Rick Barry has the most shot attempts in a game 3, with 48 attempts in Game 3 of the 1967 NBA Finals against the 76ers.

Interpreted as:

most shot by a player attempts in a game 3

	NAME	FGA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Rick Barry R. Barry	48	4/18/1967	SFW	vs	PHI	46	55	12	5			22	45.8				11	19	57.9	48.8				4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	6/13/1993	CHI	vs	PHX	57	44	9	6	2	1	19	44.2	3	9	33.3	3	6	50.0	48.2	3	6	3	5
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	42	3/14/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	47	53	22	2			24	57.1				5	16	31.3	54.0				0
4	CJ McCollum	39	5/3/2019	POR	vs	DEN	60	41	8	4	4	1	16	41.0	4	11	36.4	5	6	83.3	49.2	2	6	1	4	+6
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	38	3/27/1962	LAL	@	DET		34	17				14	36.8				6	10	60.0	40.1				3
6	LeBron James L. James	37	5/24/2015	CLE	vs	ATL	47	37	18	13	3	0	14	37.8	1	6	16.7	8	10	80.0	44.7	8	10	6	4	-3
7	Vince Carter V. Carter	37	4/28/2005	NJN	vs	MIA	55	36	9	10	3	0	15	40.5	2	9	22.2	4	6	66.7	45.4	3	6	7	5	0
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37	4/14/1972	MIL	vs	LAL	48	33	21	6			15	40.5				3	6	50.0	41.6				4
9	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	37	3/27/1948	PHI	vs	STL		30		0			12	32.4				6	7	85.7	37.4				5
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	36	4/5/1964	SFW	@	STL	48	46	23	2			19	52.8				8	16	50.0	53.4				5
11	James Harden J. Harden	35	4/25/2014	HOU	@	POR	50	37	9	6	2	0	13	37.1	3	11	27.3	8	9	88.9	47.5	1	8	1	3	+11
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	5/11/1996	CHI	@	NYK	51	46	4	2	2	0	17	48.6	2	5	40.0	10	13	76.9	56.5	3	1	4	2
13	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	35	6/13/1993	CHI	vs	PHX	56	26	10	9	1	3	12	34.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	36.2	5	5	4	3
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	5/1/1990	CHI	@	MIL	46	48	9	5	1	2	20	57.1	1	5	20.0	7	9	77.8	61.6	2	7	5	4
15	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	35	4/16/1975	BUF	@	WAS	48	34	19	2			13	37.1				8	11	72.7	42.7				4
16	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35	4/10/1962	LAL	vs	BOS	48	39	23	4			13	37.1				13	16	81.3	46.4				2
17	LeBron James L. James	34	6/9/2015	CLE	vs	GSW	46	40	12	8	4	2	14	41.2	2	6	33.3	10	12	83.3	50.9	1	11	4	1	+7
18	Vince Carter V. Carter	34	5/12/2006	NJN	vs	MIA	41	43	6	3	0	0	17	50.0	3	6	50.0	6	9	66.7	56.6	2	4	3	4	-23
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	5/10/1991	CHI	@	PHI	42	46	4	6	1	4	20	58.8	0	0		6	9	66.7	60.6	0	4	2	3
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	5/11/1990	CHI	@	PHI	42	49	5	5	4	1	19	55.9	4	11	36.4	7	9	77.8	64.5	2	3	5	4
21	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	34	5/2/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	40	33	19	1	1	0	14	41.2	0	0		5	10	50.0	43.0	5	14	1	5
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	5/3/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	39	44	7	10	5	1	18	52.9	1	1	100.0	7	9	77.8	58.0	2	5	5	4
23	Rick Barry R. Barry	34	4/24/1977	GSW	vs	LAL	42	40	5	2	2	1	18	52.9				4	4	100.0	55.9	4	1		4
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	33	5/21/1999	PHI	vs	IND	47	32	2	6	2	0	13	39.4	2	10	20.0	4	7	57.1	44.3	1	1	2	3	-9
25	Flynn Robinson F. Robinson	33	3/27/1968	CHI	vs	LAL	47	41	7	4			18	54.5				5	8	62.5	56.1				3