Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Cooper buried the most threes in the playoffs, with 121 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most playoff 3 pointers 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	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	121	159	28.7	9.8	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	3.6	7.6	47.3	1.9	39.8	1.8	2.2	82.5	57.1	0.9	2.6	1.5	4,571	1,558	550	678	196	92	245	453
2	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	78	112	29.9	10.8	2.5	4.4	1.1	0.1	4.3	9.2	46.5	1.8	39.2	1.6	1.9	82.9	53.9	0.7	1.8	1.6	3,354	1,211	282	489	122	11	175	340
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	72	145	42.6	24.5	10.7	6.4	1.9	0.9	9.2	19.3	47.6	1.4	35.3	5.7	6.4	89.2	55.5	2.4	8.3	3.2	6,176	3,559	1,547	932	277	135	463	421
4	Byron Scott B. Scott	64	106	31.8	15.8	3.3	2.5	1.4	0.2	6.2	12.6	49.6	1.7	36.4	2.7	3.3	81.6	56.1	0.9	2.4	1.6	3,366	1,671	351	268	149	19	172	272
5	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	58	51	28.5	10.6	1.7	3.4	1.5	0.2	4.2	9.3	45.2	3.1	36.5	1.0	1.3	79.7	53.5	0.6	1.1	1.4	1,456	539	85	171	75	8	69	144
6	Mike Evans M. Evans	44	58	18.5	9.1	1.8	2.8	0.7	0.1	3.5	8.4	41.4	2.7	28.4	1.4	1.7	82.5	49.8	0.3	1.5	1.7	1,071	526	106	160	43	7	97	127
7	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	41	46	28.7	16.3	4.4	1.5	0.9	0.3	6.6	14.6	45.4	2.5	36.0	2.2	2.8	77.1	51.5	1.9	2.5	1.7	1,319	752	201	71	40	13	79	116
8	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	41	29	32.1	17.2	4.1	2.6	1.4	0.3	6.8	15.7	43.3	4.0	35.7	2.2	3.2	70.7	50.5	1.0	3.0	2.5	932	500	118	74	41	10	73	57
9	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	39	73	38.7	22.0	4.6	9.3	2.4	0.4	8.2	18.3	44.6	1.8	29.3	5.2	6.7	76.9	51.8	1.3	3.3	3.3	2,822	1,606	335	676	173	29	240	239
10	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	32	55	20.9	8.1	1.8	3.4	0.9	0.0	3.0	6.9	43.4	1.8	31.7	1.5	1.8	85.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	1.6	1,150	447	98	185	48	2	86	158
11	Michael Adams M. Adams	29	16	35.2	13.3	3.8	5.2	1.8	0.1	4.4	11.9	36.6	5.3	34.1	2.8	3.3	84.6	49.8	0.9	2.9	2.3	563	213	60	83	28	2	36	31
12	Bob Hansen B. Hansen	28	35	24.7	9.8	2.9	1.9	0.4	0.1	3.7	7.7	48.0	1.6	50.0	1.6	2.0	77.5	56.7	0.8	2.0	1.5	865	343	100	66	15	4	52	97
13	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	27	74	21.0	9.7	3.4	1.7	0.6	0.2	4.1	9.0	45.8	0.9	38.6	1.1	1.6	68.6	50.1	1.1	2.3	1.0	1,557	720	250	125	48	14	76	154
14	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	25	27	33.8	11.9	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.9	4.8	10.4	46.3	2.3	40.3	1.4	2.1	64.9	52.6	2.1	4.6	2.5	913	322	181	91	31	24	67	96
15	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	25	18	40.4	19.5	3.1	9.0	1.9	0.2	6.9	14.4	48.3	2.8	49.0	4.2	4.8	87.4	59.0	0.8	2.2	3.2	728	351	55	162	34	3	57	44
16	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	24	62	32.4	20.1	6.1	3.1	0.8	0.3	8.1	16.5	49.2	1.3	30.0	3.5	4.8	72.8	54.0	2.1	4.0	2.2	2,009	1,249	376	194	47	17	135	180
17	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	24	136	39.1	17.2	4.1	6.2	1.4	0.5	6.5	14.7	43.9	0.8	23.1	4.1	4.9	82.8	50.9	1.2	2.9	2.7	5,324	2,337	562	837	194	62	363	432
18	Derek Harper D. Harper	23	45	31.8	11.2	2.4	6.0	1.8	0.2	4.4	9.4	46.5	1.6	32.9	2.0	2.6	74.8	53.1	0.8	1.6	1.6	1,431	506	106	272	79	8	70	106
19	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	23	31	18.4	6.9	1.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	2.8	5.7	48.9	1.7	44.2	0.6	0.9	64.3	56.6	0.5	1.0	0.7	569	213	48	50	26	5	21	63
20	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	22	73	33.9	12.7	10.0	1.9	0.7	0.7	5.1	10.7	48.0	0.9	32.8	2.1	2.7	79.9	53.5	2.3	7.7	1.4	2,477	927	731	140	52	52	105	259
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22	158	39.3	19.0	7.7	12.4	2.1	0.4	6.8	13.2	51.8	0.7	20.6	5.1	6.2	82.6	59.4	1.9	5.8	3.6	6,204	2,999	1,220	1,965	324	63	571	450
22	Kyle Macy K. Macy	20	44	28.6	9.1	2.5	3.9	1.0	0.1	3.8	8.3	46.6	1.2	37.7	1.0	1.2	83.0	52.0	0.8	1.8	1.3	1,258	402	112	170	44	3	56	99
23	Brian Winters B. Winters	19	29	31.8	12.8	2.8	4.1	1.2	0.2	5.1	11.1	46.0	1.7	39.6	1.9	2.3	83.6	52.8	0.7	2.1	2.3	921	371	81	119	35	6	67	92
24	John Lucas J. Lucas	18	33	21.4	9.9	1.9	4.1	0.8	0.1	3.7	9.1	41.0	2.1	26.1	1.9	2.5	73.8	48.4	0.5	1.4	1.2	705	326	63	136	28	2	39	47
25	Mike McGee M. McGee	18	58	13.7	8.1	1.8	0.9	0.4	0.0	3.3	6.6	51.1	0.9	33.3	1.1	1.7	62.6	55.2	1.1	0.7	0.9	794	468	105	53	22	2	52	94