first player with 6 3pa in a season

Nate Archibald attempted 18 three-pointers in 1979-80.

Interpreted as:
first player with 6 or more 3pa in a season
NAME3PASEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
18
1979-80
80
35.8
14.1
2.5
8.4
1.3
0.1
4.8
9.9
48.2
0.1
22.2
4.5
5.4
83.0
57.4
0.7
1.7
3.0
2,864
1,131
197
671
106
10
242
218
2Greg Ballard
G. Ballard
47
1979-80
82
29.7
15.6
7.8
1.9
1.1
0.4
6.6
13.4
49.5
0.2
34.0
2.1
2.8
75.3
53.2
2.9
4.9
1.6
2,438
1,277
638
159
90
36
133
197
3Rick Barry
R. Barry
221
1979-80
72
25.2
12.0
3.3
3.7
1.1
0.4
4.5
10.7
42.2
1.0
33.0
2.0
2.1
93.5
51.7
0.7
2.5
2.1
1,816
866
236
268
80
28
152
182
4Billy Ray Bates
B. Ray Bates
19
1979-80
16
14.7
11.3
1.8
1.9
0.9
0.1
4.5
9.1
49.3
0.5
42.1
1.8
2.4
71.8
55.2
0.8
1.0
1.3
235
180
29
31
14
2
20
26
5Del Beshore
D. Beshore
26
1979-80
68
12.8
3.6
0.9
2.0
0.9
0.1
1.3
3.7
35.2
0.1
38.5
0.9
1.3
66.7
42.3
0.2
0.7
1.5
869
244
63
139
58
5
104
105
6Henry Bibby
H. Bibby
52
1979-80
82
24.8
9.0
2.5
3.7
0.8
0.1
3.1
7.6
40.1
0.1
21.2
2.8
3.5
79.0
49.1
0.8
1.7
1.8
2,035
739
208
307
62
6
147
161
7Larry Bird
L. Bird
143
1979-80
82
36.0
21.3
10.4
4.5
1.7
0.6
8.5
17.8
47.4
0.7
40.6
3.7
4.4
83.6
53.8
2.6
7.8
3.2
2,955
1,745
852
370
143
53
263
279
8Otis Birdsong
O. Birdsong
36
1979-80
82
35.2
22.7
4.0
2.5
1.7
0.3
9.5
18.9
50.5
0.1
27.8
3.5
5.0
69.4
53.8
2.1
2.0
2.2
2,885
1,858
331
202
136
22
179
226
9Ron Boone
R. Boone
50
1979-80
TOT
81
29.5
12.4
2.8
3.8
1.2
0.0
5.0
11.3
44.3
0.2
38.0
2.2
2.4
89.3
50.1
0.7
2.1
2.4
2,392
1,004
227
309
97
3
197
232
10Tom Boswell
T. Boswell
10
1979-80
TOT
79
26.3
11.4
5.6
2.0
0.4
0.5
4.4
7.8
56.4
0.1
50.0
2.6
3.5
75.5
61.6
1.8
3.7
2.3
2,077
903
442
161
29
37
181
270
11Mike Bratz
M. Bratz
86
1979-80
82
19.4
8.5
2.0
2.7
1.1
0.1
3.3
8.4
39.2
0.3
24.4
1.7
2.0
87.0
46.2
0.6
1.4
1.6
1,589
700
167
223
93
9
135
165
12Ron Brewer
R. Brewer
32
1979-80
82
34.3
15.7
2.6
2.6
1.2
0.6
6.7
14.4
46.4
0.1
18.8
2.2
2.7
84.0
50.3
0.7
2.0
2.0
2,815
1,286
214
216
98
48
167
154
13Junior Bridgeman
J. Bridgeman
27
1979-80
81
28.6
17.6
3.7
2.9
1.2
0.2
7.3
15.3
47.8
0.1
18.5
2.8
3.3
86.5
52.3
1.3
2.4
2.1
2,316
1,423
301
237
94
20
172
216
14Allan Bristow
A. Bristow
7
1979-80
82
28.1
11.6
6.2
4.2
1.1
0.1
4.6
9.6
48.0
0.0
28.6
2.4
3.0
81.1
53.4
2.1
4.2
2.2
2,304
953
512
341
88
6
179
211
15Fred Brown
F. Brown
88
1979-80
80
21.3
12.0
1.9
2.2
0.8
0.2
5.1
10.5
47.9
0.5
44.3
1.4
1.7
83.7
53.2
0.4
1.5
1.3
1,701
960
155
174
65
17
105
117
16Joe Bryant
J. Bryant
34
1979-80
81
28.7
9.3
6.4
1.8
1.3
0.5
3.6
8.4
43.1
0.1
14.7
2.0
2.7
74.2
48.5
2.1
4.3
2.1
2,328
754
516
144
102
39
170
258
17Don Buse
D. Buse
79
1979-80
81
30.9
7.7
2.9
4.0
1.6
0.1
3.2
7.3
44.3
0.2
24.1
1.0
1.6
66.4
48.5
0.9
2.0
1.1
2,499
626
233
320
132
10
91
111
18Mack Calvin
M. Calvin
11
1979-80
48
16.1
6.4
1.8
2.8
0.6
0.0
2.1
4.7
44.1
0.0
9.1
2.2
2.4
89.7
54.9
0.3
1.5
1.2
772
306
84
134
27
0
57
72
19Austin Carr
A. Carr
6
1979-80
77
20.7
11.8
2.1
1.9
0.5
0.0
5.1
10.9
46.5
0.0
33.3
1.6
2.2
73.8
49.7
1.1
1.1
1.4
1,595
909
165
150
39
3
108
120
20M.L. Carr
M.L. Carr
41
1979-80
82
24.3
11.1
4.0
1.9
1.5
0.4
4.4
9.3
47.4
0.1
29.3
2.2
2.9
73.9
52.6
1.3
2.7
1.7
1,994
914
330
156
120
36
143
214
21Don Chaney
D. Chaney
6
1979-80
60
8.7
2.8
1.2
0.6
0.5
0.2
1.1
3.2
35.4
0.0
16.7
0.5
0.7
76.2
40.2
0.5
0.7
0.6
523
167
73
38
31
11
33
80
22Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
9
1979-80
79
33.2
11.4
3.5
7.0
2.3
0.4
4.5
8.4
54.0
0.1
44.4
2.3
2.9
77.9
58.9
0.9
2.5
2.7
2,623
898
274
556
183
32
216
197
23Phil Chenier
P. Chenier
12
1979-80
TOT
43
19.8
7.6
1.8
2.1
0.8
0.3
3.2
8.1
39.0
0.1
41.7
1.1
1.6
73.1
43.1
0.4
1.4
1.3
850
326
78
89
33
15
55
55
24Jim Cleamons
J. Cleamons
31
1979-80
TOT
79
22.6
6.6
1.9
3.6
0.7
0.1
2.7
5.7
47.6
0.1
22.6
1.1
1.4
74.3
51.9
0.7
1.3
1.4
1,789
519
152
288
57
11
109
133
25Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
20
1979-80
82
24.1
8.8
2.8
2.7
1.0
0.5
3.7
7.0
52.4
0.1
25.0
1.4
1.7
77.6
56.3
1.2
1.6
1.7
1,973
722
229
221
86
38
142
215
StatMuse has season-level data for three-point attempts going back to the 1979-80 season.

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2
56
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53
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32
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2
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3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
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45
37
.549
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8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
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56
.317
38.0
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26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
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22
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