first nba player to make 3 three pointers a game for a season

George McCloud buried 257 shots from downtown when making 3.0+ three-pointers per game in 1995-96.

Interpreted as:
first NBA player to make 3 or higher three pointers a game for a season
NAME 3PM SEASON TM GP MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 George McCloud
G. McCloud
257
1995-96
DAL DAL
79
36.0
18.9
4.8
2.7
1.4
0.5
6.7
16.2
41.4
8.6
37.9
2.3
2.8
80.4
54.3
1.5
3.3
2.1
2,846
1,497
379
212
113
38
166
212
2 Dennis Scott
D. Scott
267
1995-96
ORL ORL
82
37.1
17.5
3.8
3.0
1.1
0.4
6.0
13.6
44.0
7.7
42.5
2.2
2.7
82.0
58.9
0.8
3.0
1.5
3,041
1,431
309
243
90
29
122
169
3 Ray Allen
R. Allen
229
2001-02
MIL MIL
69
36.6
21.8
4.5
3.9
1.3
0.3
7.7
16.6
46.2
7.7
43.4
3.1
3.6
87.3
59.8
1.2
3.3
2.3
2,525
1,503
312
271
88
18
159
157
+49
4 Ray Allen
R. Allen
269
2005-06
SEA SEA
78
38.7
25.1
4.3
3.7
1.3
0.2
8.7
19.2
45.4
8.4
41.2
4.2
4.6
90.3
59.0
0.9
3.3
2.4
3,022
1,955
332
286
105
16
188
151
-52
5 Ray Allen
R. Allen
165
2006-07
SEA SEA
55
40.3
26.4
4.5
4.1
1.5
0.2
9.2
21.0
43.8
8.1
37.2
5.1
5.6
90.3
56.4
1.0
3.5
2.8
2,219
1,454
247
228
82
11
154
113
-50
6 Peja Stojakovic
P. Stojakovic
231
2007-08
NOH NOH
77
35.2
16.4
4.3
1.2
0.7
0.1
5.9
13.3
44.0
6.8
44.1
1.7
1.8
92.9
58.1
0.8
3.5
0.8
2,711
1,263
331
96
57
10
61
127
+462
7 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
272
2012-13
GSW GSW
78
38.2
22.9
4.0
6.9
1.6
0.2
8.0
17.8
45.1
7.7
45.3
3.4
3.7
90.0
58.9
0.8
3.3
3.1
2,983
1,786
314
539
126
12
240
198
+135
8 Ryan Anderson
R. Anderson
67
2013-14
NOP NOP
22
36.1
19.8
6.5
0.8
0.5
0.3
7.0
16.1
43.8
7.5
40.9
2.7
2.8
95.2
57.2
3.0
3.5
0.9
795
436
142
17
10
7
20
47
+30
9 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
261
2013-14
GSW GSW
78
36.5
24.0
4.3
8.5
1.6
0.2
8.4
17.7
47.1
7.9
42.4
3.9
4.5
88.5
61.0
0.6
3.7
3.8
2,846
1,873
334
666
128
14
294
194
+573
10 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
286
2014-15
GSW GSW
80
32.7
23.8
4.3
7.7
2.0
0.2
8.2
16.8
48.7
8.1
44.3
3.9
4.2
91.4
63.8
0.7
3.6
3.1
2,613
1,900
341
619
163
16
249
158
+920
11 Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
239
2014-15
GSW GSW
77
31.9
21.7
3.2
2.9
1.1
0.8
7.8
16.9
46.3
7.1
43.9
2.9
3.3
87.9
59.1
0.4
2.9
1.9
2,455
1,668
247
222
87
60
149
122
+776
12 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
402
2015-16
GSW GSW
79
34.2
30.1
5.4
6.7
2.1
0.2
10.2
20.2
50.4
11.2
45.4
4.6
5.1
90.8
66.9
0.9
4.6
3.3
2,700
2,375
430
527
