Before 2004-05, Kobe Bryant sank the most threes in a game, with 12 three-pointers against the Seattle SuperSonics on January 7, 2003.

Interpreted as:

most 3p by a player in a regular-season game before 2005

	NAME	3PM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12	1/7/2003	LAL	vs	SEA	37	45	3	3	1	1	16	28	57.1	18	66.7	1	1	100.0	79.1	0	3	2	2	+19
2	Dennis Scott D. Scott	11	4/18/1996	ORL	vs	ATL	39	35	6	2	2	0	12	20	60.0	17	64.7	0	0		87.5	1	5	1	1
3	Ray Allen R. Allen	10	4/14/2002	MIL	vs	CHA	44	47	4	4	3	0	15	23	65.2	14	71.4	7	7	100.0	90.1	3	1	3	3	+10
4	George McCloud G. McCloud	10	12/16/1995	DAL	vs	PHX	49	36	6	2	3	0	12	22	54.5	12	83.3	2	2	100.0	78.7	1	5	1	3
5	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	10	11/8/1994	DET	vs	MIN	42	40	1	6	1	0	10	19	52.6	18	55.6	10	10	100.0	85.5	0	1	4	2
6	Brian Shaw B. Shaw	10	4/8/1993	MIA	@	MIL	32	32	6	3	4	0	11	16	68.8	15	66.7	0	0		100.0	0	6	3	2
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	9	3/28/2003	LAL	vs	WAS	41	55	5	3	3	0	15	29	51.7	13	69.2	16	18	88.9	74.5	0	5	3	5	+21
8	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	9	2/4/2003	NYK	vs	LAC	37	38	3	3	1	0	14	19	73.7	9	100.0	1	2	50.0	95.6	1	2	3	3	+15
9	Antoine Walker A. Walker	9	11/9/2002	BOS	@	MIN	46	31	8	3	2	1	11	24	45.8	13	69.2	0	0		64.6	3	5	2	5	+4
10	Michael Redd M. Redd	9	2/20/2002	MIL	vs	HOU	20	29	0	0	0	0	10	14	71.4	13	69.2	0	0		103.6	0	0	0	0	+20
11	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	9	1/26/2002	NYK	@	MIL	54	48	7	6	2	0	17	36	47.2	14	64.3	5	7	71.4	61.4	3	4	6	2	-2
12	Antoine Walker A. Walker	9	1/17/2001	BOS	@	SAC	45	47	5	13	4	1	16	29	55.2	14	64.3	6	10	60.0	70.4	0	5	5	3	-5
13	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	9	1/11/2000	MIA	@	MIN	44	33	5	5	2	1	11	13	84.6	10	90.0	2	2	100.0	118.9	0	5	0	0	+14
14	Dee Brown D. Brown	9	4/28/1999	TOR	@	MIL	43	29	2	2	2	0	10	20	50.0	18	50.0	0	0		72.5	0	2	2	3	-7
15	John Starks J. Starks	9	1/29/1998	NYK	vs	MIL	37	32	2	4	0	0	10	18	55.6	12	75.0	3	5	60.0	79.2	2	0	5	1	+5
16	Chuck Person C. Person	9	12/30/1997	SAS	@	VAN	34	32	5	3	0	0	11	16	68.8	14	64.3	1	2	50.0	94.8	0	5	1	4	+12
17	Dennis Scott D. Scott	9	11/20/1997	DAL	vs	GSW	38	33	3	1	0	1	11	24	45.8	14	64.3	2	2	100.0	66.3	1	2	2	2	-11
18	Steve Smith S. Smith	9	3/14/1997	ATL	vs	SEA	41	36	2	2	0	0	10	20	50.0	15	60.0	7	7	100.0	78.0	2	0	4	3	-1
19	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	9	2/23/1996	MIA	vs	CHI	40	39	2	3	2	0	12	17	70.6	10	90.0	6	7	85.7	97.1	0	2	4	3
20	Robert Horry R. Horry	9	2/22/1996	HOU	@	CLE	44	27	3	3	0	3	9	12	75.0	12	75.0	0	0		112.5	0	3	1	3
21	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	9	1/19/1996	ORL	@	UTA	40	29	4	4	0	0	10	13	76.9	12	75.0	0	0		111.5	0	4	1	1
22	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	9	12/7/1995	DEN	@	UTA	41	51	2	2	2	0	17	27	63.0	14	64.3	8	8	100.0	83.6	0	2	2	2
23	Dana Barros D. Barros	9	1/27/1995	PHI	vs	PHX	44	39	4	7	3	1	13	23	56.5	12	75.0	4	4	100.0	78.8	1	3	4	2
24	Dennis Scott D. Scott	9	4/13/1993	ORL	vs	MIL	40	41	6	3	0	1	16	31	51.6	19	47.4	0	0		66.1	2	4	0	2
25	Michael Adams M. Adams	9	4/12/1991	DEN	@	LAC	40	35	2	9	7	0	12	28	42.9	20	45.0	2	2	100.0	60.6	2	0	7	2