most 3 pointers attempted per game in a single season before 1990

Before 1989-90, Michael Adams attempted the most three-pointers per game in a season with 6.1 attempts per game in 1988-89.

Interpreted as:

most 3 pointers attempted per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in a single season before 1990

	NAME	3PA	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Michael Adams M. Adams	6.1	1988-89	DEN	77	36.2	18.5	3.7	6.4	2.2	0.1	6.1	14.1	43.3	2.2	35.6	4.2	5.1	81.9	56.7	0.9	2.8	2.3	2,787	1,424	283	490	166	11	180	149
2	Michael Adams M. Adams	4.6	1987-88	DEN	82	33.9	13.9	2.7	6.1	2.0	0.2	5.1	11.3	44.9	1.7	36.7	2.0	2.4	83.4	56.0	0.5	2.2	1.8	2,778	1,137	223	503	168	16	144	138
3	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	4.4	1987-88	BOS	81	37.3	15.7	3.1	6.2	1.4	0.2	6.0	12.1	49.1	1.8	41.5	2.0	2.2	87.8	59.8	0.7	2.3	1.9	3,018	1,270	249	503	115	17	153	203
4	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	4.2	1988-89	TOT	73	32.6	17.5	3.5	5.5	1.3	0.1	6.6	14.4	45.7	1.6	38.0	2.8	3.3	85.4	55.4	1.0	2.5	2.0	2,377	1,281	255	402	93	8	145	186
5	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	4.1	1988-89	SEA	82	38.9	27.5	4.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	10.5	20.9	50.1	2.0	47.8	4.6	5.6	81.6	58.9	1.9	2.3	2.7	3,190	2,253	342	164	108	22	218	197
6	Harold Pressley H. Pressley	3.7	1988-89	SAC	80	28.2	12.3	6.1	2.2	1.2	1.0	4.8	10.9	43.9	1.5	40.3	1.2	1.5	78.0	52.9	2.7	3.4	1.6	2,257	981	485	174	93	76	124	215
7	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	3.7	1988-89	NYK	81	22.5	8.5	2.2	1.6	1.1	0.1	3.2	7.1	45.4	1.5	39.9	0.5	0.7	78.2	56.9	0.7	1.5	0.7	1,824	687	176	132	88	6	59	163
8	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	3.6	1988-89	HOU	82	34.0	14.2	3.7	8.6	1.5	0.1	4.8	10.9	44.3	1.3	37.3	3.2	3.8	84.5	56.5	0.6	3.1	3.1	2,788	1,162	306	709	124	11	253	196
9	Johnny Newman J. Newman	3.5	1988-89	NYK	81	28.8	16.0	2.5	2.0	1.4	0.3	5.6	11.8	47.5	1.2	33.8	3.5	4.3	81.5	58.2	1.1	1.4	1.9	2,336	1,293	206	162	111	23	153	259
10	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	3.5	1987-88	SEA	75	37.2	25.8	4.5	2.6	1.0	0.1	10.2	20.3	50.3	1.4	41.3	4.0	5.3	76.7	57.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2,790	1,938	340	197	74	11	172	221
11	Derek Harper D. Harper	3.4	1988-89	DAL	81	36.6	17.3	2.8	7.0	2.1	0.5	6.6	13.9	47.7	1.2	35.6	2.8	3.5	80.6	56.1	0.6	2.2	2.5	2,968	1,404	228	570	172	41	205	219
12	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	3.3	1988-89	NYK	72	34.4	16.9	4.7	8.6	1.9	0.1	6.7	14.2	46.7	1.1	33.8	2.5	3.6	69.8	53.5	1.5	3.3	3.1	2,477	1,219	341	619	139	7	226	163
13	Reggie Miller R. Miller	3.3	1988-89	IND	74	34.3	16.0	3.9	3.1	1.3	0.4	5.4	11.2	47.9	1.3	40.2	3.9	4.6	84.4	60.2	1.0	3.0	1.9	2,536	1,181	292	227	93	29	143	170
14	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	3.3	1984-85	UTA	78	35.6	22.6	4.4	3.1	1.7	0.4	9.3	20.4	45.7	1.2	35.8	2.8	3.8	72.5	51.2	1.6	2.8	3.2	2,776	1,764	344	243	133	30	247	178
15	Mike McGee M. McGee	3.2	1988-89	NJN	80	25.3	13.0	2.4	1.5	1.0	0.2	5.4	11.5	47.3	1.2	36.5	1.0	1.8	53.5	52.9	0.9	1.5	1.6	2,027	1,038	189	116	80	12	124	184
16	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	3.1	1981-82	GSW	68	11.6	5.7	0.8	1.5	0.4	0.0	2.1	5.6	37.7	1.0	33.2	0.5	0.5	83.8	49.0	0.2	0.6	0.5	787	390	53	104	30	3	36	94
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	3.1	1987-88	BOS	76	39.0	29.9	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	11.6	22.0	52.7	1.3	41.4	5.5	6.0	91.6	60.8	1.4	7.8	2.8	2,965	2,275	703	467	125	57	213	157
18	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	3.1	1983-84	UTA	82	32.3	20.0	4.1	3.5	1.4	0.3	8.5	17.4	49.0	1.1	36.1	1.8	2.6	69.6	53.9	1.2	3.0	3.0	2,650	1,636	338	283	114	23	243	202
19	Rick Barry R. Barry	3.1	1979-80	HOU	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
20	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	3.1	1979-80	SDC	78	35.3	13.5	2.4	4.3	1.9	0.3	5.4	11.5	46.7	1.2	37.7	1.7	2.1	80.2	54.6	1.0	1.4	1.8	2,754	1,056	188	335	147	25	141	246
21	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	3.1	1988-89	TOT	59	20.4	9.0	1.5	2.5	0.7	0.1	3.4	7.3	47.2	1.3	41.7	0.8	1.0	84.2	58.1	0.4	1.1	1.0	1,204	529	89	146	43	4	57	90
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	3.0	1986-87	BOS	74	40.6	28.1	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	10.6	20.2	52.5	1.2	40.0	5.6	6.1	91.0	61.2	1.7	7.5	3.2	3,005	2,076	682	566	135	70	240	185
23	Mike McGee M. McGee	3.0	1986-87	ATL	76	18.7	10.4	2.1	2.0	0.8	0.0	4.1	8.9	45.9	1.1	37.6	1.1	1.8	58.4	53.4	0.9	1.2	1.4	1,420	788	159	149	61	2	104	156
24	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	2.9	1986-87	SEA	82	37.5	24.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	0.4	9.6	18.5	51.6	1.0	35.8	4.7	6.0	78.7	58.8	2.3	3.2	2.9	3,073	2,041	447	238	104	32	238	267
25	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	2.9	1986-87	MIL	78	27.5	10.8	1.8	3.1	1.0	0.1	4.0	8.7	46.2	1.1	37.3	1.7	1.9	89.1	56.7	0.6	1.2	1.6	2,147	846	140	240	76	7	124	189