most 3pm in a season before 1989

Before 1988-89, Danny Ainge buried the most threes in a season, with 148 three-pointers in 1987-88.

Interpreted as:
most 3pm by a player in a season before 1989
NAME3PMSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
148
1987-88
81
37.3
15.7
3.1
6.2
1.4
0.2
6.0
12.1
49.1
4.4
41.5
2.0
2.2
87.8
59.8
0.7
2.3
1.9
3,018
1,270
249
503
115
17
153
203
2Michael Adams
M. Adams
139
1987-88
82
33.9
13.9
2.7
6.1
2.0
0.2
5.1
11.3
44.9
4.6
36.7
2.0
2.4
83.4
56.0
0.5
2.2
1.8
2,778
1,137
223
503
168
16
144
138
3Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
107
1987-88
75
37.2
25.8
4.5
2.6
1.0
0.1
10.2
20.3
50.3
3.5
41.3
4.0
5.3
76.7
57.2
2.2
2.3
2.3
2,790
1,938
340
197
74
11
172
221
4Larry Bird
L. Bird
98
1987-88
76
39.0
29.9
9.3
6.1
1.6
0.8
11.6
22.0
52.7
3.1
41.4
5.5
6.0
91.6
60.8
1.4
7.8
2.8
2,965
2,275
703
467
125
57
213
157
5Darrell Griffith
D. Griffith
92
1984-85
78
35.6
22.6
4.4
3.1
1.7
0.4
9.3
20.4
45.7
3.3
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
6Darrell Griffith
D. Griffith
91
1983-84
82
32.3
20.0
4.1
3.5
1.4
0.3
8.5
17.4
49.0
3.1
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
7Larry Bird
L. Bird
90
1986-87
74
40.6
28.1
9.2
7.6
1.8
0.9
10.6
20.2
52.5
3.0
40.0
5.6
6.1
91.0
61.2
1.7
7.5
3.2
3,005
2,076
682
566
135
70
240
185
8Brian Taylor
B. Taylor
90
1979-80
78
35.3
13.5
2.4
4.3
1.9
0.3
5.4
11.5
46.7
3.1
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
9Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
89
1986-87
82
27.5
10.5
3.1
4.5
1.0
0.5
3.9
9.0
43.8
2.8
38.5
1.5
1.8
85.1
53.6
0.7
2.4
1.2
2,253
859
254
373
78
43
102
199
10Craig Hodges
C. Hodges
86
1987-88
TOT
66
21.9
9.5
1.2
2.3
0.7
0.0
3.7
7.9
46.3
2.7
49.1
0.9
1.1
83.1
56.7
0.3
0.9
1.2
1,445
629
78
153
46
2
77
118
11Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
86
1986-87
82
37.5
24.9
5.5
2.9
1.3
0.4
9.6
18.5
51.6
2.9
35.8
4.7
6.0
78.7
58.8
2.3
3.2
2.9
3,073
2,041
447
238
104
32
238
267
12Mike McGee
M. McGee
86
1986-87
76
18.7
10.4
2.1
2.0
0.8
0.0
4.1
8.9
45.9
3.0
37.6
1.1
1.8
58.4
53.4
0.9
1.2
1.4
1,420
788
159
149
61
2
104
156
13Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
85
1986-87
71
35.2
14.8
3.4
5.6
1.4
0.2
5.8
11.9
48.6
2.7
44.3
2.1
2.3
89.7
57.4
0.7
2.7
2.0
2,499
1,053
242
400
101
14
141
189
14Craig Hodges
C. Hodges
85
1986-87
78
27.5
10.8
1.8
3.1
1.0
0.1
4.0
8.7
46.2
2.9
37.3
1.7
1.9
89.1
56.7
0.6
1.2
1.6
2,147
846
140
240
76
7
124
189
15Larry Bird
L. Bird
82
1985-86
82
38.0
25.8
9.8
6.8
2.0
0.6
9.7
19.6
49.6
2.4
42.3
5.4
6.0
89.6
58.0
2.3
7.5
3.2
3,113
2,115
805
557
166
51
266
182
16Derek Harper
D. Harper
76
1986-87
77
33.2
16.0
2.6
7.9
2.2
0.3
6.5
12.9
50.1
2.8
35.8
2.1
3.0
68.4
56.1
0.7
1.9
1.8
2,556
1,230
199
609
167
25
138
195
17Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
73
1986-87
82
37.4
18.8
3.3
10.3
1.8
0.2
6.1
12.6
48.8
2.3
38.4
5.6
6.5
86.0
60.8
0.7
2.6
3.4
3,064
1,541
268
848
146
18
280
199
18Craig Hodges
C. Hodges
73
1985-86
66
26.3
10.8
1.8
3.5
1.1
0.0
4.3
8.6
50.0
2.5
45.1
1.1
1.3
87.2
59.1
0.6
1.2
1.3
1,739
716
117
229
74
2
89
157
19Don Buse
D. Buse
73
1981-82
82
30.8
9.7
2.7
5.0
2.0
0.3
3.8
8.4
45.5
2.3
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
20Rick Barry
R. Barry
73
1979-80
72
25.2
12.0
3.3
3.7
1.1
0.4
4.5
10.7
42.2
3.1
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
21Mark Price
M. Price
72
1987-88
80
32.8
16.0
2.3
6.0
1.2
0.2
6.2
12.2
50.6
1.9
48.6
2.8
3.2
87.7
58.9
0.7
1.6
2.3
2,626
1,279
180
480
99
12
184
119
22World B. Free
W. B. Free
71
1985-86
75
33.8
23.4
2.9
4.2
1.2
0.3
8.7
19.1
45.5
2.3
42.0
5.1
6.5
78.0
53.3
1.0
1.9
2.3
2,535
1,754
218
314
91
19
172
186
23World B. Free
W. B. Free
71
1984-85
71
31.7
22.5
3.0
4.5
1.1
0.2
8.6
18.7
45.9
2.7
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
24Joe Hassett
J. Hassett
71
1981-82
68
11.6
5.7
0.8
1.5
0.4
0.0
2.1
5.6
37.7
3.1
33.2
0.5
0.5
83.8
49.0
0.2
0.6
0.5
787
390
53
104
30
3
36
94
25Chris Ford
C. Ford
70
1979-80
73
29.0
11.2
2.5
2.9
1.5
0.4
4.5
9.7
46.5
2.2
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
StatMuse has season-level data for three-pointers going back to the 1979-80 season.

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EasternWLPCTGB
1
37
13
.740
2
33
18
.647
4.5
3
33
18
.647
4.5
4
31
21
.596
7.0
5
31
22
.585
7.5
6
29
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.569
8.5
7
26
24
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11.0
8
27
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.519
11.0
9
26
27
.491
12.5
10
24
28
.462
14.0
11
24
28
.462
14.0
12
20
29
.408
16.5
13
14
36
.280
23.0
14
13
37
.260
24.0
15
13
38
.255
24.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
40
12
.769
2
35
16
.686
4.5
3
33
19
.635
7.0
4
31
19
.620
8.0
5
31
19
.620
8.0
6
32
20
.615
8.0
7
31
21
.596
9.0
8
28
24
.538
12.0
9
23
27
.460
16.0
10
23
28
.451
16.5
11
20
29
.408
18.5
12
19
32
.373
20.5
13
16
36
.308
24.0
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.245
27.5
15
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.231
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