Before 2016-17, Ray Allen hit the most threes, with 2,973 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most threes made by a player before 2017

	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	2,169	1,285	31.0	14.3	2.4	4.1	1.2	0.2	5.3	11.8	44.4	4.5	37.9	2.1	2.5	84.5	55.4	0.4	2.1	1.8	39,855	18,408	3,120	5,258	1,515	242	2,354	2,430	+1591
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2,128	1,318	34.6	20.0	5.7	3.6	1.3	0.6	6.6	14.7	44.5	4.4	36.9	5.2	6.5	80.7	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.7	45,603	26,316	7,479	4,698	1,748	740	3,516	3,603	+3317
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	1,937	1,274	32.4	18.8	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.6	6.8	15.5	43.9	4.1	37.3	3.7	4.6	80.0	53.6	1.2	3.4	1.9	41,336	23,969	5,913	4,377	1,361	774	2,423	3,505	+2030
7	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	1,933	1,100	30.9	15.5	2.4	3.6	1.0	0.2	5.4	13.1	41.0	5.0	34.9	3.0	3.5	86.1	53.0	0.4	2.0	2.0	33,967	17,076	2,635	3,910	1,045	236	2,148	1,732	-744
8	Kyle Korver K. Korver	1,887	964	26.5	10.0	3.1	1.8	0.7	0.3	3.4	7.8	44.2	4.6	42.9	1.1	1.3	87.9	59.7	0.3	2.8	1.1	25,562	9,617	3,008	1,767	688	331	1,059	2,101	+2504
9	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	1,832	1,143	36.0	16.9	4.1	4.2	0.9	0.2	6.5	14.6	44.2	4.3	37.2	2.3	2.9	80.1	53.1	0.9	3.2	2.0	41,186	19,318	4,644	4,774	1,017	235	2,333	2,092	+799
10	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
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,827	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,701	1,340	35.3	22.0	7.9	2.5	0.8	0.9	7.8	16.4	47.4	3.3	38.1	5.2	5.9	87.9	58.0	1.1	6.8	1.8	47,249	29,491	10,540	3,414	1,128	1,180	2,374	3,266	+6677
16	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
17	JR Smith	1,679	839	26.9	13.2	3.2	2.2	1.0	0.2	4.7	11.2	42.3	5.3	37.5	1.7	2.3	73.4	53.9	0.5	2.7	1.4	22,543	11,044	2,702	1,850	854	179	1,193	1,929	+1518
18	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
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1,593	495	34.9	22.4	4.3	6.9	1.8	0.2	7.9	16.6	47.7	7.3	44.4	3.4	3.7	90.2	61.5	0.7	3.6	3.2	17,259	11,089	2,149	3,393	886	104	1,579	1,258	+2526
20	Mike Miller M. Miller	1,582	1,012	27.3	10.8	4.3	2.6	0.6	0.2	4.0	8.6	45.9	3.8	40.7	1.3	1.7	76.9	57.6	0.6	3.7	1.5	27,661	10,945	4,338	2,644	571	229	1,548	2,034	-163
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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