most 3 pointers made per game in the 80s by a small forward

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Rick Barry drained the most three-pointers per game by a small forward with 1.0 per game.

Interpreted as:
most 3 pointers made per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games in the 80s by a small forward
NAME3PMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Rick Barry
R. Barry
1.0
72
25.2
12.0
3.3
3.7
1.1
0.4
4.5
10.7
42.2
3.1
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
2Chris Morris
C. Morris
0.8
76
27.6
14.1
5.2
1.6
1.3
0.8
5.4
11.9
45.7
2.3
36.6
2.4
3.3
71.7
52.8
2.5
2.8
2.5
2,096
1,074
397
119
102
60
190
250
3Harold Pressley
H. Pressley
0.7
227
22.9
9.1
4.5
2.1
1.0
0.7
3.7
8.3
44.1
1.9
37.4
1.0
1.3
77.7
51.0
1.9
2.7
1.4
5,199
2,066
1,030
479
217
152
322
522
4Chuck Person
C. Person
0.7
241
36.4
19.1
7.2
3.7
1.0
0.2
8.0
16.9
47.3
2.2
32.9
2.5
3.3
74.5
52.2
2.0
5.2
3.0
8,775
4,610
1,729
893
246
42
729
856
5Larry Bird
L. Bird
0.6
717
38.4
25.0
10.2
6.1
1.8
0.8
9.8
19.6
50.3
1.7
37.7
4.6
5.3
88.0
57.0
2.2
8.0
3.2
27,560
17,899
7,319
4,396
1,300
603
2,261
1,906
6Johnny Newman
J. Newman
0.6
217
21.0
10.9
2.0
1.2
0.9
0.2
3.9
8.5
45.2
1.9
30.8
2.6
3.1
83.1
54.9
1.0
1.0
1.4
4,555
2,359
435
251
203
41
302
530
7Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
0.6
211
16.4
8.2
3.1
0.7
0.6
0.1
3.3
7.4
44.2
1.5
37.6
1.1
1.5
72.6
50.7
1.4
1.7
0.8
3,459
1,724
656
149
127
25
174
327
8Dan Majerle
D. Majerle
0.5
54
25.1
8.6
3.9
2.4
1.2
0.3
3.4
8.0
41.9
1.5
32.9
1.4
2.4
61.4
47.9
1.1
2.7
0.9
1,354
467
209
130
63
14
48
139
9Mike McGee
M. McGee
0.5
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
10Reggie Williams
R. Williams
0.4
98
22.0
10.3
3.0
1.6
1.1
0.5
4.2
10.4
40.4
1.7
26.5
1.4
1.9
74.5
45.6
1.3
1.8
1.8
2,160
1,007
297
161
110
50
177
289
11Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
0.4
602
33.6
24.1
5.6
3.7
0.9
0.4
9.4
19.1
49.2
1.4
30.4
4.9
6.5
74.2
54.7
2.2
3.5
3.0
20,222
14,488
3,395
2,252
518
231
1,814
1,819
12Chris Mullin
C. Mullin
0.4
142
36.1
23.9
4.8
5.0
2.0
0.5
9.2
18.0
50.9
1.4
28.9
5.2
5.8
88.9
58.1
1.5
3.4
3.2
5,126
3,389
688
705
289
71
452
314
13Kevin Grevey
K. Grevey
0.4
41
18.4
7.2
1.2
1.2
0.4
0.2
2.8
7.2
38.8
0.9
39.5
1.3
1.7
78.3
45.8
0.4
0.8
0.7
756
297
49
49
18
7
27
61
14Eddie Johnson
E. Johnson
0.3
626
31.3
18.9
4.9
2.7
0.7
0.2
7.8
16.1
48.2
1.0
31.5
3.0
3.7
82.0
53.2
1.9
3.1
2.1
19,590
11,825
3,081
1,701
455
129
1,331
1,815
15Bingo Smith
B. Smith
0.3
78
27.2
11.4
3.3
1.3
0.8
0.2
4.9
11.4
43.2
1.0
28.4
1.3
1.5
87.0
47.4
1.2
2.1
1.0
2,123
893
259
100
62
17
81
209
16Rafael Addison
R. Addison
0.3
62
11.5
5.8
1.7
0.7
0.4
0.1
2.4
5.3
44.1
0.8
32.0
0.8
1.0
79.7
50.0
0.7
1.0
0.9
711
359
106
45
27
7
54
75
17Derrick McKey
D. McKey
0.3
164
27.5
12.2
4.8
2.0
1.1
0.8
4.5
9.1
49.8
0.7
34.5
2.9
3.7
79.1
57.0
1.7
3.1
1.8
4,510
1,999
792
326
175
133
296
501
18Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
0.2
559
36.9
26.0
6.8
2.4
1.5
0.7
10.0
21.4
46.7
0.9
26.9
5.8
7.3
80.4
53.0
2.9
3.8
2.7
20,644
14,557
3,784
1,357
811
403
1,485
1,196
19Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
0.2
318
33.8
22.1
3.4
2.1
0.6
0.3
8.4
16.1
51.8
0.6
39.0
5.2
5.9
87.6
59.1
1.2
2.2
1.8
10,736
7,035
1,074
678
193
87
566
598
20Purvis Short
P. Short
0.2
528
32.0
19.9
4.8
2.9
1.2
0.2
8.0
16.8
47.4
0.7
29.0
3.7
4.5
82.6
52.9
1.9
2.9
2.4
16,902
10,486
2,542
1,510
635
122
1,250
1,627
21Detlef Schrempf
D. Schrempf
0.2
227
18.8
8.2
3.4
1.8
0.5
0.3
2.9
6.2
46.1
0.5
38.0
2.2
3.0
74.3
54.0
1.1
2.3
1.3
4,267
1,851
780
408
115
58
302
579
22Campy Russell
C. Russell
0.2
200
32.9
15.6
4.1
3.6
1.2
0.2
6.0
13.0
46.5
0.5
36.6
3.4
4.4
76.9
52.4
1.4
2.7
2.8
6,578
3,118
819
717
248
40
560
585
23Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
0.2
502
32.5
19.9
4.2
3.2
1.1
0.2
7.3
15.2
48.0
0.5
34.7
5.1
6.1
84.1
55.6
1.6
2.6
2.7
16,290
10,001
2,088
1,602
536
104
1,361
1,216
24Scott Wedman
S. Wedman
0.2
509
24.0
11.3
3.7
1.7
0.8
0.3
5.0
10.5
47.7
0.5
33.5
1.1
1.5
74.5
50.5
1.2
2.5
1.2
12,203
5,739
1,904
871
387
163
619
1,292
25Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
0.2
152
26.7
11.0
4.9
2.8
1.5
0.7
4.4
9.4
47.1
0.7
25.0
2.0
3.1
63.4
51.0
1.7
3.2
2.2
4,063
1,673
743
425
230
113
330
475
StatMuse has season-level data for three-pointers per game going back to the 1979-80 season.

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.683
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53
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32
50
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31
51
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20
62
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64
18
.780
2
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62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
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45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
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