Before 1999-00, Reggie Miller buried the most threes, with 1,702 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most 3 pointers by a player prior to 2000

	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	1,702	932	34.4	19.7	3.1	3.1	1.2	0.2	6.4	13.3	48.2	4.5	40.3	5.0	5.7	87.9	62.1	0.8	2.4	1.9	32,086	18,322	2,923	2,876	1,074	229	1,816	2,005	+810
2	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	1,682	1,167	29.3	16.1	3.6	1.5	0.8	0.2	6.2	13.0	48.0	3.6	40.4	2.3	2.9	78.5	56.7	1.3	2.2	1.5	34,214	18,826	4,145	1,732	961	183	1,751	2,435	-121
3	Glen Rice G. Rice	1,269	745	37.4	20.6	4.7	2.3	1.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.2	4.2	40.8	3.5	4.2	84.4	55.7	1.1	3.7	1.9	27,843	15,371	3,511	1,712	829	232	1,431	1,848	+400
4	Chuck Person C. Person	1,196	906	31.6	15.2	5.2	2.9	0.7	0.2	6.1	13.3	46.0	3.6	36.5	1.6	2.3	72.4	53.1	1.3	3.9	2.1	28,601	13,756	4,710	2,623	678	195	1,940	2,509	+118
5	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	1,170	801	37.4	22.9	4.2	3.8	1.3	0.3	8.2	17.8	46.0	3.7	39.2	5.1	6.0	84.6	56.1	1.0	3.2	2.9	29,987	18,354	3,385	3,045	1,040	228	2,301	2,165	-342
6	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	1,155	765	29.6	13.3	2.7	3.6	1.2	0.2	4.8	12.0	40.3	4.7	32.1	2.2	3.0	73.4	50.2	0.5	2.2	2.1	22,660	10,198	2,055	2,788	916	140	1,575	1,619	-214
7	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	1,154	863	34.5	16.0	3.8	3.1	1.8	0.3	5.4	11.7	46.3	3.4	39.5	3.8	4.4	86.9	58.6	0.9	2.9	2.0	29,731	13,807	3,299	2,654	1,515	278	1,709	1,852	+1130
8	Dennis Scott D. Scott	1,143	563	29.7	13.7	3.0	2.2	0.9	0.3	5.0	12.0	41.9	5.1	39.8	1.6	2.0	79.0	53.0	0.6	2.3	1.3	16,720	7,725	1,668	1,227	497	188	738	1,171	-27
9	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	1,125	660	37.3	19.4	3.6	9.0	1.9	0.2	7.2	16.3	44.2	4.8	35.3	3.4	4.3	77.8	53.5	0.7	2.9	3.1	24,613	12,826	2,362	5,925	1,223	109	2,051	1,643	+1224
10	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	1,114	768	33.1	12.8	4.7	3.1	1.3	0.4	4.7	10.7	43.8	4.0	36.2	2.0	2.7	74.0	54.0	1.4	3.3	1.3	25,412	9,852	3,590	2,371	1,004	313	984	1,569	+632
11	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	1,094	712	36.0	14.4	4.3	6.9	2.4	0.4	5.6	13.6	41.3	4.6	33.7	1.6	2.2	74.1	49.4	1.2	3.1	2.5	25,616	10,261	3,065	4,907	1,742	254	1,759	1,411	+1220
12	John Starks J. Starks	1,070	688	28.0	13.6	2.6	3.9	1.2	0.1	4.9	11.7	41.8	4.6	34.0	2.2	2.9	76.5	52.2	0.5	2.1	1.9	19,273	9,325	1,806	2,656	803	92	1,320	1,848	+217
13	Derek Harper D. Harper	1,070	1,199	31.5	13.3	2.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	5.2	11.2	46.3	2.5	35.4	2.1	2.9	74.5	53.7	0.6	1.8	1.9	37,786	16,006	2,884	6,577	1,957	304	2,334	2,755	-353
14	Terry Porter T. Porter	1,061	1,054	29.2	13.3	3.1	6.2	1.4	0.1	4.6	10.0	46.5	2.7	37.8	3.0	3.5	83.9	57.5	0.6	2.5	2.3	30,769	13,973	3,316	6,483	1,436	145	2,377	1,947	+270
15	Dell Curry D. Curry	1,043	889	23.2	12.8	2.6	1.9	1.0	0.2	5.2	11.2	46.1	2.9	40.4	1.3	1.5	84.4	53.9	0.6	2.0	1.3	20,612	11,374	2,351	1,684	904	215	1,179	1,613	+98
16	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
17	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	990	1,018	34.5	16.1	2.2	4.5	0.9	0.1	5.9	12.8	46.0	2.5	38.2	3.4	4.0	84.3	55.4	0.7	1.5	2.0	35,139	16,401	2,203	4,612	902	83	2,084	1,826	+448
18	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
19	Dana Barros D. Barros	963	688	24.2	11.2	2.0	3.7	1.0	0.1	4.1	8.9	46.3	3.4	41.3	1.6	1.8	85.9	57.9	0.3	1.7	1.5	16,669	7,707	1,359	2,516	665	38	1,054	892	-107
20	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
21	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	900	692	32.4	15.4	5.3	2.8	1.5	0.5	5.9	13.0	45.4	3.6	36.3	2.3	3.4	67.3	53.1	1.3	4.0	1.8	22,440	10,650	3,667	1,937	1,004	338	1,242	1,354	+265
22	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
23	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	822	428	34.9	15.1	2.7	7.3	1.0	0.1	5.4	13.3	40.8	5.4	35.8	2.3	2.9	79.7	51.8	0.4	2.3	2.2	14,949	6,459	1,175	3,117	431	43	958	746	+273
24	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
25	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	764	613	30.3	15.3	2.6	2.8	0.9	0.2	5.9	13.6	43.2	3.6	35.1	2.3	2.9	80.2	51.5	0.6	2.0	1.6	18,585	9,383	1,565	1,736	570	128	992	1,158	+357