Before 1998-99, Reggie Miller hit the most threes, with 1,596 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most 3 pointers made by a player before 1999

	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	Reggie Miller R. Miller	1,596	882	34.4	19.7	3.2	3.1	1.2	0.2	6.5	13.3	48.5	4.5	40.4	5.0	5.7	87.7	62.3	0.8	2.4	2.0	30,299	17,402	2,788	2,764	1,037	220	1,740	1,904	+623
2	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	1,588	1,119	29.5	16.4	3.6	1.5	0.8	0.2	6.3	13.2	48.1	3.5	40.2	2.3	2.9	78.5	56.7	1.3	2.3	1.5	32,982	18,331	4,030	1,694	936	180	1,706	2,358	-146
3	Glen Rice G. Rice	1,216	718	37.4	20.8	4.8	2.3	1.1	0.3	7.8	16.8	46.3	4.1	40.9	3.5	4.2	84.3	55.7	1.1	3.7	1.9	26,858	14,899	3,412	1,641	812	226	1,386	1,781	+345
4	Chuck Person C. Person	1,141	856	32.3	15.7	5.3	3.0	0.8	0.2	6.3	13.7	46.1	3.6	36.6	1.7	2.4	72.3	53.2	1.3	4.0	2.2	27,611	13,453	4,578	2,563	658	187	1,899	2,419	+131
5	Dennis Scott D. Scott	1,106	527	30.3	14.2	3.1	2.3	0.9	0.4	5.2	12.5	41.9	5.3	39.9	1.7	2.1	79.2	53.1	0.7	2.4	1.4	15,982	7,491	1,610	1,187	482	185	719	1,122	-35
6	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	1,100	751	37.4	23.1	4.3	3.9	1.3	0.3	8.3	17.9	46.3	3.7	39.9	5.1	6.0	84.5	56.3	1.0	3.2	2.9	28,075	17,371	3,213	2,923	976	218	2,165	2,044	-241
7	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	1,099	813	34.5	16.3	3.8	3.1	1.8	0.3	5.5	11.9	46.5	3.4	40.1	3.9	4.5	86.8	58.8	0.9	2.9	2.0	28,087	13,291	3,098	2,531	1,435	260	1,629	1,762	+1027
8	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	1,075	719	30.1	13.5	2.7	3.8	1.2	0.2	4.9	12.2	40.3	4.7	31.9	2.2	3.0	73.4	50.1	0.5	2.3	2.1	21,653	9,706	1,970	2,712	886	137	1,508	1,508	-270
9	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	1,046	720	33.0	13.2	4.7	3.1	1.3	0.4	4.8	11.0	44.0	4.0	36.4	2.1	2.8	74.1	54.0	1.4	3.3	1.3	23,788	9,515	3,382	2,221	966	306	929	1,469	+403
10	Derek Harper D. Harper	1,027	1,154	31.8	13.6	2.4	5.5	1.7	0.3	5.3	11.3	46.4	2.5	35.3	2.2	2.9	74.5	53.8	0.6	1.8	2.0	36,666	15,697	2,817	6,390	1,913	300	2,282	2,689	-278
11	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	1,017	664	35.9	14.5	4.3	7.0	2.5	0.4	5.7	13.7	41.5	4.5	33.9	1.6	2.2	74.0	49.6	1.3	3.0	2.5	23,853	9,621	2,841	4,629	1,643	245	1,644	1,350	+1000
12	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	1,013	612	37.3	19.6	3.6	9.1	1.9	0.2	7.3	16.3	44.5	4.7	35.2	3.4	4.4	77.7	53.7	0.8	2.9	3.1	22,841	11,991	2,210	5,573	1,166	103	1,920	1,541	+989
13	Terry Porter T. Porter	1,003	1,004	29.3	13.4	3.2	6.3	1.4	0.1	4.7	10.1	46.5	2.7	37.6	3.0	3.6	83.9	57.4	0.6	2.5	2.3	29,404	13,448	3,176	6,337	1,388	134	2,303	1,850	+170
14	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1,002	1,042	26.6	11.5	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.1	4.5	9.5	46.9	2.5	37.8	1.6	1.9	84.6	55.5	0.7	2.0	1.5	27,755	11,964	2,768	4,199	1,133	132	1,566	2,549
15	John Starks J. Starks	992	638	27.6	13.5	2.6	3.8	1.2	0.1	4.8	11.5	42.2	4.5	34.5	2.3	3.0	76.6	52.9	0.5	2.1	1.9	17,587	8,635	1,643	2,421	734	87	1,237	1,713	+300
16	Mark Price M. Price	976	722	29.9	15.2	2.6	6.7	1.2	0.1	5.5	11.6	47.2	3.4	40.2	3.0	3.3	90.4	58.6	0.6	2.0	2.5	21,560	10,989	1,848	4,863	860	76	1,790	964	-130
17	Dell Curry D. Curry	974	847	23.3	12.9	2.7	1.9	1.0	0.3	5.2	11.4	46.0	2.9	40.0	1.3	1.6	84.5	53.6	0.6	2.0	1.3	19,748	10,951	2,266	1,636	868	212	1,134	1,571	+49
18	Michael Adams M. Adams	949	653	31.3	14.7	2.9	6.4	1.7	0.1	5.0	12.0	41.5	4.4	33.2	3.3	3.9	84.9	53.6	0.6	2.3	2.1	20,446	9,621	1,900	4,209	1,081	67	1,402	1,193
19	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	901	980	34.7	16.3	2.2	4.6	0.9	0.1	6.0	12.9	46.2	2.4	38.0	3.4	4.1	84.3	55.3	0.7	1.5	2.1	34,023	15,973	2,135	4,478	879	81	2,031	1,775	+349
20	Dana Barros D. Barros	899	638	24.3	11.4	2.0	3.6	1.0	0.1	4.2	9.0	46.4	3.4	41.4	1.6	1.9	85.8	57.9	0.3	1.7	1.5	15,513	7,243	1,254	2,308	613	33	966	828	-133
21	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	827	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
22	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	804	645	32.3	15.4	5.3	2.9	1.5	0.5	5.9	12.9	45.8	3.4	36.5	2.3	3.4	67.8	53.4	1.4	3.9	1.8	20,859	9,949	3,390	1,846	940	323	1,159	1,282	+176
23	Byron Scott B. Scott	775	1,073	28.1	14.1	2.8	2.5	1.1	0.3	5.5	11.4	48.2	2.0	37.0	2.3	2.8	83.3	55.6	0.6	2.2	1.5	30,152	15,097	2,987	2,729	1,224	276	1,597	2,051	+199
24	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	750	378	34.8	14.9	2.8	7.3	1.0	0.1	5.3	13.0	41.0	5.5	36.4	2.2	2.8	79.5	52.2	0.5	2.3	2.2	13,147	5,633	1,062	2,749	391	40	837	656	+579
25	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	728	952	31.9	14.8	3.5	5.1	1.5	0.2	5.6	11.3	49.7	1.9	39.7	2.8	3.2	87.2	58.2	0.9	2.6	1.9	30,396	14,119	3,304	4,887	1,418	196	1,776	2,120	+1239