nba league average 3 point percentage by position 1980s

Point guards had a three-point percentage of 28.5 between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons.

POSITION3P%GPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PAFTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
28.5
35,401
24.5
9.8
2.3
5.1
1.3
0.2
3.8
8.2
46.6
0.2
0.6
2.0
2.5
79.1
52.6
0.6
1.7
2.0
868,676
346,977
82,489
180,337
44,461
5,538
69,392
74,413
2
Shooting Guard
31.1
39,856
23.8
11.9
2.6
2.9
1.0
0.2
4.7
10.0
47.3
0.2
0.6
2.2
2.8
79.3
52.9
0.9
1.7
1.7
949,613
472,972
104,724
114,139
40,191
9,603
67,983
85,244
3
Small Forward
28.8
38,006
24.5
12.6
4.4
2.1
0.9
0.4
5.0
10.2
48.9
0.1
0.3
2.5
3.2
76.7
54.0
1.6
2.8
1.7
932,679
477,367
167,491
80,533
32,563
16,279
66,093
91,335
4
Power Forward
22.1
40,992
23.1
9.8
5.8
1.5
0.7
0.7
3.8
7.7
49.7
0.0
0.1
2.1
2.9
72.2
54.4
2.0
3.8
1.6
945,829
402,924
237,665
60,306
27,809
28,232
67,431
113,635
5
Center
19.8
38,404
22.9
9.6
6.2
1.4
0.6
1.1
3.8
7.5
50.3
0.0
0.0
2.1
2.9
72.5
55.0
1.9
4.2
1.6
878,833
370,031
236,744
53,591
21,495
42,096
62,775
107,709
StatMuse has season-level data for three-point percentage going back to the 1979-80 season.

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EasternWLPCTGB
1
36
12
.750
2
31
18
.633
5.5
3
31
18
.633
5.5
4
30
21
.588
7.5
5
30
21
.588
7.5
6
27
21
.563
9.0
7
27
24
.529
10.5
8
25
23
.521
11.0
9
24
26
.480
13.0
10
24
27
.471
13.5
11
22
28
.440
15.0
12
18
29
.383
17.5
13
13
35
.271
23.0
14
13
35
.271
23.0
15
13
36
.265
23.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
39
11
.780
2
33
16
.673
5.5
3
33
17
.660
6.0
4
30
17
.638
7.5
5
31
19
.620
8.0
6
29
19
.604
9.0
7
30
20
.600
9.0
8
27
23
.540
12.0
9
23
25
.479
15.0
10
23
27
.460
16.0
11
19
30
.388
19.5
12
18
29
.383
19.5
13
15
35
.300
24.0
14
13
38
.255
26.5
15
12
39
.235
27.5

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