nba league average 3 point percentage by position 90s

Point guards sank 34.9 percent of their threes between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons.

POSITION3P%GPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PAFTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
34.9
44,161
24.3
9.5
2.3
4.8
1.1
0.1
3.5
8.0
44.3
0.6
1.7
1.8
2.3
78.9
52.8
0.6
1.8
1.8
1,074,307
420,646
102,683
209,811
49,415
6,093
78,550
81,880
+521
2
Shooting Guard
35.7
43,469
25.0
11.5
2.9
2.5
1.0
0.3
4.3
9.6
44.9
0.7
2.1
2.2
2.7
79.4
53.4
0.9
2.0
1.5
1,088,490
499,399
124,954
109,404
42,442
11,367
66,875
87,106
+1949
3
Small Forward
34.7
42,687
25.1
11.1
4.1
2.0
0.9
0.4
4.3
9.2
46.1
0.5
1.4
2.1
2.8
75.8
53.1
1.3
2.8
1.5
1,070,675
473,816
175,983
84,000
37,140
18,611
63,955
95,676
-750
4
Power Forward
30.6
47,077
23.5
9.7
5.8
1.4
0.7
0.6
3.8
7.8
48.4
0.1
0.4
2.0
2.9
71.2
53.6
2.0
3.8
1.4
1,106,278
455,373
273,663
65,744
32,023
29,376
66,626
118,096
-1882
5
Center
28.6
44,163
21.4
8.3
5.6
1.0
0.5
1.1
3.2
6.6
49.2
0.0
0.1
1.8
2.6
68.6
53.6
1.8
3.8
1.3
945,670
365,614
248,388
44,287
23,414
47,137
57,613
114,448
+162
StatMuse has season-level data for three-point percentage going back to the 1979-80 season.

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62
.244
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63
.232
41.0
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65
.207
43.0
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64
18
.780
2
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62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
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53
29
.646
11.0
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30
.634
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6
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33
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45
37
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40
.512
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