most 3point attempts per game before 2017

Before 2016-17, Stephen Curry attempted the most three-pointers per game with 7.3 attempts per game.

Interpreted as:

most 3point attempts per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player before 2017

	NAME	3PA	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Stephen Curry S. Curry	7.3	495	34.9	22.4	4.3	6.9	1.8	0.2	7.9	16.6	47.7	3.2	44.4	3.4	3.7	90.2	61.5	0.7	3.6	3.2	17,259	11,089	2,149	3,393	886	104	1,579	1,258	+2526
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	7.0	321	36.5	21.4	3.8	6.3	0.9	0.3	7.2	16.9	42.6	2.6	37.0	4.4	5.0	87.0	55.9	0.5	3.3	2.8	11,705	6,856	1,225	2,007	300	90	900	698	+692
3	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	6.5	386	32.5	18.4	3.3	2.3	0.9	0.5	6.8	15.2	45.0	2.7	42.0	2.0	2.4	85.3	56.7	0.4	2.9	1.8	12,533	7,112	1,269	885	356	211	682	900	+2129
4	Robert Covington R. Covington	6.5	144	27.0	12.6	5.1	1.4	1.4	0.5	4.0	10.3	39.1	2.4	36.3	2.2	2.7	80.7	54.9	0.9	4.2	1.9	3,893	1,817	740	202	204	71	272	424	-410
5	Ray Allen R. Allen	5.7	1,300	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	6.6	14.6	45.2	2.3	40.0	3.4	3.8	89.4	58.0	0.9	3.1	2.1	46,344	24,505	5,272	4,361	1,451	244	2,709	2,858	+3491
6	James Harden J. Harden	5.7	534	33.2	21.1	4.6	4.9	1.5	0.4	6.2	14.1	44.3	2.1	36.8	6.5	7.6	85.5	60.5	0.7	3.8	3.0	17,741	11,262	2,434	2,620	784	237	1,604	1,349	+1827
7	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	5.6	552	35.1	20.7	3.9	5.3	1.6	0.2	6.7	16.0	42.1	2.0	35.1	5.2	6.5	80.3	54.7	0.8	3.1	3.2	19,351	11,402	2,168	2,909	884	134	1,744	1,683	+24
8	Peja Stojakovic P. Stojakovic	5.5	804	33.5	17.0	4.7	1.8	0.9	0.1	6.0	13.3	45.0	2.2	40.1	2.8	3.1	89.5	57.7	0.9	3.8	1.4	26,966	13,647	3,782	1,408	747	106	1,090	1,398	+2742
9	Isaiah Canaan I. Canaan	5.4	146	21.6	9.4	2.0	1.8	0.6	0.1	3.0	8.1	36.8	2.0	36.3	1.5	1.8	81.8	52.8	0.3	1.6	1.2	3,156	1,379	285	257	93	19	174	241	-584
10	Ryan Anderson R. Anderson	5.4	484	26.0	13.1	5.6	0.9	0.6	0.4	4.5	10.8	42.3	2.0	37.7	2.0	2.3	86.1	55.7	2.1	3.4	1.0	12,592	6,337	2,691	437	272	181	494	969	+482
11	Wesley Matthews W. Matthews	5.4	519	32.5	14.0	3.1	2.0	1.1	0.2	4.8	11.0	43.5	2.1	38.7	2.3	2.8	82.9	57.1	0.6	2.5	1.3	16,862	7,271	1,613	1,062	583	98	682	1,154	+1028
12	JR Smith	5.3	839	26.9	13.2	3.2	2.2	1.0	0.2	4.7	11.2	42.3	2.0	37.5	1.7	2.3	73.4	53.9	0.5	2.7	1.4	22,543	11,044	2,702	1,850	854	179	1,193	1,929	+1518
13	Juan Carlos Navarro J. Carlos Navarro	5.3	82	25.8	10.9	2.6	2.2	0.6	0.0	3.8	9.3	40.2	1.9	36.1	1.5	1.8	84.9	54.0	0.4	2.1	1.6	2,117	896	210	177	48	1	134	94	-298
14	Paul George P. George	5.2	373	32.2	16.9	6.2	3.1	1.7	0.4	5.8	13.6	42.5	1.9	36.4	3.5	4.2	83.8	54.9	0.9	5.4	2.5	12,003	6,315	2,324	1,168	621	167	921	984	+1173
15	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	5.1	460	32.3	15.5	3.1	5.9	1.3	0.2	5.5	14.1	39.0	1.8	35.0	2.7	3.4	79.9	49.7	0.6	2.5	2.3	14,837	7,151	1,432	2,712	603	90	1,057	869	-481
16	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	5.1	857	34.1	17.1	5.0	2.7	1.2	0.4	6.5	14.8	43.8	1.9	37.0	2.2	3.2	70.7	52.8	1.2	3.7	1.8	29,241	14,644	4,245	2,284	995	367	1,503	1,963	-106
17	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	5.0	1,100	30.9	15.5	2.4	3.6	1.0	0.2	5.4	13.1	41.0	1.8	34.9	3.0	3.5	86.1	53.0	0.4	2.0	2.0	33,967	17,076	2,635	3,910	1,045	236	2,148	1,732	-744
18	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	5.0	867	35.3	17.7	3.3	8.2	1.6	0.1	6.5	15.1	43.1	1.8	35.5	2.9	3.8	78.2	53.0	0.6	2.7	2.9	30,626	15,373	2,855	7,095	1,428	129	2,481	2,027	+1691
19	Baron Davis B. Davis	5.0	835	34.2	16.1	3.8	7.2	1.8	0.4	5.9	14.3	40.9	1.6	32.0	2.8	3.9	71.1	50.2	0.9	2.9	2.8	28,592	13,447	3,183	6,025	1,530	360	2,308	2,361	+866
20	Brandon Knight B. Knight	4.9	328	32.9	15.9	3.5	4.6	1.0	0.2	5.7	13.8	41.6	1.8	36.0	2.7	3.3	80.6	52.2	0.6	2.9	2.8	10,799	5,225	1,159	1,499	327	65	930	695	-1111
21	Danilo Gallinari D. Gallinari	4.9	397	30.7	14.9	4.6	1.9	0.8	0.5	4.5	10.8	41.5	1.8	36.6	4.1	4.8	85.5	57.5	0.8	3.8	1.3	12,188	5,908	1,826	764	335	187	521	780	+454
22	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	4.9	417	33.9	16.6	2.5	3.3	1.1	0.3	5.7	13.0	43.5	1.9	38.3	3.4	4.2	81.4	55.9	0.5	2.1	2.2	14,148	6,934	1,050	1,371	443	119	929	835	-960
23	Dennis Scott D. Scott	4.9	629	28.6	12.9	2.8	2.1	0.8	0.3	4.7	11.3	41.7	1.9	39.7	1.5	1.9	79.3	53.0	0.6	2.2	1.2	17,983	8,094	1,774	1,296	525	197	768	1,275	-136
24	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	4.9	880	32.9	14.4	2.9	6.6	0.8	0.1	5.3	13.0	40.5	1.7	35.7	2.1	2.7	79.4	50.7	0.4	2.5	2.1	28,969	12,658	2,545	5,777	726	92	1,850	1,380	+35
25	Jason Williams J. Williams	4.8	788	29.4	10.5	2.3	5.9	1.2	0.1	3.9	9.8	39.8	1.6	32.7	1.1	1.4	81.3	50.5	0.2	2.1	2.1	23,188	8,266	1,810	4,611	933	60	1,643	1,100	+20