Bonus (basketball)

[1] Teams under the limit are commonly referred to as having fouls to give, and thus they can try to disrupt their opponents without being penalized free throws.

These fouls reset every quarter or half depending on the rules in use (i.e. FIBA, NBA, NCAA, etc.).

All subsequent non-shooting defensive fouls committed by that team in the same quarter concede two free throws.

[4] In the National Basketball Association and Women's National Basketball Association, bonus rules in a quarter apply starting with the fifth team foul, with a rule change preventing a team not in the penalty late in a period from committing multiple fouls without penalty.

If a player commits his/her sixth or subsequent foul while on offense and there are no eligible players available to take their place on the court, one free throw is still awarded, in addition to possession of the ball to the team shooting the free throw.

The basic bonus rules remain the same, but the limit for team fouls is six per half.

[7] (A shooting foul is not subject to this requirement; the player will get all free throw attempts allowed by the rules regardless of the result of the preceding shot.)

The following bonus-related rules have been used in the 2017, 2018, and 2019 editions:[10][11][12] On May 15, 2023, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), which governs high school basketball in the United States, announced that it would adopt the FIBA bonus rules.