Before 1988-89, Larry Bird hit the most threes, with 455 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most 3 pointers made by a player before 1989

	NAME	3PM	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	Larry Bird L. Bird	455	711	38.5	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.3	1.7	37.7	4.7	5.3	87.9	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,371	17,783	7,282	4,367	1,294	598	2,250	1,888
2	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	341	526	31.5	19.2	3.7	2.7	1.4	0.4	8.2	17.4	46.9	2.0	32.6	2.2	3.1	70.0	51.0	1.2	2.5	2.6	16,572	10,093	1,933	1,397	735	194	1,368	1,265
3	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	321	444	25.7	9.9	1.6	3.1	1.0	0.0	4.0	8.5	46.9	1.9	38.4	1.2	1.5	81.4	54.1	0.6	1.1	1.5	11,420	4,404	729	1,362	432	17	671	1,084
4	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	310	368	25.3	15.5	3.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	6.1	12.5	48.7	2.2	38.3	2.5	3.2	76.5	55.6	1.8	2.2	1.6	9,322	5,703	1,443	584	305	68	584	815
5	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	298	710	27.9	9.3	3.3	4.4	1.3	0.6	3.7	7.7	48.0	1.3	33.4	1.6	1.9	82.6	54.9	0.9	2.4	1.8	19,834	6,621	2,351	3,137	893	455	1,243	1,936
6	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	290	511	27.9	10.8	2.7	4.3	1.2	0.1	4.4	9.0	49.0	1.5	38.9	1.4	1.6	86.3	55.6	0.7	2.0	1.6	14,254	5,543	1,380	2,207	619	57	793	1,312
7	Mike Evans M. Evans	231	591	16.7	7.7	1.4	2.6	0.7	0.1	3.1	6.9	45.2	1.3	30.7	1.1	1.3	80.7	51.4	0.3	1.1	1.4	9,858	4,531	808	1,514	430	51	818	1,173
8	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	227	436	22.0	9.0	2.2	2.3	1.0	0.1	3.9	8.2	46.9	1.2	42.3	0.7	1.0	75.1	51.8	0.8	1.4	0.9	9,604	3,908	957	1,007	428	56	383	1,048
9	World B. Free W. B. Free	213	583	31.8	21.7	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	7.9	17.5	45.2	1.1	33.7	5.5	7.2	76.6	52.4	1.1	1.6	2.4	18,515	12,662	1,555	2,303	619	116	1,372	1,504
10	Mike McGee M. McGee	205	426	16.3	9.0	2.1	1.2	0.7	0.1	3.8	7.7	49.1	1.4	34.9	0.9	1.5	61.5	53.6	1.1	1.0	1.2	6,964	3,828	887	497	283	36	492	800
11	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	204	522	33.8	24.9	5.8	3.8	0.9	0.4	9.7	19.6	49.5	1.3	30.6	5.1	6.8	74.3	55.0	2.2	3.5	3.1	17,625	12,977	3,009	1,974	473	195	1,606	1,590
12	John Lucas J. Lucas	200	559	27.2	10.9	2.3	7.1	1.3	0.1	4.2	9.3	45.1	1.2	30.7	2.2	2.8	76.9	51.8	0.5	1.8	2.1	15,217	6,103	1,261	3,963	731	33	1,184	968
13	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	194	189	14.7	6.9	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	2.8	6.7	40.9	3.1	33.6	0.4	0.5	82.8	49.8	0.4	0.8	0.6	2,775	1,308	226	303	91	13	112	258
14	Kyle Macy K. Macy	192	551	25.9	9.5	2.2	4.0	1.1	0.1	3.9	7.9	50.1	1.0	33.8	1.3	1.5	87.3	55.9	0.6	1.6	1.3	14,246	5,259	1,214	2,198	631	49	712	1,081
15	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	186	476	31.6	16.0	3.1	6.2	1.5	0.3	5.8	12.5	46.3	1.2	31.3	4.0	4.9	82.8	54.6	0.9	2.2	2.8	15,018	7,607	1,471	2,951	693	135	1,346	1,164
16	Byron Scott B. Scott	183	394	30.2	16.3	3.0	3.0	1.4	0.2	6.7	13.1	51.2	1.2	37.9	2.4	2.8	84.0	56.7	0.8	2.2	1.7	11,909	6,408	1,182	1,201	546	96	669	905
17	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	179	555	36.7	20.5	3.8	10.0	2.2	0.3	7.8	16.9	46.2	1.2	27.9	4.6	6.0	75.5	52.4	1.1	2.7	3.9	20,352	11,404	2,099	5,557	1,205	161	2,139	1,896
18	Brad Davis B. Davis	176	637	26.9	9.8	2.1	6.0	0.9	0.1	3.7	7.0	52.3	0.8	33.1	2.1	2.5	84.1	59.9	0.4	1.7	1.6	17,128	6,216	1,334	3,794	574	95	1,043	1,497
19	Derek Harper D. Harper	172	402	29.0	12.1	2.6	5.6	1.8	0.4	4.9	9.9	49.1	1.3	31.7	1.9	2.6	72.6	54.6	0.7	1.9	1.8	11,668	4,845	1,042	2,258	727	141	706	862
20	Don Buse D. Buse	169	403	22.4	6.2	1.9	3.7	1.3	0.1	2.5	5.7	43.1	1.3	33.3	0.9	1.2	76.7	50.1	0.5	1.4	0.9	9,032	2,513	771	1,488	538	49	381	545
21	Michael Adams M. Adams	167	163	25.9	10.0	2.2	4.7	1.6	0.1	3.6	8.4	43.4	3.0	34.5	1.7	2.1	83.3	53.9	0.5	1.7	1.4	4,220	1,630	352	769	262	23	236	235
22	Leon Wood L. Wood	157	234	17.6	6.9	1.2	3.3	0.5	0.0	2.4	6.0	39.4	2.0	33.3	1.5	1.9	78.3	50.2	0.3	0.9	1.1	4,109	1,611	285	771	116	4	259	263
23	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	157	199	31.9	11.6	2.2	5.0	1.6	0.3	4.5	9.1	49.2	2.1	37.6	1.8	2.3	80.1	57.3	0.8	1.4	1.7	6,340	2,309	435	1,004	312	57	334	571
24	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	150	429	19.5	7.2	1.8	3.6	1.0	0.1	2.7	6.9	39.9	1.1	30.5	1.4	1.6	83.3	47.3	0.5	1.3	1.5	8,383	3,084	774	1,549	445	47	630	836
25	Kevin Grevey K. Grevey	145	394	24.0	11.1	2.1	2.1	0.6	0.2	4.3	9.8	43.6	1.1	33.4	2.1	2.5	84.9	50.6	0.7	1.4	1.2	9,459	4,365	834	844	243	69	469	711