Point guards had 3.98 three-point attempts per game played in 2022-23.
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NBA league 2023 average 3 point attempts per game by position| POSITION | 3PA/GP | 3PA | GP | SEASON | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TPG | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | +/- | |
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| 1 | Point Guard | 3.98 | 19,067 | 4,791 | 2022-23 | 24.1 | 11.8 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 9.5 | 44.6 | 1.4 | 35.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 81.5 | 56.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 115,518 | 56,426 | 14,605 | 20,405 | 4,294 | 1,276 | 7,538 | 8,220 | +1545 |
| 2 | Shooting Guard | 4.11 | 28,211 | 6,869 | 2022-23 | 23.4 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 9.1 | 45.0 | 1.5 | 37.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 81.2 | 57.1 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 161,015 | 79,135 | 20,912 | 16,884 | 4,985 | 1,834 | 9,009 | 12,119 | -201 |
| 3 | Small Forward | 3.72 | 18,591 | 5,000 | 2022-23 | 24.1 | 11.1 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 46.1 | 1.3 | 36.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 80.6 | 57.7 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 120,340 | 55,525 | 19,799 | 9,944 | 3,591 | 1,772 | 5,811 | 9,280 | -1719 |
| 4 | Power Forward | 2.64 | 13,538 | 5,132 | 2022-23 | 21.7 | 9.9 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 7.4 | 49.6 | 0.9 | 35.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 74.1 | 59.0 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 111,211 | 50,602 | 25,113 | 8,665 | 2,913 | 2,786 | 5,711 | 10,273 | -973 |
| 5 | Center | 1.16 | 4,758 | 4,102 | 2022-23 | 21.1 | 9.9 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 6.7 | 57.4 | 0.4 | 34.8 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 71.5 | 63.2 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 86,707 | 40,439 | 26,429 | 6,381 | 2,150 | 3,780 | 4,971 | 9,257 | +1348 |
StatMuse has season-level data for three-point attempts going back to the 1979-80 season.
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