The National Basketball League's Best Team Free Throws honour is awarded annually to the National Basketball League (NBL) team with the best free throw percentage during the regular season. It was first awarded in the league's inaugural season in 1982. The award went on a three-year hiatus between 2019 and 2021, before being brought back in 2022 and remaining in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The winning team receives the Nial Forsyth Trophy.
Winners Year Team % 1982 Palmerston North Jets 1983 Porirua 1984 Centrals 1985 Palmerston North Jets (2) 1986 Wellington Saints 1987 New Plymouth Bulls 1988 Auckland 1989 Hawke's Bay Hawks 1990 New Plymouth Bulls (2) 1991 Wellington Saints (2) 1992 New Plymouth Bears (3) 1993 Hutt Valley Lakers 1994 North Harbour Vikings 1995 Palmerston North Jets (3) 1996 Wellington Saints (3) 1997 Waikato Warriors 1998 Wellington Saints (4) 1999 Waikato Warriors (2) 2000 Wellington Saints (5) 2001 Wellington Saints (6) 2002 Otago Nuggets 2003 Auckland Stars (2) 2004 Wellington Saints (7) 2005 Nelson Giants 2006 Auckland Stars (3) 2007 Waikato Pistons (3) 2008 Harbour Heat (2) 2009 Wellington Saints (8) 77.4 2010 Manawatu Jets (4) 74.2 2011 Otago Nuggets (2) 72.6 2012 Hawke's Bay Hawks (2) 72.2 2013 Nelson Giants (2) 77.3 2014 Nelson Giants (3) 77.0 2015 Nelson Giants (4) 2016 Nelson Giants (5) 2017 Wellington Saints (9) 2018 Wellington Saints (10) 78.1 2019 N/A N/A 2020 N/A N/A 2021 N/A N/A 2022 Nelson Giants (6) 2023 Manawatu Jets (5) 2024 Taranaki Airs (4) 2025 Hawke's Bay Hawks (3)
See also List of National Basketball League (New Zealand) awards
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