Marco Belinelli | Bologna | 197 | 73 | 48.9 | +12.2 |
| 10 | Andrea Pecchia | Cremona | 204 | 71 | 47.0 | +11.8 |
| 11 | Mitchell Watt | Venezia | 372 | 131 | 87.6 | +11.7 |
| 12 | Pietro Aradori | Bologna | 311 | 108 | 73.2 | +11.2 |
| 13 | Amedeo Della Valle | Brescia | 390 | 129 | 85.5 | +11.2 |
| 14 | Niccolò Mannion | Bologna | 132 | 49 | 34.4 | +11.0 |
| 15 | Geoffrey Groselle | Bologna | 215 | 71 | 48.0 | +10.7 |
| 16 | Jordan Caroline | Trentino | 242 | 77 | 52.6 | +10.1 |
| 17 | Tyrique Jones | Pesaro | 332 | 102 | 71.2 | +9.3 |
| 18 | JaKarr Sampson | Bologna | 140 | 47 | 34.5 | +8.9 |
| 19 | Arnas Velicka | Napoli | 288 | 97 | 73.0 | +8.3 |
| 20 | Alessandro Zanelli | Brindisi | 140 | 45 | 33.4 | +8.3 |
| 21 | Henry Sims | Treviso | 289 | 87 | 63.3 | +8.2 |
| 22 | Tommaso Laquintana | Brescia | 142 | 44 | 32.5 | +8.1 |
| 23 | Nick Perkins | Brindisi | 488 | 153 | 113.8 | +8.0 |
| 24 | Gabriele Procida | Bologna | 140 | 47 | 36.2 | +7.7 |
| 25 | Justin Johnson | Reggio Emilia | 222 | 66 | 49.9 | +7.3 |
Ranked over 121 qualified players. This measures free throws drawn over expected per 100 possessions; it does not separate playstyle, skill and officiating, and it is not a causal claim about any of them.
Seasons covered: 2020-21 to 2025-26. What this metric is and what it misses: definition.
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