nba player the made the most total threes in the 80s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Dale Ellis buried the most threes, with 472 three-pointers.

	NAME	3PM	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	472	450	12,512	7,956	1,785	748	413	90	3,098	6,315	49.1	1,149	41.1	1,288	1,653	77.9	56.5	802	983	802	1,012	27.8	17.7	4.0	1.7	0.9	0.2	1.8
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	455	717	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	7,058	14,042	50.3	1,206	37.7	3,328	3,783	88.0	57.0	1,568	5,751	2,261	1,906	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	3.2
3	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	406	584	16,631	6,824	1,635	2,609	712	65	2,746	5,672	48.4	1,051	38.6	926	1,075	86.1	55.5	439	1,196	938	1,498	28.5	11.7	2.8	4.5	1.2	0.1	1.6
4	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	402	608	18,954	11,228	2,263	1,527	821	216	4,762	10,211	46.6	1,243	32.3	1,302	1,838	70.8	50.9	720	1,543	1,509	1,440	31.2	18.5	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	2.5
5	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	396	503	12,624	4,933	818	1,508	475	21	1,979	4,213	47.0	1,016	39.0	579	709	81.7	54.5	278	540	728	1,174	25.1	9.8	1.6	3.0	0.9	0.0	1.4
6	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	378	790	21,777	7,208	2,542	3,451	965	487	2,820	5,930	47.6	1,103	34.3	1,190	1,435	82.9	54.9	682	1,860	1,337	2,122	27.6	9.1	3.2	4.4	1.2	0.6	1.7
7	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	345	517	11,428	4,595	1,133	1,139	516	62	1,947	4,168	46.7	833	41.4	356	472	75.4	52.5	398	735	442	1,211	22.1	8.9	2.2	2.2	1.0	0.1	0.9
8	Michael Adams M. Adams	333	240	7,007	3,054	635	1,259	428	34	1,060	2,446	43.3	950	35.1	601	728	82.6	55.2	151	484	416	384	29.2	12.7	2.6	5.2	1.8	0.1	1.7
9	Mike McGee M. McGee	298	506	8,991	4,866	1,076	613	363	48	2,045	4,199	48.7	843	35.3	478	796	60.1	53.5	531	545	616	984	17.8	9.6	2.1	1.2	0.7	0.1	1.2
10	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	295	558	17,806	8,769	1,777	3,660	817	146	3,149	6,843	46.0	886	33.3	2,176	2,622	83.0	54.8	462	1,315	1,599	1,360	31.9	15.7	3.2	6.6	1.5	0.3	2.9
11	Derek Harper D. Harper	271	483	14,636	6,249	1,270	2,828	899	182	2,490	5,101	48.8	820	33.0	998	1,343	74.3	54.9	343	927	911	1,081	30.3	12.9	2.6	5.9	1.9	0.4	1.9
12	Byron Scott B. Scott	260	468	14,514	7,856	1,484	1,432	660	123	3,234	6,362	50.8	676	38.5	1,128	1,337	84.4	56.5	373	1,111	826	1,086	31.0	16.8	3.2	3.1	1.4	0.3	1.8
13	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	255	602	20,222	14,488	3,395	2,252	518	231	5,654	11,501	49.2	840	30.4	2,925	3,942	74.2	54.7	1,315	2,080	1,814	1,819	33.6	24.1	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	3.0
14	Mike Evans M. Evans	231	591	9,858	4,531	808	1,514	430	51	1,835	4,060	45.2	753	30.7	630	781	80.7	51.4	184	624	818	1,173	16.7	7.7	1.4	2.6	0.7	0.1	1.4
15	John Lucas J. Lucas	218	633	16,059	6,413	1,340	4,223	791	34	2,466	5,498	44.9	719	30.3	1,263	1,649	76.6	51.5	300	1,040	1,250	1,021	25.4	10.1	2.1	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.0
16	World B. Free W. B. Free	213	583	18,515	12,662	1,555	2,303	619	116	4,621	10,229	45.2	632	33.7	3,207	4,187	76.6	52.4	628	927	1,372	1,504	31.8	21.7	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	2.4
17	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	212	635	23,276	12,862	2,372	6,220	1,338	181	4,918	10,632	46.3	762	27.8	2,814	3,697	76.1	52.5	657	1,715	2,437	2,105	36.7	20.3	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	3.8
18	Brad Davis B. Davis	208	715	18,523	6,713	1,442	4,036	622	113	2,533	4,869	52.0	634	32.8	1,439	1,716	83.9	59.7	267	1,175	1,135	1,648	25.9	9.4	2.0	5.6	0.9	0.2	1.6
19	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	194	189	2,775	1,308	226	303	91	13	521	1,275	40.9	577	33.6	72	87	82.8	49.8	75	151	112	258	14.7	6.9	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.6
20	Kyle Macy K. Macy	192	551	14,246	5,259	1,214	2,198	631	49	2,175	4,339	50.1	568	33.8	717	821	87.3	55.9	311	903	712	1,081	25.9	9.5	2.2	4.0	1.1	0.1	1.3
21	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	190	626	19,590	11,825	3,081	1,701	455	129	4,864	10,084	48.2	604	31.5	1,907	2,325	82.0	53.2	1,166	1,915	1,331	1,815	31.3	18.9	4.9	2.7	0.7	0.2	2.1
22	Mark Price M. Price	188	222	6,571	3,157	523	1,313	257	23	1,195	2,404	49.7	429	43.8	579	658	88.0	58.6	135	388	501	292	29.6	14.2	2.4	5.9	1.2	0.1	2.3
23	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	176	775	17,904	7,479	1,365	2,995	908	95	2,964	6,268	47.3	544	32.4	1,375	1,773	77.6	53.1	506	859	1,501	1,813	23.1	9.7	1.8	3.9	1.2	0.1	1.9
24	Chuck Person C. Person	171	241	8,775	4,610	1,729	893	246	42	1,921	4,063	47.3	520	32.9	597	801	74.5	52.2	483	1,246	729	856	36.4	19.1	7.2	3.7	1.0	0.2	3.0
25	Don Buse D. Buse	169	403	9,032	2,513	771	1,488	538	49	991	2,298	43.1	507	33.3	362	472	76.7	50.1	204	567	381	545	22.4	6.2	1.9	3.7	1.3	0.1	0.9

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Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Dale Ellis buried the most threes, with 472 three-pointers.

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