most 3pa per game single season before 1986

Before 1985-86, Darrell Griffith attempted the most three-pointers per game in a season with 3.3 attempts per game in 1984-85.

Interpreted as:
most 3pa per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player single season before 1986
NAME3PASEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Darrell Griffith
D. Griffith
3.3
1984-85
UTA UTA
78
35.6
22.6
4.4
3.1
1.7
0.4
9.3
20.4
45.7
1.2
35.8
2.8
3.8
72.5
51.2
1.6
2.8
3.2
2,776
1,764
344
243
133
30
247
178
2Joe Hassett
J. Hassett
3.1
1981-82
GSW GSW
68
11.6
5.7
0.8
1.5
0.4
0.0
2.1
5.6
37.7
1.0
33.2
0.5
0.5
83.8
49.0
0.2
0.6
0.5
787
390
53
104
30
3
36
94
3Darrell Griffith
D. Griffith
3.1
1983-84
UTA UTA
82
32.3
20.0
4.1
3.5
1.4
0.3
8.5
17.4
49.0
1.1
36.1
1.8
2.6
69.6
53.9
1.2
3.0
3.0
2,650
1,636
338
283
114
23
243
202
4Rick Barry
R. Barry
3.1
1979-80
HOU HOU
72
25.2
12.0
3.3
3.7
1.1
0.4
4.5
10.7
42.2
1.0
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
5Brian Taylor
B. Taylor
3.1
1979-80
SDC SDC
78
35.3
13.5
2.4
4.3
1.9
0.3
5.4
11.5
46.7
1.2
37.7
1.7
2.1
80.2
54.6
1.0
1.4
1.8
2,754
1,056
188
335
147
25
141
246
6World B. Free
W. B. Free
2.7
1984-85
CLE CLE
71
31.7
22.5
3.0
4.5
1.1
0.2
8.6
18.7
45.9
1.0
36.8
4.3
5.8
74.9
52.9
0.9
2.1
2.0
2,249
1,597
211
320
75
16
139
163
7Joe Hassett
J. Hassett
2.7
1979-80
IND IND
74
15.3
7.1
1.3
1.4
0.6
0.1
2.9
6.9
42.2
0.9
34.8
0.3
0.4
82.8
50.1
0.5
0.8
0.6
1,135
523
94
104
46
8
45
85
8Mike Dunleavy
M. Dunleavy
2.5
1982-83
SAS SAS
79
20.5
7.8
1.7
5.5
0.9
0.1
2.7
6.5
41.8
0.8
34.5
1.5
1.9
77.9
53.0
0.2
1.5
2.0
1,619
613
134
437
74
4
160
210
9Don Buse
D. Buse
2.3
1981-82
IND IND
82
30.8
9.7
2.7
5.0
2.0
0.3
3.8
8.4
45.5
0.9
38.6
1.2
1.5
81.3
53.9
0.6
2.2
1.2
2,529
797
223
407
164
27
95
176
10Chris Ford
C. Ford
2.2
1979-80
BOS BOS
73
29.0
11.2
2.5
2.9
1.5
0.4
4.5
9.7
46.5
1.0
42.7
1.2
1.6
75.4
53.7
1.1
1.4
1.4
2,115
816
181
215
111
27
105
178
11Gus Williams
G. Williams
2.2
1984-85
WAS WAS
79
37.5
20.0
2.5
7.7
2.3
0.4
8.1
18.8
43.0
0.6
29.0
3.2
4.4
72.5
48.2
0.9
1.6
2.7
2,960
1,578
195
608
178
32
213
159
12Allen Leavell
A. Leavell
2.2
1982-83
HOU HOU
79
32.9
14.8
2.5
6.7
2.1
0.2
5.6
13.4
41.5
0.5
24.0
3.1
3.8
83.2
49.0
0.8