169
15
262
161
+1022
13 Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
229
2015-16
POR POR
75
35.7
25.1
4.0
6.8
0.9
0.4
8.2
19.7
41.9
8.1
37.5
5.5
6.2
89.2
56.0
0.6
3.4
3.2
2,676
1,879
302
512
65
28
242
165
+94
14 Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
276
2015-16
GSW GSW
80
33.3
22.1
3.8
2.1
0.8
0.6
8.1
17.3
47.0
8.1
42.5
2.4
2.8
87.3
59.7
0.4
3.4
1.7
2,666
1,771
306
166
60
49
138
152
+836
15 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
324
2016-17
GSW GSW
79
33.4
25.3
4.5
6.6
1.8
0.2
8.5
18.3
46.8
10.0
41.1
4.1
4.6
89.8
62.4
0.8
3.7
3.0
2,638
1,999
353
524
142
17
239
183
+1015
16 Eric Gordon
E. Gordon
246
2016-17
HOU HOU
75
31.0
16.2
2.7
2.5
0.6
0.5
5.5
13.5
40.6
8.8
37.2
2.0
2.3
84.0
55.7
0.4
2.3
1.6
2,323
1,217
201
188
48
41
121
150
+295
17 James Harden
J. Harden
262
2016-17
HOU HOU
81
36.4
29.1
8.1
11.2
1.5
0.5
8.3
18.9
44.0
9.3
34.7
9.2
10.9
84.7
61.3
1.2
7.0
5.7
2,947
2,356
659
907
121
38
464
215
+425
18 Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
193
2016-17
TOR TOR
60
37.4
22.4
4.8
7.0
1.5
0.3
7.1
15.3
46.4
7.8
41.2
5.0
6.1
81.9
62.3
0.8
4.0
2.9
2,244
1,344
286
417
88
19
173
170
+358
19 Isaiah Thomas
I. Thomas
245
2016-17
BOS BOS
76
33.8
28.9
2.7
5.9
0.9
0.2
9.0
19.4
46.3
8.5
37.9
7.8
8.5
90.9
62.5
0.6
2.1
2.8
2,569
2,199
205
448
70
13
210
167
+276
20 Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
268
2016-17
GSW GSW
78
34.0
22.3
3.7
2.1
0.8
0.5
8.3
17.6
46.8
8.3
41.4
2.4
2.8
85.3
59.2
0.6
3.0
1.6
2,651
1,742
285
160
66
40
128
139
+801
21 Kemba Walker
K. Walker
240
2016-17
CHA CHA
79
34.7
23.2
3.9
5.5
1.1
0.3
8.1
18.3
44.4
7.6
39.9
3.8
4.5
84.7
56.9
0.6
3.3
2.1
2,739
1,830
308
434
85
22
168
119
+190
22 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
212
2017-18
GSW GSW
51
32.0
26.4
5.1
6.1
1.6
0.2
8.4
16.9
49.5
9.8
42.3
5.5
5.9
92.1
67.5
0.7
4.4
3.0
1,631
1,346
261
310
80
8
153
114
+485
23 Paul George
P. George
244
2017-18
OKC OKC
79
36.6
21.9
5.7
3.3
2.0
0.5
7.3
17.0
43.0
7.7
40.1
4.3
5.2
82.2
57.0
0.9
4.7
2.7
2,891
1,734
447
263
161
39
212
233
+226
24 Eric Gordon
E. Gordon
218
2017-18
HOU HOU
69
31.2
18.0
2.5
2.2
0.6
0.4
6.0
14.1
42.8
8.8
35.9
2.8
3.5
80.9
57.8
0.4
2.1
1.9
2,154
1,243
170
154
44
27
130
116
+588
25 James Harden
J. Harden
265
2017-18
HOU HOU
72
35.4
30.4
5.4
8.8
1.8
0.7
9.0
20.1
44.9
10.0
36.7
8.7
10.1
85.8
61.9
0.6
4.8
4.4
2,551
2,191
389
630
126
50
315
169
+527
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