Before 2017-18, Ray Allen buried the most threes, with 2,973 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most threes made by a player before 2018

	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	2,242	1,359	30.3	13.8	2.4	3.9	1.1	0.2	5.0	11.4	44.4	4.3	38.0	2.0	2.4	84.5	55.5	0.4	2.0	1.8	41,220	18,715	3,226	5,356	1,561	262	2,390	2,525	+1699
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2,143	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
5	Kyle Korver K. Korver	2,049	1,031	26.5	10.0	3.1	1.8	0.7	0.3	3.4	7.8	44.3	4.6	43.1	1.1	1.3	88.0	59.9	0.3	2.8	1.1	27,315	10,295	3,194	1,877	722	352	1,128	2,208	+2333
6	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	2,049	1,182	30.6	15.3	2.3	3.5	0.9	0.2	5.3	12.9	41.0	5.0	35.0	3.0	3.4	86.1	53.0	0.4	2.0	1.9	36,124	18,084	2,764	4,124	1,106	250	2,282	1,847	-725
7	Vince Carter V. Carter	2,049	1,347	32.0	18.2	4.6	3.3	1.1	0.6	6.6	15.1	43.8	4.1	37.4	3.5	4.4	79.9	53.6	1.2	3.4	1.8	43,136	24,555	6,140	4,510	1,421	810	2,473	3,668	+2188
8	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
9	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	1,938	1,221	35.2	16.4	4.0	4.0	0.9	0.2	6.3	14.2	44.2	4.2	37.4	2.2	2.8	80.1	53.1	0.9	3.1	2.0	43,029	20,033	4,887	4,918	1,053	253	2,402	2,185	+917
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1,917	574	34.7	22.8	4.4	6.8	1.8	0.2	8.0	16.8	47.6	7.6	43.8	3.5	3.9	90.1	61.6	0.7	3.7	3.2	19,898	13,088	2,502	3,917	1,028	121	1,818	1,441	+3541
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,780	1,394	34.9	21.7	7.8	2.5	0.8	0.9	7.7	16.2	47.3	3.3	38.1	5.1	5.8	87.9	57.8	1.0	6.8	1.7	48,673	30,260	10,893	3,496	1,158	1,218	2,425	3,379	+6663
15	JR Smith	1,774	880	27.0	12.9	3.2	2.2	1.0	0.2	4.7	11.1	42.0	5.4	37.4	1.6	2.2	73.3	53.7	0.5	2.7	1.4	23,730	11,395	2,815	1,912	894	190	1,219	2,006	+1590
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Mike Miller M. Miller	1,590	1,032	26.9	10.6	4.2	2.6	0.6	0.2	3.9	8.5	45.9	3.8	40.7	1.3	1.7	76.9	57.6	0.6	3.6	1.5	27,812	10,973	4,376	2,666	573	229	1,561	2,043	-168
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