Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Darrell Griffith had the most three-point attempts, with 1,243 attempts.

Interpreted as:

most three point attempts by a player in the 80s

	NAME	3PA	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	1,243	608	31.2	18.5	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	7.8	16.8	46.6	0.7	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
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,206	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	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	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	1,149	450	27.8	17.7	4.0	1.7	0.9	0.2	6.9	14.0	49.1	1.0	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
4	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	1,103	790	27.6	9.1	3.2	4.4	1.2	0.6	3.6	7.5	47.6	0.5	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
5	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1,051	584	28.5	11.7	2.8	4.5	1.2	0.1	4.7	9.7	48.4	0.7	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
6	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	1,016	503	25.1	9.8	1.6	3.0	0.9	0.0	3.9	8.4	47.0	0.8	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
7	Michael Adams M. Adams	950	240	29.2	12.7	2.6	5.2	1.8	0.1	4.4	10.2	43.3	1.4	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
8	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	886	558	31.9	15.7	3.2	6.6	1.5	0.3	5.6	12.3	46.0	0.5	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
9	Mike McGee M. McGee	843	506	17.8	9.6	2.1	1.2	0.7	0.1	4.0	8.3	48.7	0.6	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	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	840	602	33.6	24.1	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.1	49.2	0.4	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
11	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	833	517	22.1	8.9	2.2	2.2	1.0	0.1	3.8	8.1	46.7	0.7	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
12	Derek Harper D. Harper	820	483	30.3	12.9	2.6	5.9	1.9	0.4	5.2	10.6	48.8	0.6	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
13	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	762	635	36.7	20.3	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.3	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
14	Mike Evans M. Evans	753	591	16.7	7.7	1.4	2.6	0.7	0.1	3.1	6.9	45.2	0.4	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	719	633	25.4	10.1	2.1	6.7	1.2	0.1	3.9	8.7	44.9	0.3	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	Reggie Theus R. Theus	696	787	33.7	18.7	3.4	6.7	1.2	0.2	6.9	14.5	47.4	0.2	23.0	4.7	5.7	82.7	54.9	1.2	2.2	3.4	26,545	14,729	2,671	5,239	968	171	2,712	2,313
17	Byron Scott B. Scott	676	468	31.0	16.8	3.2	3.1	1.4	0.3	6.9	13.6	50.8	0.6	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
18	Brad Davis B. Davis	634	715	25.9	9.4	2.0	5.6	0.9	0.2	3.5	6.8	52.0	0.3	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	World B. Free W. B. Free	632	583	31.8	21.7	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	7.9	17.5	45.2	0.4	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
20	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	604	626	31.3	18.9	4.9	2.7	0.7	0.2	7.8	16.1	48.2	0.3	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
21	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	603	700	23.2	9.5	1.7	4.8	1.3	0.2	3.6	8.1	45.0	0.2	23.4	2.1	2.5	83.4	52.0	0.4	1.2	1.9	16,248	6,684	1,164	3,339	929	120	1,324	1,489
22	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	577	189	14.7	6.9	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	2.8	6.7	40.9	1.0	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
23	Kyle Macy K. Macy	568	551	25.9	9.5	2.2	4.0	1.1	0.1	3.9	7.9	50.1	0.3	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
24	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	564	484	35.9	16.1	5.8	7.6	2.8	0.4	6.7	14.5	46.0	0.3	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
25	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	544	775	23.1	9.7	1.8	3.9	1.2	0.1	3.8	8.1	47.3	0.2	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