Before 2021-22, Ray Allen buried the most threes, with 2,973 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most threes made by a player before 2022

	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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2,832	762	34.3	24.2	4.6	6.5	1.7	0.2	8.3	17.4	47.7	8.6	43.3	3.8	4.2	90.7	62.6	0.7	3.9	3.1	26,149	18,434	3,503	4,984	1,282	164	2,392	1,851	+4914
3	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
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	2,445	877	34.4	25.1	5.5	6.5	1.6	0.5	7.4	16.7	44.4	7.7	36.3	7.5	8.7	85.8	61.1	0.8	4.7	3.7	30,198	22,045	4,794	5,730	1,367	476	3,255	2,303	+3525
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	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	2,051	682	36.3	24.7	4.2	6.6	1.0	0.3	8.1	18.4	43.9	8.0	37.5	5.5	6.2	89.3	58.4	0.6	3.6	2.8	24,778	16,815	2,856	4,514	665	210	1,912	1,331	+1898
11	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
12	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
13	LeBron James L. James	1,979	1,310	38.2	27.0	7.4	7.4	1.6	0.7	9.8	19.5	50.4	4.4	34.5	5.8	7.9	73.3	58.6	1.2	6.3	3.5	50,056	35,367	9,751	9,696	2,063	982	4,592	2,395	+7126
14	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
15	JJ Redick	1,950	940	25.5	12.8	2.0	2.0	0.4	0.1	4.3	9.5	44.7	5.0	41.5	2.2	2.5	89.2	60.2	0.2	1.8	1.1	23,966	12,028	1,903	1,862	420	88	1,040	1,417	+2733
16	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
17	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
18	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	1,827	960	31.8	14.9	4.4	6.2	1.3	0.3	4.8	11.2	42.4	5.2	36.8	3.4	4.2	81.2	56.7	0.8	3.6	2.3	30,480	14,272	4,193	5,995	1,283	281	2,251	2,633	+2599
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Paul George P. George	1,761	706	33.5	20.2	6.4	3.5	1.7	0.4	6.9	15.7	43.6	6.5	38.4	4.0	4.7	84.7	56.8	0.9	5.5	2.6	23,664	14,275	4,522	2,465	1,201	311	1,862	1,882	+2757
23	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
24	Wesley Matthews W. Matthews	1,729	849	31.0	12.6	2.9	2.1	1.0	0.2	4.3	10.2	42.1	5.4	37.9	2.0	2.4	82.4	56.0	0.5	2.4	1.2	26,348	10,672	2,499	1,750	866	172	1,027	1,798	+919
25	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