most career three pointers before 1989

Before 1988-89, Larry Bird hit the most threes, with 455 three-pointers.

  • Regular season
NAME3PMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Larry Bird
L. Bird
455
711
38.5
25.0
10.2
6.1
1.8
0.8
9.9
19.6
50.3
1.7
37.7
4.7
5.3
87.9
57.0
2.2
8.0
3.2
27,371
17,783
7,282
4,367
1,294
598
2,250
1,888
2Darrell Griffith
D. Griffith
341
526
31.5
19.2
3.7
2.7
1.4
0.4
8.2
17.4
46.9
2.0
32.6
2.2
3.1
70.0
51.0
1.2
2.5
2.6
16,572
10,093
1,933
1,397
735
194
1,368
1,265
3Craig Hodges
C. Hodges
321
444
25.7
9.9
1.6
3.1
1.0
0.0
4.0
8.5
46.9
1.9
38.4
1.2
1.5
81.4
54.1
0.6
1.1
1.5
11,420
4,404
729
1,362
432
17
671
1,084
4Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
310
368
25.3
15.5
3.9
1.6
0.8
0.2
6.1
12.5
48.7
2.2
38.3
2.5
3.2
76.5
55.6
1.8
2.2
1.6
9,322
5,703
1,443
584
305
68
584
815
5Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
298
710
27.9
9.3
3.3
4.4
1.3
0.6
3.7
7.7
48.0
1.3
33.4
1.6
1.9
82.6
54.9
0.9
2.4
1.8
19,834
6,621
2,351
3,137
893
455
1,243
1,936
6Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
290
511
27.9
10.8
2.7
4.3
1.2
0.1
4.4
9.0
49.0
1.5
38.9
1.4
1.6
86.3
55.6
0.7
2.0
1.6
14,254
5,543
1,380
2,207
619
57
793
1,312
7Mike 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
8Trent Tucker
T. Tucker
227
436
22.0
9.0
2.2
2.3
1.0
0.1
3.9
8.2
46.9
1.2
42.3
0.7
1.0
75.1
51.8
0.8
1.4
0.9
9,604
3,908
957
1,007
428
56
383
1,048
9World 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
10Mike McGee
M. McGee
205
426
16.3
9.0
2.1
1.2
0.7
0.1
3.8
7.7
49.1
1.4
34.9
0.9
1.5
61.5
53.6
1.1
1.0
1.2
6,964
3,828
887
497
283
36
492
800
11Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
204
522
33.8
24.9
5.8
3.8
0.9
0.4
9.7
19.6
49.5
1.3
30.6
5.1
6.8
74.3
55.0
2.2
3.5
3.1
17,625
12,977
3,009
1,974
473
195
1,606
1,590
12John Lucas
J. Lucas
200
559
27.2
10.9
2.3
7.1
1.3
0.1
4.2
9.3
45.1
1.2
30.7
2.2
2.8
76.9
51.8
0.5
1.8
2.1
15,217
6,103
1,261
3,963
731
33
1,184
968
13Joe 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
14Kyle 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
15Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
186
476
31.6
16.0
3.1
6.2
1.5
0.3
5.8
12.5
46.3
1.2
31.3
4.0
4.9
82.8
54.6
0.9
2.2
2.8
15,018
7,607
1,471
2,951
693
135
1,346
1,164
16Byron Scott
B. Scott
183
394
30.2
16.3
3.0
3.0
1.4
0.2
6.7
13.1
51.2
1.2
37.9
2.4
2.8
84.0
56.7
0.8
2.2
1.7
11,909
6,408
1,182
1,201
546
96
669
905
17Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
179
555
36.7
20.5
3.8
10.0
2.2
0.3
7.8
16.9
46.2
1.2
27.9
4.6
6.0
75.5
52.4
1.1
2.7
3.9
20,352
11,404
2,099
5,557
1,205
161
2,139
1,896
18Brad Davis
B. Davis
176
637
26.9
9.8
2.1
6.0
0.9
0.1
3.7
7.0
52.3
0.8
33.1
2.1
2.5
84.1
59.9
0.4
1.7
1.6
17,128
6,216
1,334
3,794
574
95
1,043
1,497
19Derek Harper
D. Harper
172
402
29.0
12.1
2.6
5.6
1.8
0.4
4.9
9.9
49.1
1.3
31.7
1.9
2.6
72.6
54.6
0.7
1.9
1.8
11,668
4,845
1,042
2,258
727
141
706
862
20Don 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
21Michael Adams
M. Adams
167
163
25.9
10.0
2.2
4.7
1.6
0.1
3.6
8.4
43.4
3.0
34.5
1.7
2.1
83.3
53.9
0.5
1.7
1.4
4,220
1,630
352
769
262
23
236
235
22Leon Wood
L. Wood
157
234
17.6
6.9
1.2
3.3
0.5
0.0
2.4
6.0
39.4
2.0
33.3
1.5
1.9
78.3
50.2
0.3
0.9
1.1
4,109
1,611
285
771
116
4
259
263
23Brian 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
24Mike 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
25Kevin 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
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