How do team fouls and the bonus work?
Rule- USA
- NFHS
- High school (grades 9-12)
- Varsity
- NFHS rules
- 2026-27 season
- Referees
There is no one-and-one in NFHS basketball (removed in 2023-24).
- From the opponent's fifth team foul in each quarter, every common foul gets two free throws.
- The bonus does not apply to player-control or team-control fouls.
- Team fouls reset at the end of the first, second and third quarters. Fourth-quarter fouls carry into overtime, because extra periods are an extension of the fourth quarter.
- Personal, technical and intentional fouls all count toward the team-foul total.
- The scorer notifies the nearer official when a team reaches the bonus, and displays the bonus indicator after the penalty for the opponent's fourth team foul has been administered.
Added 21 Oct 2026