Before 2019-20, Ray Allen buried the most threes, with 2,973 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most threes made by a player before 2020

	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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2,483	694	34.4	23.5	4.5	6.6	1.7	0.2	8.1	17.1	47.7	8.2	43.6	3.7	4.0	90.5	62.4	0.7	3.8	3.1	23,859	16,315	3,132	4,588	1,200	154	2,163	1,721	+4715
4	Kyle Korver K. Korver	2,351	1,174	25.7	9.9	3.0	1.7	0.7	0.3	3.4	7.7	44.3	4.7	42.9	1.1	1.2	87.8	60.1	0.3	2.7	1.1	30,223	11,567	3,521	2,046	778	391	1,242	2,444	+2734
5	Jason Terry J. Terry	2,282	1,410	29.8	13.4	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.2	4.9	11.1	44.4	4.3	38.0	2.0	2.3	84.5	55.4	0.4	2.0	1.7	42,034	18,881	3,274	5,415	1,603	275	2,415	2,577	+1718
6	Vince Carter V. Carter	2,229	1,481	30.7	17.2	4.4	3.2	1.0	0.6	6.2	14.2	43.7	4.0	37.4	3.3	4.1	79.8	53.7	1.1	3.3	1.7	45,492	25,430	6,482	4,666	1,507	863	2,557	3,905	+1944
7	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	2,220	1,326	29.4	14.6	2.2	3.4	0.9	0.2	5.1	12.4	41.0	4.8	34.8	2.8	3.2	86.2	52.9	0.4	1.9	1.9	38,988	19,414	2,948	4,538	1,179	271	2,476	2,007	-1256
8	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
9	James Harden J. Harden	2,025	765	34.1	24.3	5.2	6.2	1.6	0.5	7.2	16.2	44.3	7.3	36.5	7.3	8.5	85.7	60.9	0.8	4.5	3.6	26,106	18,627	4,000	4,743	1,189	383	2,770	1,977	+3136
10	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
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,982	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
12	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	1,978	1,276	34.7	16.0	4.0	3.9	0.8	0.2	6.1	13.9	44.1	4.2	37.1	2.2	2.7	80.2	53.0	0.8	3.1	1.9	44,234	20,405	5,059	5,001	1,071	260	2,451	2,252	+833
13	JR Smith	1,929	971	27.0	12.5	3.2	2.1	1.0	0.2	4.5	10.8	41.9	5.3	37.3	1.5	2.0	73.2	53.6	0.5	2.7	1.4	26,196	12,131	3,068	2,074	973	204	1,311	2,186	+1462
14	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
15	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
16	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	1,798	615	33.1	19.5	3.5	2.3	0.9	0.5	7.3	16.0	45.9	7.0	41.9	1.9	2.3	84.8	57.5	0.4	3.0	1.7	20,340	11,995	2,130	1,416	561	332	1,053	1,313	+3676
17	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
18	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
19	LeBron James L. James	1,727	1,198	38.6	27.2	7.4	7.2	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.4	4.2	34.3	6.0	8.1	73.6	58.6	1.2	6.2	3.5	46,236	32,543	8,880	8,662	1,937	921	4,163	2,207	+6398
20	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
21	JJ Redick	1,704	836	25.9	12.9	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.1	4.3	9.7	44.8	4.9	41.3	2.2	2.5	89.0	60.0	0.2	1.8	1.1	21,662	10,784	1,688	1,692	389	75	929	1,271	+2752
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,570	849	36.9	27.0	7.1	4.1	1.1	1.1	9.2	18.7	49.3	4.9	38.1	6.8	7.7	88.3	61.3	0.7	6.3	3.1	31,305	22,940	5,992	3,486	948	941	2,653	1,618	+3678