most fouls in a game by one player in nba history

Lew Hitch and Don Otten are tied for the most personal fouls in a game, with 8 fouls.

Interpreted as:

most fouls in a regular-season game by one player in NBA history

	NAME	PF	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	+/-
1	Lew Hitch L. Hitch	8	1/17/1952	MIN	@	SYR		15					4						7	10	70.0
2	Don Otten D. Otten	8	11/24/1949	TRI	@	SHE		12		3			4	11	36.4				4	8	50.0	41.3
3	Cal Bowdler C. Bowdler	7	11/13/1999	ATL	@	POR	15	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	0	2	0	-9
4	Adrian Smith A. Smith	7	1/24/1967	CIN	@	NYK		28	3				11	22	50.0				6	7	85.7	55.8
5	Cal Christensen C. Christensen	7	1/15/1953	ROC	@	SYR		7					2						3	6	50.0
6	Wally Osterkorn W. Osterkorn	7	11/15/1952	SYR	@	BAL		2					1						0	3	0.0
7	Wally Osterkorn W. Osterkorn	7	3/7/1952	SYR	@	IND		6					2						2	3	66.7
8	George Mikan G. Mikan	7	1/17/1952	MIN	@	SYR	47	18					6						6	6	100.0
9	Alex Hannum A. Hannum	7	12/26/1950	SYR	@	BOS		8					1						6	6	100.0
10	Mal McMullen M. McMullen	7	12/25/1949	IND	@	WAT		7					3						1	4	25.0
11	John Hargis J. Hargis	7	11/24/1949	AND	@	SYR		17					4						9	12	75.0
12	Rollie Seltz R. Seltz	7	11/24/1949	AND	@	SYR		5					1						3	5	60.0
13	Nae'Qwan Tomlin N. Tomlin	6	4/13/2025	CLE	vs	IND	47	24	12	2	0	1	8	21	38.1	2	8	25.0	6	8	75.0	48.9	6	6	1	+9
14	Bobi Klintman B. Klintman	6	4/13/2025	DET	@	MIL	23	15	3	6	2	0	6	8	75.0	2	4	50.0	1	2	50.0	84.5	1	2	0	-5
15	Colin Castleton C. Castleton	6	4/13/2025	TOR	@	SAS	29	10	2	0	0	0	5	7	71.4	0	0		0	1	0.0	67.2	1	1	0	-4
16	Kyle Filipowski K. Filipowski	6	4/13/2025	UTA	@	MIN	29	15	3	3	0	2	6	13	46.2	2	4	50.0	1	1	100.0	55.8	1	2	0	-25
17	Alex Len A. Len	6	4/13/2025	LAL	@	POR	14	4	2	1	0	1	2	4	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	2	3	-15
18	Jett Howard J. Howard	6	4/11/2025	ORL	@	IND	30	17	0	1	0	1	7	12	58.3	2	7	28.6	1	3	33.3	63.8	0	0	3	+10
19	Isaiah Stewart I. Stewart	6	4/10/2025	DET	vs	NYK	22	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	1	2	+5
20	Donovan Clingan D. Clingan	6	4/9/2025	POR	@	UTA	27	10	9	4	0	2	3	4	75.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	86.8	5	4	1	-2
21	Josh Hart J. Hart	6	4/8/2025	NYK	vs	BOS	48	10	11	7	3	0	5	14	35.7	0	4	0.0	0	1	0.0	34.6	4	7	1	-5
22	Kai Jones K. Jones	6	4/5/2025	DAL	@	LAC	21	18	7	0	1	3	9	9	100.0	0	0		0	1	0.0	95.3	3	4	1	-10
23	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	6	4/4/2025	SAC	@	CHA	19	6	7	2	1	0	3	4	75.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	67.6	1	6	1	+18
24	Devin Carter D. Carter	6	4/4/2025	SAC	@	CHA	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	0	1	+14
25	AJ Johnson	6	4/2/2025	WAS	vs	SAC	37	19	2	6	1	0	7	14	50.0	2	6	33.3	3	4	75.0	60.3	0	2	3	-10