most career three pointers before 1987

Before 1986-87, Larry Bird made the most threes, with 267 three-pointers.

  • Regular season
NAME3PMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Larry Bird
L. Bird
267
561
38.1
23.9
10.5
5.9
1.8
0.8
9.5
19.2
49.6
1.3
35.9
4.4
5.1
86.9
55.8
2.4
8.1
3.2
21,401
13,432
5,897
3,334
1,034
471
1,797
1,546
2Darrell Griffith
D. Griffith
246
398
34.4
21.0
4.0
3.0
1.5
0.4
9.0
19.0
47.5
1.9
33.0
2.4
3.4
70.4
51.4
1.3
2.6
2.9
13,677
8,362
1,579
1,177
586
160
1,166
996
3World B. Free
W. B. Free
203
505
34.7
24.1
3.0
4.4
1.2
0.2
8.8
19.3
45.5
1.2
34.5
6.1
8.0
76.5
52.8
1.2
1.7
2.6
17,548
12,172
1,492
2,213
594
109
1,305
1,404
4Joe 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
5Kyle Macy
K. Macy
178
475
27.4
10.3
2.3
4.2
1.2
0.1
4.2
8.4
50.3
1.1
34.1
1.4
1.6
87.6
56.2
0.6
1.7
1.4
12,996
4,883
1,101
2,001
572
42
654
945
6Don 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
7Brian Taylor
B. Taylor
157
199
31.9
11.6
2.2
5.0
1.6
0.3
4.5
9.1
49.2
2.1
37.6
1.8
2.3
80.1
57.3
0.8
1.4
1.7
6,340
2,309
435
1,004
312
57
334
571
8Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
152
567
27.8
9.2
3.3
4.4
1.3
0.7
3.7
7.4
49.7
0.9
31.4
1.6
1.9
82.0
55.7
1.0
2.3
1.8
15,788
5,230
1,869
2,475
749
386
1,040
1,601
9Craig Hodges
C. Hodges
150
300
26.1
9.8
1.7
3.2
1.0
0.0
4.1
8.6
47.3
1.4
34.6
1.1
1.4
78.6
52.9
0.6
1.1
1.6
7,828
2,929
511
969
310
8
470
777
10Mike Bratz
M. Bratz
150
429
19.5
7.2
1.8
3.6
1.0
0.1
2.7
6.9
39.9
1.1
30.5
1.4
1.6
83.3
47.3
0.5
1.3
1.5
8,383
3,084
774
1,549
445
47
630
836
11Kevin Grevey
K. Grevey
145
394
24.0
11.1
2.1
2.1
0.6
0.2
4.3
9.8
43.6
1.1
33.4
2.1
2.5
84.9
50.6
0.7
1.4
1.2
9,459
4,365
834
844
243
69
469
711
12Mike Evans
M. Evans
142
454
16.8
7.4
1.4
2.7
0.7
0.1
3.0
6.7
45.0
1.1
28.8
1.1
1.4
81.2
51.1
0.3
1.1
1.5
7,635
3,370
632
1,248
317
33
668
946
13Mike Dunleavy
M. Dunleavy
139
310
20.7
8.6
1.7
4.2
0.8
0.1
3.3
7.0
46.5
1.3
34.1
1.7
2.1
80.0
54.5
0.3
1.3
1.8
6,416
2,680
515
1,305
250
17
563
762
14Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
130
393
36.7
20.8
3.8
10.3
2.3
0.3
7.9
17.1
46.2
1.1
29.1
4.6
6.2
74.9
52.4
1.2
2.6
3.9
14,412
8,156
1,502
4,066
911
124
1,523
1,428
15Ricky Sobers
R. Sobers
130
504
26.3
12.4
2.0
4.0
1.1
0.2
4.9
10.7
45.5
0.9
29.1
2.5
2.9
84.2
51.9
0.6
1.4
2.6
13,245
6,273
1,011
2,038
578
94
1,317
1,488
16Freeman Williams
F. Williams
127
251
21.6
15.9
1.6
1.7
0.8
0.1
6.5
14.0
46.2
1.5
33.1
2.5
3.0
83.0
52.0
0.8
0.8
1.9
5,411
3,992
412
433
205
16
469
445
17Chris Ford
C. Ford
126
231
27.8
8.6
2.0
2.8
1.1
0.3
3.6
8.1
44.6
1.5
37.5
0.8
1.1
73.5
50.0
0.9
1.1
1.2
6,429
1,979
452
652
253
60
284
533
18Micheal Ray Richardson
M. Ray Richardson
124
484
35.9
16.1
5.8
7.6
2.8
0.4
6.7
14.5
46.0
1.2
22.0
2.5
3.6
70.1
50.1
1.9
4.0
3.5
17,371
7,784
2,823
3,686
1,363
188
1,713
1,671
19Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
117
211
16.4
8.2
3.1
0.7
0.6
0.1
3.3
7.4
44.2
1.5
37.6
1.1
1.5
72.6
50.7
1.4
1.7
0.8
3,459
1,724
656
149
127
25
174
327
20Brad Davis
B. Davis
114
480
29.3
10.6
2.3
6.5
1.0
0.1
4.0
7.6
53.4
0.7
32.4
2.3
2.7
83.9
60.5
0.4
1.9
1.7
14,066
5,102
1,118
3,118
460
67
838
1,189
21Brian Winters
B. Winters
114
267
28.4
13.7
2.4
3.7
1.0
0.2
5.7
12.0
47.6
1.2
36.3
1.9
2.2
84.3
52.8
0.6
1.8
2.0
7,584
3,663
643
1,000
273
51
521
712
22Fred Brown
F. Brown
110
391
20.5
11.5
1.6
2.8
0.8
0.1
4.9
10.1
48.8
0.8
37.3
1.4
1.6
84.4
53.1
0.5
1.2
1.3
8,033
4,504
629
1,081
330
49
512
551
23Reggie Theus
R. Theus
110
553
33.5
18.6
3.5
6.7
1.3
0.2
6.7
14.1
47.7
0.9
22.0
4.9
6.0
81.8
55.3
1.3
2.2
3.6
18,503
10,259
1,931
3,697
723
123
1,995
1,696
24Andrew Toney
A. Toney
107
387
28.5
17.3
2.3
4.3
0.9
0.2
6.7
13.2
50.7
0.8
34.6
3.6
4.6
79.7
56.9
0.5
1.7
3.2
11,028
6,698
877
1,669
340
91
1,232
1,228
25John Lucas
J. Lucas
103
435
27.8
10.6
2.2
7.5
1.3
0.1
4.1
9.1
45.2
0.9
27.5
2.2
2.8
76.2
51.3
0.5
1.7
2.2
12,093
4,607
977
3,281
572
24
970
784
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