most 3point attempts per game before 2018

Before 2017-18, Stephen Curry attempted the most three-pointers per game with 7.6 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 2018

	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	7.6	574	34.7	22.8	4.4	6.8	1.8	0.2	8.0	16.8	47.6	3.3	43.8	3.5	3.9	90.1	61.6	0.7	3.7	3.2	19,898	13,088	2,502	3,917	1,028	121	1,818	1,441	+3541
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	7.1	396	36.4	22.4	4.0	6.2	0.9	0.3	7.5	17.5	43.0	2.6	37.0	4.8	5.4	87.7	56.5	0.5	3.5	2.8	14,398	8,880	1,593	2,447	368	110	1,097	850	+772
3	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	6.8	464	32.7	19.1	3.3	2.3	0.9	0.5	7.1	15.6	45.3	2.9	41.9	2.1	2.4	85.3	57.2	0.4	2.9	1.7	15,182	8,854	1,554	1,045	422	251	810	1,039	+2930
4	Robert Covington R. Covington	6.4	211	28.5	12.7	5.6	1.4	1.6	0.7	4.1	10.5	39.3	2.3	35.4	2.2	2.7	81.2	54.4	1.1	4.5	1.9	6,012	2,681	1,176	304	331	140	403	627	-562
5	James Harden J. Harden	6.2	615	33.6	22.1	5.0	5.7	1.5	0.4	6.5	14.7	44.2	2.2	36.4	6.9	8.1	85.4	60.6	0.8	4.3	3.4	20,688	13,618	3,093	3,527	905	275	2,068	1,564	+2252
6	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
7	Ryan Anderson R. Anderson	5.6	556	26.5	13.2	5.4	0.9	0.5	0.4	4.5	10.8	42.2	2.1	38.1	1.9	2.3	86.1	56.0	2.0	3.4	1.0	14,708	7,316	3,021	505	303	195	549	1,111	+889
8	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
9	Wesley Matthews W. Matthews	5.5	592	32.7	13.9	3.2	2.1	1.1	0.2	4.8	11.1	43.0	2.1	38.3	2.3	2.8	82.8	56.6	0.5	2.6	1.3	19,357	8,257	1,872	1,272	660	113	784	1,315	+834
10	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	5.5	492	33.5	16.6	2.5	3.2	1.0	0.3	5.6	13.1	43.1	2.1	38.0	3.2	3.9	81.6	55.9	0.5	2.1	2.1	16,471	8,151	1,251	1,559	491	160	1,050	985	-665
11	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
12	Paul George P. George	5.4	448	32.8	18.1	6.3	3.2	1.7	0.4	6.2	14.3	43.2	2.0	37.0	3.7	4.3	85.0	55.6	0.9	5.4	2.5	14,692	8,090	2,816	1,419	740	194	1,141	1,190	+1345
13	JR Smith	5.4	880	27.0	12.9	3.2	2.2	1.0	0.2	4.7	11.1	42.0	2.0	37.4	1.6	2.2	73.3	53.7	0.5	2.7	1.4	23,730	11,395	2,815	1,912	894	190	1,219	2,006	+1590
14	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	5.4	441	30.0	19.1	2.6	5.2	1.0	0.1	6.2	13.9	44.3	2.0	36.7	4.8	5.5	87.6	58.5	0.6	2.0	2.3	13,214	8,437	1,140	2,277	431	46	1,031	957	+571
15	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	5.3	143	28.5	14.3	3.5	4.0	1.3	0.2	5.2	12.7	40.8	1.9	35.1	2.0	2.6	75.9	51.2	0.5	2.9	2.6	4,070	2,038	495	569	180	29	372	272	-905
16	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
17	Bradley Beal B. Beal	5.1	324	33.3	17.7	3.6	3.1	1.0	0.3	6.5	14.8	44.1	2.0	39.9	2.5	3.2	79.6	54.4	0.8	2.8	1.9	10,774	5,728	1,153	1,003	334	97	609	688	+525
18	Kemba Walker K. Walker	5.1	443	33.9	18.4	3.9	5.4	1.4	0.4	6.4	15.6	41.1	1.8	35.1	3.7	4.5	82.7	52.2	0.6	3.3	2.1	15,008	8,137	1,708	2,380	606	175	927	682	-599
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	5.0	1,182	30.6	15.3	2.3	3.5	0.9	0.2	5.3	12.9	41.0	1.7	35.0	3.0	3.4	86.1	53.0	0.4	2.0	1.9	36,124	18,084	2,764	4,124	1,106	250	2,282	1,847	-725
23	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	5.0	381	34.2	21.6	3.4	5.6	1.3	0.3	7.9	17.3	45.7	1.9	38.3	3.9	4.5	87.3	56.1	0.7	2.6	2.7	13,024	8,232	1,290	2,115	504	126	1,031	829	+406
24	Rodney Hood R. Hood	4.9	188	27.6	12.4	3.1	2.1	0.8	0.2	4.4	10.7	41.5	1.8	36.4	1.7	2.1	81.8	53.3	0.3	2.8	1.3	5,198	2,330	586	392	141	39	235	453	+298
25	Danilo Gallinari D. Gallinari	4.9	460	31.1	15.3	4.7	2.0	0.8	0.4	4.6	11.0	42.0	1.8	37.0	4.3	5.0	86.3	58.2	0.8	3.9	1.3	14,322	7,053	2,151	899	375	202	603	873	+614