highest three point percentage by a rookie pg in a single season

D.J. Augustin has the best three-point percentage by a rookie point guard, at 43.9 percent in 2008-09.

Interpreted as:
highest three point percentage with a minimum of 82 3-point field-goals made per 82 team games by a rookie pg in a single season
NAME3P%SEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PAFTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1D.J. Augustin
D.J. Augustin
43.9
2008-09
72
26.5
11.8
1.8
3.5
0.6
0.0
3.7
8.6
43.0
1.5
3.4
2.9
3.2
89.3
58.7
0.2
1.6
1.7
1,908
850
133
250
42
2
119
140
-39
2Stephen Curry
S. Curry
43.7
2009-10
80
36.2
17.5
4.5
5.9
1.9
0.2
6.6
14.3
46.2
2.1
4.8
2.2
2.5
88.5
56.8
0.6
3.9
3.0
2,896
1,399
356
472
152
19
243
252
-186
3Deron Williams
D. Williams
41.6
2005-06
80
28.8
10.8
2.4
4.5
0.8
0.2
4.2
10.1
42.1
1.1
2.7
1.2
1.7
70.4
50.0
0.4
2.0
1.8
2,307
864
194
359
60
17
145
233
-104
4Payton Pritchard
P. Pritchard
41.1
2020-21
66
19.2
7.7
2.4
1.8
0.6
0.1
2.8
6.3
44.0
1.5
3.8
0.6
0.7
88.9
58.2
0.5
1.9
0.8
1,267
510
158
120
37
9
53
104
+40
5Matt Maloney
M. Maloney
40.4
1996-97
82
29.1
9.4
2.0
3.7
1.0
0.0
3.3
7.5
44.1
1.9
4.6
0.9
1.1
76.3
58.5
0.2
1.7
1.5
2,386
767
160
303
82
1
122
125
+326
6Collin Sexton
C. Sexton
40.2
2018-19
82
31.8
16.7
2.9
3.0
0.5
0.1
6.3
14.7
43.0
1.5
3.6
2.6
3.1
83.9
52.0
0.7
2.2
2.3
2,605
1,371
236
243
44
6
185
186
-672
7Dana Barros
D. Barros
39.9
1989-90
81
20.1
9.7
1.6
2.5
0.7
0.0
3.7
9.1
40.5
1.2
2.9
1.1
1.4
80.9
49.7
0.4
1.2
1.5
1,630
782
132
205
53
1
123
97
8Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
39.9
2011-12
51
30.5
18.5
3.7
5.4
1.1
0.4
6.9
14.6
46.9
1.4
3.6
3.4
3.8
87.2
56.6
0.9
2.9
3.1
1,558
944
191
275
54
20
160
110
-160
9Leandro Barbosa
L. Barbosa
39.5
2003-04
70
21.4
7.9
1.8
2.4
1.3
0.1
3.0
6.7
44.7
1.2
3.0
0.7
0.9
77.0
55.3
0.3
1.4
1.7
1,500
550
123
165
93
7
120
184
-110
10Damon Stoudamire
D. Stoudamire
39.5
1995-96
70
40.9
19.0
4.0
9.3
1.4
0.3
6.9
16.1
42.6
1.9
4.8
3.4
4.2
79.7
52.8
0.8
3.2
3.8
2,865
1,331
281
653
98
19
267
166
11Kirk Hinrich
K. Hinrich
39.0
2003-04
76
35.6
12.0
3.4
6.8
1.3
0.3
4.2
10.8
38.6
1.9
4.9
1.8
2.2
80.4
51.0
0.6
2.9
2.7
2,706
915
259
517
101
21
204
276
-257
12Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
38.9
2020-21
64
19.4
11.4
2.1
2.0
0.5
0.2
3.6
9.1
39.5
1.8
4.7
2.4
2.7
89.1
55.7
0.4
1.8
0.9
1,243
731
137
127
30
12
58
114
+182
13Brandon Knight
B. Knight
38.0
2011-12
66
32.3
12.8
3.2
3.8
0.7
0.2
4.8
11.7
41.5
1.6
4.2
1.6
2.1
75.9
51.1
0.5
2.7
2.6
2,129
847
211
251
49
10
171
154
-259
14Salim Stoudamire
S. Stoudamire
38.0
2005-06
61
20.3
9.7
1.9
1.2
0.4
0.0
3.3
8.1
41.5
1.3
3.5
1.6
1.8
90.0
54.5
0.2
1.7
1.3
1,236
589
116
75
27
3
82
118
-98
15Milos Teodosic
M. Teodosic
37.9
2017-18
45
25.2
