Before 2020-21, Ray Allen sank the most threes, with 2,973 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most threes made by a player before 2021

	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	2,495	699	34.3	23.5	4.5	6.6	1.7	0.2	8.1	17.1	47.6	8.2	43.5	3.7	4.0	90.6	62.3	0.7	3.8	3.1	23,998	16,419	3,158	4,621	1,205	156	2,179	1,732	+4672
4	Kyle Korver K. Korver	2,450	1,232	25.3	9.7	3.0	1.7	0.7	0.3	3.3	7.5	44.2	4.6	42.9	1.1	1.2	87.7	60.2	0.3	2.7	1.0	31,183	11,953	3,643	2,114	804	403	1,290	2,522	+2860
5	James Harden J. Harden	2,324	833	34.3	25.2	5.3	6.3	1.6	0.5	7.4	16.7	44.3	7.7	36.3	7.6	8.8	85.8	61.1	0.8	4.6	3.7	28,589	20,962	4,446	5,255	1,314	443	3,078	2,204	+3423
6	Vince Carter V. Carter	2,290	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.8	43.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	46,367	25,728	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
7	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
8	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	2,221	1,327	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	38,994	19,419	2,948	4,541	1,179	271	2,476	2,008	-1252
9	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
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	1,930	977	26.9	12.4	3.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	4.5	10.7	41.9	5.3	37.3	1.5	2.0	73.3	53.6	0.5	2.6	1.3	26,275	12,148	3,073	2,077	974	204	1,315	2,191	+1427
14	JJ Redick	1,884	896	25.9	13.1	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.1	4.4	9.7	44.8	5.1	41.6	2.2	2.5	89.1	60.3	0.2	1.9	1.1	23,243	11,701	1,839	1,811	409	85	1,004	1,367	+2731
15	LeBron James L. James	1,875	1,265	38.4	27.1	7.4	7.4	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.4	4.3	34.4	5.9	8.0	73.4	58.6	1.2	6.2	3.5	48,552	34,241	9,405	9,346	2,015	957	4,424	2,325	+6839
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1,776	615	36.4	24.2	4.2	6.5	1.0	0.3	8.0	18.2	43.7	7.7	37.3	5.4	6.1	88.9	57.9	0.6	3.6	2.8	22,380	14,887	2,573	4,009	603	193	1,709	1,229	+1700
21	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
22	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
23	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	1,696	914	31.6	14.7	4.3	6.2	1.4	0.3	4.7	11.2	42.3	5.1	36.6	3.5	4.3	80.9	56.6	0.8	3.5	2.3	28,879	13,481	3,946	5,657	1,238	267	2,125	2,490	+2605
24	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
25	Wesley Matthews W. Matthews	1,663	791	31.9	13.1	3.0	2.1	1.0	0.2	4.5	10.6	42.3	5.5	38.1	2.1	2.5	82.4	56.1	0.5	2.5	1.3	25,218	10,393	2,406	1,696	828	155	1,001	1,718	+881