nba league average 3 point percentage by position past 5 years

Point guards have hit 36.0 percent from beyond the arc between June 1, 2021 and June 1, 2026.

POSITION3P%GPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PAFTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
36.0
6,136
92.3
45.3
11.9
16.3
3.6
1.0
16.3
36.8
44.2
5.8
16.0
7.0
8.6
81.8
55.8
2.1
9.7
6.2
566,637
277,937
72,756
100,303
21,823
6,437
38,183
40,627
+4361
2
Shooting Guard
36.6
6,149
132.7
62.7
17.5
14.0
4.4
1.7
22.4
50.2
44.6
8.8
24.1
9.1
11.1
81.6
56.8
3.5
13.9
7.0
816,207
385,419
107,345
85,962
26,966
10,146
42,893
60,144
-3213
3
Small Forward
35.8
6,107
97.8
45.7
16.5
8.6
3.1
1.6
16.6
36.0
46.1
5.6
15.5
7.0
8.8
79.2
57.3
3.8
12.8
4.9
597,291
279,198
100,997
52,627
19,227
9,885
29,780
45,059
-5462
4
Power Forward
35.5
6,101
86.5
39.6
19.1
7.0
2.5
2.2
14.7
30.3
48.7
4.0
11.3
6.1
8.3
74.4
58.5
5.0
14.1
4.4
527,869
241,732
116,561
42,922
15,253
13,566
26,822
45,738
-2198
5
Center
34.7
6,105
75.4
35.2
23.2
6.2
2.1
3.2
13.8
24.9
55.3
1.7
5.0
6.0
8.3
72.0
61.7
7.2
16.0
4.3
460,535
214,999
141,742
37,704
12,689
19,547
26,310
46,506
+6771
StatMuse has game-level data for three-point percentage going back to the 1983-84 season.

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TEAMWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
Knicks Knicks
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
Schedule
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6/3
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8:30 PM
Fri
6/5
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8:30 PM
Mon
6/8
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8:30 PM
Wed
6/10
@
8:30 PM
Sat
6/13
@
8:30 PM
Last Game
NYK Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

93

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EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0

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109-119
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102-112

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8:30 PM
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6/13
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