Larry Bird sank 40.6 percent from beyond the arc in his rookie season in 1979-80.

Interpreted as:

all NBA team in a regular season three point percentage by a player

	NAME	3P%	ALLNBA	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	40.6	1	1979-80	BOS	82	36.0	21.3	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	8.5	17.8	47.4	0.7	1.7	3.7	4.4	83.6	53.8	2.6	7.8	3.2	2,955	1,745	852	370	143	53	263	279
2	Julius Erving J. Erving	20.0	1	1979-80	PHI	78	36.1	26.9	7.4	4.6	2.2	1.8	10.7	20.7	51.9	0.1	0.3	5.4	6.8	78.7	56.8	2.8	4.6	3.6	2,812	2,100	576	355	170	140	284	208
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	31.4	1	1979-80	SAS	78	37.6	33.1	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	2,934	2,585	403	202	110	79	254	208
4	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	20.7	1	1979-80	SEA	81	36.3	19.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	7.1	16.8	42.2	0.1	0.7	4.7	6.0	78.0	48.9	2.1	3.0	2.8	2,937	1,540	414	332	144	82	227	267
5	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	22.2	1	1979-80	MIL	77	34.9	21.7	7.4	3.5	1.3	0.9	8.9	16.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	3.8	4.8	79.1	58.5	2.8	4.5	2.4	2,686	1,671	566	273	100	70	185	173
6	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	28.0	1	1979-80	PHX	82	32.5	21.9	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	8.4	16.1	52.5	0.3	1.1	4.7	5.4	86.2	59.3	0.6	1.7	2.5	2,665	1,792	187	416	119	35	207	162
7	Gus Williams G. Williams	19.4	1	1979-80	SEA	82	36.2	22.1	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	9.0	18.7	48.2	0.1	0.4	4.0	5.1	78.8	52.9	1.5	1.8	2.2	2,969	1,816	275	397	200	37	181	160
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	27.0	1	1980-81	BOS	82	39.5	21.2	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	8.8	18.3	47.8	0.2	0.9	3.5	4.0	86.3	52.8	2.3	8.6	3.5	3,239	1,741	895	451	161	63	289	239
9	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	28.6	1	1980-81	KCK	71	36.5	24.6	3.6	3.3	1.3	0.3	10.0	18.4	54.4	0.1	0.5	4.5	6.4	69.7	58.0	1.7	2.0	2.4	2,593	1,747	258	233	93	18	173	172
10	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	28.6	1	1980-81	UTA	80	42.7	30.7	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	11.4	20.3	55.9	0.0	0.1	7.9	9.8	80.6	62.2	2.4	4.0	3.5	3,417	2,452	509	322	109	18	282	245
11	Julius Erving J. Erving	22.2	1	1980-81	PHI	82	35.0	24.6	8.0	4.4	2.1	1.8	9.7	18.6	52.1	0.0	0.2	5.1	6.5	78.7	57.2	3.0	5.0	3.2	2,874	2,014	657	364	173	147	266	233
12	George Gervin G. Gervin	25.7	1	1980-81	SAS	82	33.7	27.1	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	10.4	21.1	49.2	0.1	0.4	6.2	7.6	82.6	55.5	1.5	3.6	3.1	2,765	2,221	419	260	94	56	251	212
13	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	21.6	1	1980-81	PHX	79	33.1	18.8	4.6	3.7	1.7	0.8	6.7	15.4	43.6	0.1	0.6	5.2	6.3	82.0	51.6	2.0	2.6	2.6	2,615	1,486	363	291	136	61	208	244
14	Moses Malone M. Malone	33.3	1	1980-81	HOU	80	40.6	27.8	14.8	1.8	1.0	1.9	10.1	19.3	52.2	0.0	0.0	7.6	10.1	75.7	58.5	5.9	8.8	3.9	3,245	2,222	1,180	141	83	150	308	223
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.2	1	1981-82	BOS	77	38.0	22.9	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.2	18.4	50.3	0.1	0.7	4.3	4.9	86.3	55.7	2.6	8.3	3.3	2,923	1,761	837	447	143	66	254	244
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	27.3	1	1981-82	PHI	81	34.4	24.4	6.9	3.9	2.0	1.7	9.6	17.6	54.6	0.0	0.1	5.1	6.7	76.3	59.3	2.7	4.2	2.6	2,789	1,974	557	319	161	141	214	229
17	George Gervin G. Gervin	27.8	1	1981-82	SAS	79	35.7	32.3	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	2,817	2,551	392	187	77	45	210	215
18	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20.7	1	1981-82	LAL	78	38.3	18.6	9.6	9.5	2.7	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.7	0.1	0.4	4.2	5.6	76.0	59.0	3.2	6.4	3.7	2,991	1,447	751	743	208	34	286	223
19	Bernard King B. King	20.0	1	1981-82	GSW	79	36.2	23.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	9.4	16.5	56.6	0.0	0.1	4.5	6.3	70.5	60.0	1.8	4.2	3.4	2,861	1,833	469	282	78	23	267	285
20	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	7.1	1	1981-82	MIL	80	37.3	19.8	6.7	4.8	1.7	0.3	7.0	13.3	52.3	0.0	0.2	5.9	7.2	81.7	60.1	2.8	3.9	2.6	2,980	1,581	534	382	138	22	208	206
21	Gus Williams G. Williams	22.5	1	1981-82	SEA	80	36.0	23.4	3.1	6.9	2.2	0.5	9.7	19.9	48.6	0.1	0.5	4.0	5.5	73.4	52.6	1.2	1.9	2.5	2,876	1,875	244	549	172	36	197	163
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	28.6	1	1982-83	BOS	79	37.7	23.6	11.0	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.5	18.7	50.4	0.3	1.0	4.4	5.3	84.0	56.1	2.4	8.6	3.0	2,982	1,867	870	458	148	71	240	197
23	Alex English A. English	16.7	1	1982-83	DEN	82	36.4	28.4	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	11.7	22.6	51.6	0.0	0.1	5.0	6.0	82.9	56.1	3.2	4.1	3.2	2,988	2,326	601	397	116	126	263	235
24	Julius Erving J. Erving	28.6	1	1982-83	PHI	72	33.6	21.4	6.8	3.7	1.6	1.8	8.4	16.3	51.7	0.0	0.1	4.6	6.0	75.9	56.6	2.4	4.4	2.7	2,421	1,542	491	263	112	131	196	202
25	George Gervin G. Gervin	36.4	1	1982-83	SAS	78	36.3	26.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	9.7	19.9	48.7	0.2	0.4	6.6	7.8	85.3	56.1	1.4	3.2	3.2	2,830	2,043	357	264	88	67	247	243