best 3 point shooting centre in the 80s

9 players buried 1 three-pointer between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons. The first three are Artis Gilmore, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kevin McHale.

Interpreted as:
best 3 point shooting by a player centre in the 80s
NAME3PMFG%GPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGA3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
1
62.7
663
30.9
15.4
9.0
1.6
0.5
1.8
5.6
8.9
0.0
7.7
4.3
5.9
71.9
67.0
2.6
6.4
2.5
20,476
10,233
5,977
1,041
334
1,207
1,671
2,179
2James Donaldson
J. Donaldson
0
58.7
695
27.9
9.1
8.2
0.9
0.4
1.5
3.4
5.8
0.0
2.3
3.1
73.9
63.5
2.3
5.9
1.6
19,375
6,303
5,710
591
265
1,043
1,115
1,533
3Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
2
58.0
482
26.2
13.5
6.2
1.4
0.5
1.4
5.3
9.1
0.0
13.3
2.9
4.2
69.5
61.6
1.7
4.5
2.7
12,629
6,495
2,967
677
265
697
1,301
2,052
4Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
118
57.7
389
36.8
22.1
12.0
3.5
1.6
1.2
7.8
13.5
1.3
23.4
6.3
8.5
73.9
64.3
4.6
7.4
3.7
14,297
8,616
4,660
1,377
613
479
1,439
1,426
5Steve Johnson
S. Johnson
0
57.4
577
22.8
12.4
5.8
1.3
0.5
0.9
4.8
8.3
0.0
0.0
2.8
4.4
63.5
60.2
2.0
3.8
2.5
13,131
7,138
3,340
743
283
521
1,421
2,303
6Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1
57.2
787
32.6
20.6
7.6
2.8
0.7
2.0
8.5
14.9
0.0
5.6
3.6
4.9
74.3
60.6
2.0
5.6
2.6
25,675
16,246
5,980
2,220
584
1,594
2,037
2,258
7Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
11
56.8
241
22.9
9.1
7.5
1.1
0.7
0.7
3.8
6.8
0.2
25.0
1.3
2.3
57.2
58.2
3.4
4.2
1.6
5,510
2,188
1,819
265
168
169
375
731
8Kevin McHale
K. McHale
1
56.5
694
32.1
18.5
7.6
1.8
0.4
1.8
7.3
12.9
0.0
5.0
3.9
5.0
78.0
61.2
2.6
5.0
2.0
22,275
12,830
5,277
1,217
262
1,269
1,396
2,076
9Mark West
M. West
0
56.5
410
18.8
6.0
5.0
0.5
0.4
1.3
2.4
4.3
0.0
0.0
1.1
2.1
54.0
57.3
1.6
3.3
1.3
7,712
2,475
2,032
202
145
541
544
1,254
10Jeff Ruland
J. Ruland
3
56.4
308
35.1
18.5
10.8
3.2
0.8
0.9
6.8
12.0
0.1
15.8
5.0
6.9
71.9
61.6
3.4
7.3
3.9
10,824
5,700
3,313
995
240
263
1,186
1,157
11Tom Boswell
T. Boswell
6
56.2
117
20.0
8.3
4.3
1.5
0.3
0.3
3.2
5.7
0.1
54.5
1.9
2.5
75.5
61.4
1.5
2.8
1.7
2,338
976
506
177
38
37
194
328
12Larry Nance
L. Nance
5
55.7
587
32.6
17.3
7.8
2.5
1.0
2.1
7.0
12.5
0.1
13.9
3.3
4.6
73.3
59.5
2.5
5.3
2.1
19,163
10,126
4,585
1,491
591
1,209
1,238
1,780
13James Worthy
J. Worthy
5
55.6
552
32.6
17.9
5.7
2.8
1.1
0.9
7.5
13.5
0.1
6.1
2.8
3.7
75.6
58.9
1.9
3.7
2.2
17,969
9,857
3,141
1,544
625
472
1,211
1,412
14Kermit Washington
K. Washington
0
55.5
179
29.3
11.3
9.3
1.9
1.0
1.3
4.4
8.0
0.0
0.0
2.4
3.9
63.4
58.4
3.4
5.9
1.9
5,251
2,020
1,664
345
171
237
337
634
15Buck Williams
B. Williams
2
55.0
635
36.4
16.4
11.9
1.5
0.9
1.1
6.3
11.4
0.0
10.0
3.9
6.0
64.9
58.6
4.1
7.9
2.9
23,100
10,440
7,576
976
599
696
1,811
2,244
16Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
6
55.0
684
36.8
26.5
5.4
3.2
0.9
0.1
9.4
17.1
0.1
16.7
7.8
9.5
82.0
62.5
2.2
3.3
3.0
25,201
18,157
3,721
2,206
647
92
2,039
1,833
17Robert Parish
R. Parish
0
54.9
786
32.9
17.9
10.4
1.8
0.8
1.7
7.3
13.4
0.0
0.0
3.2
4.4
72.3
58.3
3.3
7.2
2.4
25,841
14,043
8,195
1,419
660
1,346
1,924
2,424
18Otis Thorpe
O. Thorpe
0
54.6
403
31.7
15.9
8.5
2.1
0.6
0.6
6.0
11.0
0.0
0.0
4.0
5.5
71.8
59.5
2.8
5.7
2.4
12,756
6,415
3,419
864
259
224
952
1,304
19Swen Nater
S. Nater
1
54.6
260
27.4
11.3
10.4
1.9
0.5
0.4
4.6
8.4
0.0
25.0
2.2
2.9
75.1
58.7
3.0
7.4
2.3
7,124
2,949
2,702
490
126
99
587
769
20Mike Glenn
M. Glenn
8
54.4
462
16.2
7.5
1.2
1.6
0.5
0.1
3.2
6.0
0.1
28.6
1.0
1.2
85.8
58.0
0.2
1.0
0.7
7,499
3,472
549
738
246
32
315
682
21Kurt Rambis
K. Rambis
0
54.4
568
20.2
6.1
6.4
1.0
1.0
0.6
2.4
4.4
0.0
0.0
1.3
1.9
69.6
58.4
2.1
4.2
1.4
11,462
3,440
3,614
594
556
344
783
1,429
22John Salley
J. Salley
0
54.4
231
21.3
6.9
4.5
1.0
0.6
1.4
2.5
4.7
0.0
0.0
1.8
2.7
67.8
59.0
1.8
2.7
1.3
4,924
1,599
1,033
242
137
334
294
747
23Ed Pinckney
E. Pinckney
0
54.4
319
22.1
9.2
4.9
1.2
0.9
0.6
3.3
6.0
0.0
0.0
2.6
3.5
74.4
60.6
1.7
3.2
1.5
7,041
2,927
1,567
390
279
189
479
706
24Bill Cartwright
B. Cartwright
0
54.3
615
31.1
16.2
7.1
1.4
0.5
0.9
5.8
10.7
0.0
0.0
4.6
5.9
78.2
61.1
2.1
5.0
2.4
19,124
9,972
4,359
882
334
584
1,451
1,985
25Bobby Jones
B. Jones
0
54.3
537
24.2
10.5
4.5
2.2
1.2
1.1
3.9
7.2
0.0
0.0
2.7
3.3
80.1
60.5
1.4
3.1
1.6
13,014
5,620
2,411
1,171
620
598
858
1,400
StatMuse has season-level data for three-pointers going back to the 1979-80 season.

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