Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Dale Ellis hit the most threes, with 472 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most 3pts made by a player in the 80s

	NAME	3PM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	472	450	27.8	17.7	4.0	1.7	0.9	0.2	6.9	14.0	49.1	2.6	41.1	2.9	3.7	77.9	56.5	1.8	2.2	1.8	12,512	7,956	1,785	748	413	90	802	1,012
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	455	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
3	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	406	584	28.5	11.7	2.8	4.5	1.2	0.1	4.7	9.7	48.4	1.8	38.6	1.6	1.8	86.1	55.5	0.8	2.0	1.6	16,631	6,824	1,635	2,609	712	65	938	1,498
4	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	402	608	31.2	18.5	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	7.8	16.8	46.6	2.0	32.3	2.1	3.0	70.8	50.9	1.2	2.5	2.5	18,954	11,228	2,263	1,527	821	216	1,509	1,440
5	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	396	503	25.1	9.8	1.6	3.0	0.9	0.0	3.9	8.4	47.0	2.0	39.0	1.2	1.4	81.7	54.5	0.6	1.1	1.4	12,624	4,933	818	1,508	475	21	728	1,174
6	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	378	790	27.6	9.1	3.2	4.4	1.2	0.6	3.6	7.5	47.6	1.4	34.3	1.5	1.8	82.9	54.9	0.9	2.4	1.7	21,777	7,208	2,542	3,451	965	487	1,337	2,122
7	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	345	517	22.1	8.9	2.2	2.2	1.0	0.1	3.8	8.1	46.7	1.6	41.4	0.7	0.9	75.4	52.5	0.8	1.4	0.9	11,428	4,595	1,133	1,139	516	62	442	1,211
8	Michael Adams M. Adams	333	240	29.2	12.7	2.6	5.2	1.8	0.1	4.4	10.2	43.3	4.0	35.1	2.5	3.0	82.6	55.2	0.6	2.0	1.7	7,007	3,054	635	1,259	428	34	416	384
9	Mike McGee M. McGee	298	506	17.8	9.6	2.1	1.2	0.7	0.1	4.0	8.3	48.7	1.7	35.3	0.9	1.6	60.1	53.5	1.0	1.1	1.2	8,991	4,866	1,076	613	363	48	616	984
10	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	295	558	31.9	15.7	3.2	6.6	1.5	0.3	5.6	12.3	46.0	1.6	33.3	3.9	4.7	83.0	54.8	0.8	2.4	2.9	17,806	8,769	1,777	3,660	817	146	1,599	1,360
11	Derek Harper D. Harper	271	483	30.3	12.9	2.6	5.9	1.9	0.4	5.2	10.6	48.8	1.7	33.0	2.1	2.8	74.3	54.9	0.7	1.9	1.9	14,636	6,249	1,270	2,828	899	182	911	1,081
12	Byron Scott B. Scott	260	468	31.0	16.8	3.2	3.1	1.4	0.3	6.9	13.6	50.8	1.4	38.5	2.4	2.9	84.4	56.5	0.8	2.4	1.8	14,514	7,856	1,484	1,432	660	123	826	1,086
13	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	255	602	33.6	24.1	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.1	49.2	1.4	30.4	4.9	6.5	74.2	54.7	2.2	3.5	3.0	20,222	14,488	3,395	2,252	518	231	1,814	1,819
14	Mike Evans M. Evans	231	591	16.7	7.7	1.4	2.6	0.7	0.1	3.1	6.9	45.2	1.3	30.7	1.1	1.3	80.7	51.4	0.3	1.1	1.4	9,858	4,531	808	1,514	430	51	818	1,173
15	John Lucas J. Lucas	218	633	25.4	10.1	2.1	6.7	1.2	0.1	3.9	8.7	44.9	1.1	30.3	2.0	2.6	76.6	51.5	0.5	1.6	2.0	16,059	6,413	1,340	4,223	791	34	1,250	1,021
16	World B. Free W. B. Free	213	583	31.8	21.7	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	7.9	17.5	45.2	1.1	33.7	5.5	7.2	76.6	52.4	1.1	1.6	2.4	18,515	12,662	1,555	2,303	619	116	1,372	1,504
17	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	212	635	36.7	20.3	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.3	1.2	27.8	4.4	5.8	76.1	52.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	23,276	12,862	2,372	6,220	1,338	181	2,437	2,105
18	Brad Davis B. Davis	208	715	25.9	9.4	2.0	5.6	0.9	0.2	3.5	6.8	52.0	0.9	32.8	2.0	2.4	83.9	59.7	0.4	1.6	1.6	18,523	6,713	1,442	4,036	622	113	1,135	1,648
19	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	194	189	14.7	6.9	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	2.8	6.7	40.9	3.1	33.6	0.4	0.5	82.8	49.8	0.4	0.8	0.6	2,775	1,308	226	303	91	13	112	258
20	Kyle Macy K. Macy	192	551	25.9	9.5	2.2	4.0	1.1	0.1	3.9	7.9	50.1	1.0	33.8	1.3	1.5	87.3	55.9	0.6	1.6	1.3	14,246	5,259	1,214	2,198	631	49	712	1,081
21	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	190	626	31.3	18.9	4.9	2.7	0.7	0.2	7.8	16.1	48.2	1.0	31.5	3.0	3.7	82.0	53.2	1.9	3.1	2.1	19,590	11,825	3,081	1,701	455	129	1,331	1,815
22	Mark Price M. Price	188	222	29.6	14.2	2.4	5.9	1.2	0.1	5.4	10.8	49.7	1.9	43.8	2.6	3.0	88.0	58.6	0.6	1.7	2.3	6,571	3,157	523	1,313	257	23	501	292
23	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	176	775	23.1	9.7	1.8	3.9	1.2	0.1	3.8	8.1	47.3	0.7	32.4	1.8	2.3	77.6	53.1	0.7	1.1	1.9	17,904	7,479	1,365	2,995	908	95	1,501	1,813
24	Chuck Person C. Person	171	241	36.4	19.1	7.2	3.7	1.0	0.2	8.0	16.9	47.3	2.2	32.9	2.5	3.3	74.5	52.2	2.0	5.2	3.0	8,775	4,610	1,729	893	246	42	729	856
25	Don Buse D. Buse	169	403	22.4	6.2	1.9	3.7	1.3	0.1	2.5	5.7	43.1	1.3	33.3	0.9	1.2	76.7	50.1	0.5	1.4	0.9	9,032	2,513	771	1,488	538	49	381	545