most three pointers in one season before 1991

Before 1990-91, Michael Adams sank the most threes in a season, with 166 three-pointers in 1988-89.

Interpreted as:

most three pointers by a player in one season before 1991

	NAME	3PM	SEASON	TM	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 Adams M. Adams	166	1988-89	DEN	77	36.2	18.5	3.7	6.4	2.2	0.1	6.1	14.1	43.3	6.1	35.6	4.2	5.1	81.9	56.7	0.9	2.8	2.3	2,787	1,424	283	490	166	11	180	149
2	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	162	1988-89	SEA	82	38.9	27.5	4.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	10.5	20.9	50.1	4.1	47.8	4.6	5.6	81.6	58.9	1.9	2.3	2.7	3,190	2,253	342	164	108	22	218	197
3	Michael Adams M. Adams	158	1989-90	DEN	79	34.1	15.5	2.8	6.3	1.5	0.0	5.0	12.5	40.2	5.5	36.6	3.4	4.0	85.0	54.2	0.6	2.2	1.8	2,690	1,221	225	495	121	3	141	133
4	Mark Price M. Price	152	1989-90	CLE	73	37.1	19.6	3.4	9.1	1.6	0.1	6.7	14.6	45.9	5.1	40.6	4.1	4.6	88.8	58.9	0.9	2.5	2.9	2,706	1,430	251	666	114	5	214	89
5	Reggie Miller R. Miller	150	1989-90	IND	82	38.9	24.6	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	8.1	15.7	51.4	4.4	41.4	6.6	7.6	86.8	64.5	1.2	2.4	2.7	3,192	2,016	295	311	110	18	222	175
6	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	148	1987-88	BOS	81	37.3	15.7	3.1	6.2	1.4	0.2	6.0	12.1	49.1	4.4	41.5	2.0	2.2	87.8	59.8	0.7	2.3	1.9	3,018	1,270	249	503	115	17	153	203
7	Michael Adams M. Adams	139	1987-88	DEN	82	33.9	13.9	2.7	6.1	2.0	0.2	5.1	11.3	44.9	4.6	36.7	2.0	2.4	83.4	56.0	0.5	2.2	1.8	2,778	1,137	223	503	168	16	144	138
8	Harold Pressley H. Pressley	119	1988-89	SAC	80	28.2	12.3	6.1	2.2	1.2	1.0	4.8	10.9	43.9	3.7	40.3	1.2	1.5	78.0	52.9	2.7	3.4	1.6	2,257	981	485	174	93	76	124	215
9	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	118	1988-89	NYK	81	22.5	8.5	2.2	1.6	1.1	0.1	3.2	7.1	45.4	3.7	39.9	0.5	0.7	78.2	56.9	0.7	1.5	0.7	1,824	687	176	132	88	6	59	163
10	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	116	1988-89	TOT	73	32.6	17.5	3.5	5.5	1.3	0.1	6.6	14.4	45.7	4.2	38.0	2.8	3.3	85.4	55.4	1.0	2.5	2.0	2,377	1,281	255	402	93	8	145	186
11	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	109	1988-89	HOU	82	34.0	14.2	3.7	8.6	1.5	0.1	4.8	10.9	44.3	3.6	37.3	3.2	3.8	84.5	56.5	0.6	3.1	3.1	2,788	1,162	306	709	124	11	253	196
12	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	108	1989-90	SAC	75	36.4	17.9	4.3	6.0	1.5	0.2	6.7	15.4	43.8	3.9	37.4	3.0	3.6	83.1	52.8	0.9	3.4	2.5	2,727	1,342	326	453	113	18	185	238
13	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	107	1987-88	SEA	75	37.2	25.8	4.5	2.6	1.0	0.1	10.2	20.3	50.3	3.5	41.3	4.0	5.3	76.7	57.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2,790	1,938	340	197	74	11	172	221
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	106	1989-90	LAL	79	37.2	22.3	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	6.9	14.4	48.0	3.5	38.4	7.2	8.1	89.0	62.2	1.6	5.0	3.7	2,937	1,765	522	907	132	34	289	167
15	Craig Ehlo C. Ehlo	104	1989-90	CLE	81	35.7	13.6	5.4	4.6	1.6	0.3	5.4	11.6	46.4	3.1	41.9	1.6	2.3	68.1	53.9	1.8	3.6	2.0	2,894	1,102	439	371	126	23	161	226
16	Derek Harper D. Harper	99	1988-89	DAL	81	36.6	17.3	2.8	7.0	2.1	0.5	6.6	13.9	47.7	3.4	35.6	2.8	3.5	80.6	56.1	0.6	2.2	2.5	2,968	1,404	228	570	172	41	205	219
17	Reggie Miller R. Miller	98	1988-89	IND	74	34.3	16.0	3.9	3.1	1.3	0.4	5.4	11.2	47.9	3.3	40.2	3.9	4.6	84.4	60.2	1.0	3.0	1.9	2,536	1,181	292	227	93	29	143	170
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	98	1987-88	BOS	76	39.0	29.9	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	11.6	22.0	52.7	3.1	41.4	5.5	6.0	91.6	60.8	1.4	7.8	2.8	2,965	2,275	703	467	125	57	213	157
19	Johnny Newman J. Newman	97	1988-89	NYK	81	28.8	16.0	2.5	2.0	1.4	0.3	5.6	11.8	47.5	3.5	33.8	3.5	4.3	81.5	58.2	1.1	1.4	1.9	2,336	1,293	206	162	111	23	153	259
20	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	96	1989-90	SEA	55	37.0	23.5	4.3	2.0	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.4	49.7	4.7	37.5	3.5	4.3	81.8	58.0	1.6	2.7	2.2	2,033	1,293	238	110	59	7	119	124
21	Dana Barros D. Barros	95	1989-90	SEA	81	20.1	9.7	1.6	2.5	0.7	0.0	3.7	9.1	40.5	2.9	39.9	1.1	1.4	80.9	49.7	0.4	1.2	1.5	1,630	782	132	205	53	1	123	97
22	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	95	1989-90	NYK	81	21.3	8.2	2.1	2.1	0.9	0.1	3.1	7.5	41.7	3.0	38.8	0.8	1.1	76.7	51.8	0.7	1.4	0.9	1,725	667	174	173	74	8	73	159
23	Chuck Person C. Person	94	1989-90	IND	77	35.2	19.7	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	7.9	16.1	48.7	3.3	37.2	2.7	3.5	78.1	55.7	1.6	4.1	2.2	2,714	1,515	445	230	53	20	170	217
24	Byron Scott B. Scott	93	1989-90	LAL	77	33.7	15.5	3.1	3.6	1.0	0.4	6.1	13.1	47.0	2.9	42.3	2.1	2.7	76.6	54.6	0.7	2.5	1.6	2,593	1,197	242	274	77	31	122	180
25	Mike McGee M. McGee	93	1988-89	NJN	80	25.3	13.0	2.4	1.5	1.0	0.2	5.4	11.5	47.3	3.2	36.5	1.0	1.8	53.5	52.9	0.9	1.5	1.6	2,027	1,038	189	116	80	12	124	184

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