Ron Lee and Rick Barry were tied for the most three-point attempts in a game in 1979-80, with 12 attempts.

Interpreted as:

most 3pa by a player in a regular-season game 1980

	NAME	3PA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Ron Lee R. Lee	12	3/16/1980	DET	vs	HOU	42	20	5	6	9	0	7	17	41.2	6	50.0	0	2	0.0	55.9			4	3
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	12	2/9/1980	HOU	vs	UTA	28	24	1	6	1	1	8	14	57.1	8	66.7	0	0		85.7			2	3
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	10	2/6/1980	HOU	vs	NJN	33	27	4	7	2	0	8	14	57.1	7	70.0	4	5	80.0	83.3			0	4
4	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	10	11/18/1979	SDC	vs	MIL	43	23	1	9	6	0	8	21	38.1	5	50.0	2	2	100.0	52.6			1	2
5	Rick Barry R. Barry	9	1/29/1980	HOU	@	IND	28	16	6	4	0	3	6	17	35.3	2	22.2	2	2	100.0	44.7			2	2
6	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	8	2/24/1980	IND	vs	PHX	15	12	1	2	2	0	4	9	44.4	4	50.0	0	0		66.7	1	0	0	1
7	Rick Barry R. Barry	8	2/15/1980	HOU	vs	MIL	25	13	2	5	1	0	4	10	40.0	3	37.5	2	2	100.0	59.7			3	4
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	8	1/30/1980	HOU	vs	SAS	32	11	5	10	3	1	4	14	28.6	2	25.0	1	2	50.0	37.0				3
9	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	7	3/30/1980	IND	vs	HOU	30	7	2	2		0	3	14	21.4	1	14.3	0	0		25.0				1
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	7	3/2/1980	BOS	vs	DET	44	41	13	7	0	1	17	29	58.6	4	57.1	3	3	100.0	67.6	6	7	3	4
11	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	7	2/27/1980	NJN	vs	GSW	39	35	5	5	2	0	13	28	46.4	3	42.9	6	7	85.7	56.3	3	2	2	3
12	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	7	2/26/1980	PHX	@	DEN	18	16	5	2	3	0	6	18	33.3	2	28.6	2	2	100.0	42.4	1	4	2	5
13	Reggie Theus R. Theus	7	2/8/1980	CHI	vs	PHX	37	14	2	12	3	0	6	12	50.0	2	28.6	0	0		58.3	2	0	5	4
14	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	1/23/1980	HOU	vs	SDC	39	17	9	4	1	2	6	12	50.0	3	42.9	2	3	66.7	63.8			3	4
15	Chris Ford C. Ford	7	1/20/1980	BOS	vs	SEA	41	26	2	2			10	16	62.5	5	71.4	1	1	100.0	79.1	1	1	3	3
16	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	1/19/1980	HOU	@	DET	28	11	5	2	1	1	4	11	36.4	3	42.9	0	0		50.0				4
17	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	1/16/1980	HOU	vs	NJN	34	16	2	4	1	0	5	15	33.3	1	14.3	5	5	100.0	46.5			1	3
18	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	7	1/16/1980	IND	vs	DEN	22	10	1	3	1	0	4	11	36.4	2	28.6	0	0		45.5	0	1	0	0
19	John Roche J. Roche	7	1/15/1980	DEN	vs	PHX	42	17	1	8	1	0	6	17	35.3	3	42.9	2	3	66.7	46.4	0	1	2	2
20	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	7	1/12/1980	SDC	vs	UTA	36	26	2	4	4	0	11	16	68.8	3	42.9	1	1	100.0	79.1			2	0
21	Chris Ford C. Ford	7	11/28/1979	BOS	vs	DEN	27	27	1	3	4	0	11	16	68.8	5	71.4	0	0		84.4	1	0	0	3
22	Ron Lee R. Lee	6	3/30/1980	DET	@	SAS	41	23	10	8	4	1	9	18	50.0	3	50.0	2	2	100.0	60.9				5
23	Kevin Grevey K. Grevey	6	3/25/1980	WAS	vs	BOS	41	21	5	6	1		7	15	46.7	3	50.0	4	4	100.0	62.6	0	5	3	1
24	Ron Lee R. Lee	6	3/18/1980	DET	vs	CLE	50	11	6	15	6	2	4	19	21.1	1	16.7	2	7	28.6	24.9	4	2	2	5
25	Rick Barry R. Barry	6	3/12/1980	HOU	@	BOS	23	13	2	2	0	0	6	13	46.2	1	16.7	0	0		50.0	2	0	1	5