Before 2015-16, Ray Allen buried the most threes, with 2,973 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most threes made by a player before 2016

	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	Ray Allen R. Allen	2,973	1,300	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	6.6	14.6	45.2	5.7	40.0	3.4	3.8	89.4	58.0	0.9	3.1	2.1	46,344	24,505	5,272	4,361	1,451	244	2,709	2,858	+3491
2	Reggie Miller R. Miller	2,560	1,389	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	5.9	12.6	47.1	4.7	39.5	4.5	5.1	88.8	61.4	0.6	2.4	1.7	47,619	25,279	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	2,730	+2015
3	Jason Terry J. Terry	2,076	1,213	31.8	14.8	2.5	4.2	1.2	0.2	5.4	12.2	44.6	4.5	38.0	2.2	2.6	84.6	55.4	0.4	2.1	1.9	38,597	17,986	3,041	5,155	1,468	233	2,305	2,339	+1558
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2,053	1,250	35.5	20.7	5.8	3.7	1.4	0.6	6.8	15.2	44.7	4.4	37.1	5.5	6.8	80.6	57.0	0.9	5.0	2.8	44,372	25,899	7,293	4,627	1,715	723	3,458	3,474	+3261
5	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1,988	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
6	Vince Carter V. Carter	1,878	1,214	33.2	19.4	4.8	3.6	1.1	0.6	7.0	16.0	44.0	4.1	37.4	3.8	4.7	79.9	53.6	1.3	3.5	2.0	40,331	23,574	5,767	4,321	1,323	758	2,388	3,404	+2063
7	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	1,830	1,043	31.6	15.2	2.9	5.4	1.0	0.2	4.5	10.9	41.5	4.5	38.7	4.3	4.8	89.4	58.0	0.5	2.4	2.0	33,008	15,802	2,992	5,636	1,051	168	2,138	2,169	+2655
8	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	1,816	1,021	31.2	15.6	2.4	3.7	1.0	0.2	5.4	13.2	41.0	5.1	35.0	3.0	3.5	85.8	53.0	0.4	2.0	2.0	31,841	15,956	2,490	3,727	993	224	2,035	1,610	-912
9	Rashard Lewis R. Lewis	1,787	1,049	32.0	14.9	5.2	1.7	1.1	0.5	5.4	11.9	45.2	4.4	38.6	2.4	3.0	80.5	56.3	1.4	3.8	1.5	33,541	15,579	5,433	1,765	1,115	541	1,577	2,430	+1560
10	Peja Stojakovic P. Stojakovic	1,760	804	33.5	17.0	4.7	1.8	0.9	0.1	6.0	13.3	45.0	5.5	40.1	2.8	3.1	89.5	57.7	0.9	3.8	1.4	26,966	13,647	3,782	1,408	747	106	1,090	1,398	+2742
11	Kyle Korver K. Korver	1,729	884	26.2	10.0	3.1	1.8	0.7	0.3	3.4	7.8	44.2	4.5	43.2	1.2	1.4	88.1	59.9	0.3	2.8	1.1	23,161	8,878	2,748	1,603	628	296	961	1,940	+2077
12	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	1,719	1,209	28.8	15.7	3.5	1.4	0.8	0.2	6.1	12.6	47.9	3.5	40.3	2.2	2.8	78.4	56.7	1.3	2.2	1.5	34,778	19,004	4,201	1,746	974	183	1,771	2,480	-57
13	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	1,712	1,062	36.2	17.3	4.1	4.2	0.9	0.2	6.6	14.9	44.3	4.3	37.1	2.4	3.0	80.0	53.0	0.9	3.2	2.0	38,483	18,326	4,352	4,456	956	231	2,174	1,946	+853
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,694	1,280	36.5	25.4	5.3	4.8	1.5	0.5	8.8	19.6	45.1	4.0	33.4	6.4	7.6	83.7	55.3	1.1	4.2	3.0	46,774	32,482	6,800	6,122	1,882	627	3,881	3,238	+4724
15	Steve Nash S. Nash	1,685	1,217	31.3	14.3	3.0	8.5	0.7	0.1	5.2	10.6	49.0	3.2	42.8	2.5	2.8	90.4	60.5	0.5	2.5	2.9	38,069	17,387	3,642	10,335	899	102	3,478	1,982	+5043
16	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	1,608	857	34.1	17.1	5.0	2.7	1.2	0.4	6.5	14.8	43.8	5.1	37.0	2.2	3.2	70.7	52.8	1.2	3.7	1.8	29,241	14,644	4,245	2,284	995	367	1,503	1,963	-106
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,575	1,265	35.5	22.2	7.9	2.6	0.9	0.9	7.8	16.5	47.5	3.3	38.3	5.3	6.1	87.9	58.1	1.1	6.9	1.8	44,885	28,119	10,051	3,282	1,076	1,128	2,290	3,105	+6420
18	Mike Miller M. Miller	1,563	965	28.3	11.3	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.2	4.1	9.0	46.0	4.0	40.7	1.4	1.8	76.9	57.7	0.6	3.8	1.6	27,288	10,882	4,285	2,604	558	225	1,531	1,981	-73
19	Glen Rice G. Rice	1,559	1,000	35.0	18.3	4.4	2.1	1.0	0.3	6.8	14.9	45.6	3.9	40.0	3.2	3.8	84.6	55.4	0.9	3.4	1.7	34,985	18,336	4,387	2,097	958	265	1,733	2,361	+1039
20	Eddie Jones E. Jones	1,546	954	34.4	14.8	4.0	2.9	1.7	0.6	5.2	11.8	43.7	4.3	37.3	2.9	3.6	80.9	55.4	0.8	3.2	1.6	32,778	14,155	3,857	2,812	1,620	580	1,507	2,483	+2491
21	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	1,542	867	35.3	17.7	3.3	8.2	1.6	0.1	6.5	15.1	43.1	5.0	35.5	2.9	3.8	78.2	53.0	0.6	2.7	2.9	30,626	15,373	2,855	7,095	1,428	129	2,481	2,027	+1691
22	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	1,528	880	32.9	14.4	2.9	6.6	0.8	0.1	5.3	13.0	40.5	4.9	35.7	2.1	2.7	79.4	50.7	0.4	2.5	2.1	28,969	12,658	2,545	5,777	726	92	1,850	1,380	+35
23	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	1,517	1,001	33.9	14.7	3.1	5.5	1.2	0.1	5.4	12.4	43.6	4.0	37.9	2.4	2.9	80.2	53.6	0.5	2.6	2.1	33,962	14,698	3,103	5,517	1,172	149	2,134	1,931	+793
24	JR Smith	1,475	762	26.5	13.2	3.3	2.3	1.0	0.2	4.8	11.2	42.4	5.2	37.2	1.8	2.4	73.7	53.8	0.5	2.7	1.5	20,181	10,089	2,485	1,720	773	158	1,134	1,725	+1208
25	Michael Finley M. Finley	1,454	1,103	34.4	15.7	4.4	2.9	0.9	0.3	6.1	13.7	44.4	3.5	37.5	2.2	2.7	81.1	52.7	1.0	3.3	1.5	37,996	17,306	4,804	3,245	996	323	1,629	1,812	+1949