1.7
2.5
2,602
1,167
195
530
165
14
198
215
13Mike Bratz
M. Bratz
2.1
1980-81
CLE CLE
80
32.4
10.0
2.5
5.7
1.7
0.2
4.0
10.2
39.0
0.7
33.7
1.3
1.7
81.1
45.8
0.8
1.7
2.0
2,595
802
198
452
136
17
162
194
14Mike Newlin
M. Newlin
1.9
1979-80
NJN NJN
78
32.2
20.9
3.4
4.0
1.5
0.1
7.8
17.0
46.0
0.6
29.6
4.7
5.3
88.4
54.0
1.3
2.1
3.0
2,510
1,634
264
314
115
4
231
195
15Mike Evans
M. Evans
1.9
1984-85
DEN DEN
81
17.7
10.1
1.5
2.9
0.8
0.1
4.0
8.2
48.9
0.7
36.3
1.4
1.6
86.3
56.8
0.3
1.1
1.6
1,437
816
119
231
65
12
130
174
16Purvis Short
P. Short
1.9
1984-85
GSW GSW
78
39.5
28.0
5.1
3.0
1.5
0.3
10.5
22.8
46.0
0.6
31.3
6.4
7.9
81.7
53.3
2.0
3.1
3.1
3,081
2,186
398
234
116
27
241
255
17Kevin Grevey
K. Grevey
1.8
1980-81
WAS WAS
75
34.9
17.2
2.9
4.0
0.9
0.2
6.7
14.7
45.3
0.6
33.1
3.3
3.9
84.1
52.4
0.9
2.0
1.9
2,616
1,289
219
300
68
17
144
161
18Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
1.7
1984-85
GSW GSW
82
35.0
19.5
2.5
5.0
1.6
0.5
7.4
16.7
44.5
0.5
29.4
4.1
5.1
81.0
51.4
0.8
1.7
3.1
2,873
1,598
202
406
134
41
251
226
19Larry Bird
L. Bird
1.7
1979-80
BOS BOS
82
36.0
21.3
10.4
4.5
1.7
0.6
8.5
17.8
47.4
0.7
40.6
3.7
4.4
83.6
53.8
2.6
7.8
3.2
2,955
1,745
852
370
143
53
263
279
20Freeman Williams
F. Williams
1.7
1980-81
SDC SDC
82
24.1
19.3
1.6
2.0
1.1
0.1
7.8
16.8
46.5
0.6
34.0
3.1
3.6
85.2
52.4
0.9
0.7
2.0
1,976
1,585
129
164
91
5
166
157
21Darrell Griffith
D. Griffith
1.7
1982-83
UTA UTA
77
36.2
22.2
3.9
3.5
1.8
0.4
9.8
20.2
48.4
0.5
28.8
2.2
3.2
67.9
51.4
1.3
2.6
3.3
2,787
1,709
304
270
138
33
252
184
22Mike Bratz
M. Bratz
1.7
1981-82
SAS SAS
81
20.0
7.7
2.0
5.4
0.8
0.1
2.8
7.0
40.7
0.6
33.3
1.5
1.9
78.3
49.5
0.5
1.6
1.7
1,616
625
166
438
65
11
139
183
23Craig Hodges
C. Hodges
1.6
1984-85
MIL MIL
82
30.4
10.6
2.3
4.3
1.2
0.0
4.4
8.9
49.0
0.6
34.8
1.3
1.6
81.5
55.1
0.9
1.4
1.6
2,496
871
186
349
96
1
135
262
24Larry Bird
L. Bird
1.6
1984-85
BOS BOS
80
39.5
28.7
10.5
6.6
1.6
1.2
11.5
22.0
52.2
0.7
42.7
5.0
5.7
88.2
58.5
2.1
8.5
3.1
3,161
2,295
842
531
129
98
248
208
25Rod Foster
R. Foster
1.6
1984-85
PHX PHX
79
16.7
8.8
1.0
2.4
0.8
0.0
3.6
8.1
45.0
0.5
32.5
1.1
1.4
75.5
50.8
0.3
0.7
1.5
1,318
696
80
186
61
0
117
171
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