Before 1985-86, John Roche and Rick Barry were tied for the most threes in a game, with 8 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most 3pm by a player in a regular-season game until 1985

	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	John Roche J. Roche	8	1/9/1982	DEN	vs	SEA	26	24	1	5	1	0	8	14	57.1	13	61.5	0	0		85.7	0	1	2	0
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	8	2/9/1980	HOU	vs	UTA	28	24	1	6	1	1	8	14	57.1	12	66.7	0	0		85.7			2	3
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	2/6/1980	HOU	vs	NJN	33	27	4	7	2	0	8	14	57.1	10	70.0	4	5	80.0	83.3			0	4
4	World B. Free W. B. Free	6	2/16/1985	CLE	vs	HOU	38	45	4	9	2	0	17	30	56.7	9	66.7	5	5	100.0	69.9	2	2	3	2
5	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	6	1/13/1985	DAL	vs	POR	20	27	4	0	2	0	10	15	66.7	8	75.0	1	2	50.0	85.0	3	1	2	1
6	Ron Lee R. Lee	6	3/16/1980	DET	vs	HOU	42	20	5	6	9	0	7	17	41.2	12	50.0	0	2	0.0	55.9			4	3
7	Mike Evans M. Evans	5	3/1/1985	DEN	@	DAL	30	38	4	8	1	0	15	20	75.0	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	89.1	0	4	7	3
8	World B. Free W. B. Free	5	12/27/1984	CLE	@	CHI	32	30	2	6	0	0	11	21	52.4	8	62.5	3	4	75.0	65.9	0	2	0	2
9	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	5	3/28/1981	GSW	vs	DEN	25	15	2	2	0	0	5	13	38.5	10	50.0	0	0		57.7	0	2	1	2
10	Chris Ford C. Ford	5	1/20/1980	BOS	vs	SEA	41	26	2	2			10	16	62.5	7	71.4	1	1	100.0	79.1	1	1	3	3
11	Rick Barry R. Barry	5	1/13/1980	HOU	@	MIL	22	19	3	3	1	0	6	10	60.0			2	3	66.7	83.9			1	1
12	Chris Ford C. Ford	5	11/28/1979	BOS	vs	DEN	27	27	1	3	4	0	11	16	68.8	7	71.4	0	0		84.4	1	0	0	3
13	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	5	11/18/1979	SDC	vs	MIL	43	23	1	9	6	0	8	21	38.1	10	50.0	2	2	100.0	52.6			1	2
14	Mike McGee M. McGee	4	4/9/1985	LAL	vs	DEN	22	26	3	3	0	0	10	12	83.3	5	80.0	2	2	100.0	100.9	2	1	1	2
15	Derek Harper D. Harper	4	4/6/1985	DAL	vs	HOU	33	16	3	8	1	1	5	9	55.6	4	100.0	2	2	100.0	81.0	0	3	1	3
16	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	4	3/27/1985	UTA	vs	DAL	41	30	5	1	2	1	12	23	52.2	7	57.1	2	2	100.0	62.8	1	4	0	1
17	Mike Evans M. Evans	4	3/15/1985	DEN	@	DAL	25	16	3	5	1	0	6	12	50.0	7	57.1	0	0		66.7	2	1	1	1
18	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	4	2/27/1985	UTA	vs	MIL	36	28	2	2	3	0	11	20	55.0	7	57.1	2	2	100.0	67.0	1	1	3	2
19	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	4	2/20/1985	LAC	vs	SEA	42	37	4	9	1	0	16	28	57.1	5	80.0	1	2	50.0	64.1	2	2	5	5
20	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	4	2/1/1985	UTA	@	DAL	40	30	3	4	2	0	13	22	59.1	6	66.7	0	0		68.2	0	3	2	3
21	World B. Free W. B. Free	4	1/24/1985	CLE	@	UTA	26	35	6	5	0	0	13	21	61.9	4	100.0	5	5	100.0	75.4	1	5	3	4
22	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	4	1/21/1985	GSW	@	IND	51	23	4	6	2	0	9	20	45.0	6	66.7	1	1	100.0	56.3	0	4	3	3
23	World B. Free W. B. Free	4	1/14/1985	CLE	vs	WAS	34	21	3	4	0	0	7	16	43.8	8	50.0	3	4	75.0	59.1	1	2	1	2
24	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	4	1/5/1985	GSW	vs	HOU	38	31	3	1	3	0	10	19	52.6	6	66.7	7	7	100.0	70.2	2	1	6	3
25	Gus Williams G. Williams	4	12/28/1984	WAS	vs	ATL	45	37	6	11	5	0	14	22	63.6	4	100.0	5	8	62.5	72.5	1	5	4	4