Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Alex English had the most shot attempts, with 16,997 attempts.

Interpreted as:

most thrre pointers field goal attempt by a player in NBA 80s

	NAME	FGA	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Alex English A. English	16,997	811	36.0	25.9	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	10.7	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	5.4	83.8	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	29,208	21,018	4,780	3,596	848	634	2,294	2,286
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	14,042	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	13,349	778	37.3	24.5	13.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	8.4	49.1	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.7	9.9	77.5	57.0	5.4	7.8	3.4	29,039	19,082	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	2,659	1,898
4	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	12,206	679	33.8	20.9	5.8	1.4	0.7	0.5	8.8	49.2	0.0	0.1	21.6	3.1	4.0	78.2	52.8	2.1	3.7	1.8	22,961	14,161	3,917	950	479	371	1,198	1,797
5	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	11,937	559	36.9	26.0	6.8	2.4	1.5	0.7	10.0	46.7	0.2	0.9	26.9	5.8	7.3	80.4	53.0	2.9	3.8	2.7	20,644	14,557	3,784	1,357	811	403	1,485	1,196
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	11,707	787	32.6	20.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	8.5	57.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.6	4.9	74.3	60.6	2.0	5.6	2.6	25,675	16,246	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	2,037	2,258
7	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	11,680	684	36.8	26.5	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.4	55.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.8	9.5	82.0	62.5	2.2	3.3	3.0	25,201	18,157	3,721	2,206	647	92	2,039	1,833
8	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	11,501	602	33.6	24.1	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	49.2	0.4	1.4	30.4	4.9	6.5	74.2	54.7	2.2	3.5	3.0	20,222	14,488	3,395	2,252	518	231	1,814	1,819
9	Reggie Theus R. Theus	11,429	787	33.7	18.7	3.4	6.7	1.2	0.2	6.9	47.4	0.2	0.9	23.0	4.7	5.7	82.7	54.9	1.2	2.2	3.4	26,545	14,729	2,671	5,239	968	171	2,712	2,313
10	George Gervin G. Gervin	11,052	547	33.1	26.0	4.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	10.1	49.8	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.7	85.0	56.1	1.4	2.8	2.8	18,086	14,216	2,333	1,455	563	365	1,545	1,515
11	Purvis Short P. Short	10,786	685	30.1	18.6	4.4	2.7	1.1	0.2	7.5	47.6	0.2	0.6	28.2	3.4	4.2	82.7	52.9	1.7	2.7	2.2	20,633	12,740	3,030	1,881	758	146	1,490	2,044
12	Walter Davis W. Davis	10,717	687	29.1	19.1	2.6	4.2	1.2	0.1	8.0	51.2	0.2	0.7	28.2	2.9	3.4	84.8	55.7	0.7	1.9	2.5	19,973	13,106	1,766	2,918	852	74	1,730	1,583
13	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	10,632	635	36.7	20.3	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	7.7	46.3	0.3	1.2	27.8	4.4	5.8	76.1	52.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	23,276	12,862	2,372	6,220	1,338	181	2,437	2,105
14	Robert Parish R. Parish	10,506	786	32.9	17.9	10.4	1.8	0.8	1.7	7.3	54.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.4	72.3	58.3	3.3	7.2	2.4	25,841	14,043	8,195	1,419	660	1,346	1,924	2,424
15	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	10,488	795	34.7	16.8	10.3	3.4	1.1	1.0	6.2	47.1	0.1	0.4	31.3	4.2	5.0	85.6	54.6	2.4	7.9	2.4	27,557	13,342	8,192	2,721	871	829	1,878	2,822
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	10,231	602	34.1	22.0	6.4	3.8	1.8	1.6	8.7	51.1	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.4	56.2	2.5	3.9	2.9	20,506	13,263	3,861	2,282	1,081	983	1,770	1,621
17	World B. Free W. B. Free	10,229	583	31.8	21.7	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	7.9	45.2	0.4	1.1	33.7	5.5	7.2	76.6	52.4	1.1	1.6	2.4	18,515	12,662	1,555	2,303	619	116	1,372	1,504
18	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	10,211	608	31.2	18.5	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	7.8	46.6	0.7	2.0	32.3	2.1	3.0	70.8	50.9	1.2	2.5	2.5	18,954	11,228	2,263	1,527	821	216	1,509	1,440
19	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	10,151	550	34.6	22.1	8.8	2.4	1.4	0.8	9.1	49.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.9	5.5	70.9	52.9	3.2	5.6	2.4	19,052	12,159	4,834	1,345	772	436	1,346	1,974
20	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	10,084	626	31.3	18.9	4.9	2.7	0.7	0.2	7.8	48.2	0.3	1.0	31.5	3.0	3.7	82.0	53.2	1.9	3.1	2.1	19,590	11,825	3,081	1,701	455	129	1,331	1,815
21	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	10,068	783	34.9	15.3	3.9	5.6	1.3	0.6	5.7	44.6	0.1	0.6	18.0	3.7	4.5	81.9	51.4	1.2	2.7	2.5	27,325	11,954	3,078	4,381	1,055	456	1,976	2,265
22	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	9,955	605	33.2	22.8	4.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	8.8	53.2	0.2	0.5	36.2	5.1	5.8	87.0	59.9	1.3	2.7	1.9	20,088	13,775	2,416	1,435	383	215	1,129	1,278
23	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	9,948	634	34.0	20.3	6.8	2.4	0.9	0.6	7.5	47.6	0.2	0.7	31.0	5.2	6.5	79.5	54.8	2.2	4.7	2.9	21,559	12,896	4,341	1,500	564	406	1,808	2,418
24	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	9,788	618	34.0	18.9	8.0	1.9	1.0	1.6	7.6	48.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	4.9	74.4	52.4	2.5	5.5	2.9	21,021	11,657	4,937	1,156	639	999	1,810	2,002
25	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	9,569	620	31.0	17.4	8.4	2.0	1.0	0.7	7.2	46.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.9	4.1	72.2	50.5	2.2	6.2	2.5	19,206	10,794	5,218	1,240	650	441	1,564	1,866