9.5
2.8
4.6
0.5
0.1
3.4
8.0
41.9
2.0
5.2
0.9
1.0
84.8
56.4
0.4
2.4
2.2
1,134
429
126
209
23
5
97
103
+87
16Isaiah Thomas
I. Thomas
37.9
2011-12
65
25.5
11.5
2.6
4.1
0.8
0.1
3.9
8.8
44.8
1.3
3.4
2.4
2.8
83.2
57.4
0.7
1.8
1.6
1,656
749
168
266
53
8
105
121
-74
17Marcus Sasser
M. Sasser
37.5
2023-24
71
19.0
8.3
1.8
3.3
0.6
0.2
3.1
7.2
42.8
1.3
3.4
0.8
0.9
87.9
54.2
0.2
1.6
1.3
1,351
586
125
236
44
12
90
103
-250
18Brandon Jennings
B. Jennings
37.4
2009-10
82
32.6
15.5
3.4
5.7
1.3
0.2
5.5
14.8
37.1
1.8
4.7
2.7
3.3
81.7
47.5
0.6
2.8
2.4
2,671
1,270
282
470
105
18
200
191
+116
19Egor Dëmin
E. Dëmin
37.2
2025-26
30
24.4
9.9
3.3
3.4
0.9
0.3
3.5
8.9
39.1
2.2
6.0
0.8
0.9
88.5
53.7
0.5
2.8
1.9
732
298
99
103
27
9
56
57
-21
20Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
36.8
2012-13
82
38.6
19.0
3.1
6.5
0.9
0.2
6.7
15.7
42.9
2.3
6.1
3.3
3.9
84.4
54.6
0.5
2.6
3.0
3,167
1,562
257
531
74
19
243
172
-62
21Mario Chalmers
M. Chalmers
36.7
2008-09
82
32.0
10.0
2.8
4.9
2.0
0.1
3.4
8.1
42.0
1.4
3.8
1.8
2.4
76.7
54.8
0.5
2.3
2.0
2,626
818
228
403
160
8
165
240
+30
22Bones Hyland
B. Hyland
36.6
2021-22
69
19.0
10.1
2.7
2.8
0.6
0.3
3.3
8.3
40.3
1.9
5.2
1.6
1.8
85.6
55.8
0.2
2.5
1.2
1,310
698
188
191
41
20
86
153
+39
23Sarunas Jasikevicius
S. Jasikevicius
36.4
2005-06
75
20.8
7.3
2.0
3.0
0.5
0.1
2.3
5.7
39.6
1.1
3.1
1.6
1.8
91.0
56.1
0.3
1.8
1.5
1,557
547
153
227
40
4
116
108
+51
24Jimmer Fredette
J. Fredette
36.1
2011-12
61
18.6
7.6
1.2
1.8
0.5
0.0
2.8
7.3
38.6
1.3
3.5
0.7
0.8
83.3
49.5
0.3
0.9
1.1
1,135
462
73
108
30
3
67
73
-208
25Tre Mann
T. Mann
36.0
2021-22
60
22.8
10.4
2.9
1.5
0.8
0.2
3.9
9.8
39.3
1.6
4.5
1.1
1.4
79.3
50.1
0.4
2.4
1.2
1,367
625
171
91
47
12
71
102
-278
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Mon
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2
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3.5
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4.0
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.595
5.5
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10.0
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.447
11.0
11
16
20
.444
11.0
12
13
23
.361
14.0
13
11
22
.333
14.5
14
9
25
.265
17.0
15
6
30
.167
21.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
30
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.811
2
25
10
.714
4.0
3
22
11
.667
6.0
4
24
12
.667
5.5
5
22
11
.667
6.0
6
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.639
6.5
7
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.583
8.5
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11.0
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13.0
10
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14.0
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