which center has made the most 3 pointers per game in nba history

Karl-Anthony Towns has made the most career three-pointers per game by a center with 1.7 per game.

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Assumption:400+ GP
Data note: Three-Pointers Made Per Game: player season data complete from 1979-80

	NAME	3PM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	1.7	731	33.7	22.7	11.2	3.1	0.8	1.1	8.3	15.9	52.2	4.3	39.7	4.4	5.3	83.9	62.4	2.8	8.4	2.7	24,638	16,614	8,174	2,302	596	817	1,968	2,483	+1734
2	Naz Reid N. Reid	1.5	495	21.9	12.0	5.2	1.5	0.7	0.9	4.6	9.5	47.8	4.1	37.0	1.4	1.9	72.5	58.0	1.1	4.0	1.3	10,836	5,952	2,562	738	342	451	643	1,195	+157
3	Myles Turner M. Turner	1.4	664	29.1	14.1	6.7	1.4	0.7	2.2	5.1	10.4	49.2	3.8	36.4	2.5	3.2	77.1	59.6	1.4	5.3	1.4	19,297	9,332	4,456	905	472	1,467	947	1,941	+455
4	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	1.3	406	24.1	10.0	4.0	1.3	0.7	0.5	3.3	7.6	43.9	3.4	39.1	2.0	2.5	80.5	57.3	1.0	3.0	0.9	9,797	4,048	1,608	530	301	187	382	811	+1009
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1.2	501	31.8	27.4	10.7	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.0	18.1	49.8	3.5	33.4	8.2	9.9	83.1	61.1	2.2	8.5	3.4	15,954	13,741	5,377	1,849	440	792	1,688	1,475	+2704
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1.1	820	32.0	22.2	11.1	7.5	1.3	0.7	8.5	15.2	56.0	3.2	36.0	4.1	5.0	82.5	64.0	2.7	8.4	3.0	26,267	18,244	9,085	6,170	1,059	601	2,449	2,197	+4653
7	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	1.1	409	30.7	14.5	7.2	1.8	0.6	0.7	5.1	11.1	46.0	2.9	38.5	3.2	3.9	81.0	56.6	1.9	5.3	1.6	12,538	5,913	2,934	755	228	278	661	1,225	+361
8	Kelly Olynyk K. Olynyk	1.1	626	22.1	10.1	5.0	2.7	0.8	0.5	3.6	7.4	49.3	3.0	36.8	1.7	2.2	78.5	60.4	1.2	3.9	1.6	13,849	6,329	3,155	1,659	513	286	1,019	1,736	+177
9	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	1.0	1,190	29.7	15.4	5.9	1.4	0.6	1.8	5.9	11.8	49.5	2.9	35.3	2.7	3.3	79.6	57.8	1.9	4.1	1.5	35,390	18,287	7,062	1,721	682	2,156	1,822	3,051	+1020
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	1.0	1,047	31.0	16.9	10.3	2.9	0.8	0.9	7.2	14.5	49.7	2.7	35.0	1.6	2.0	77.3	55.0	2.5	7.8	1.7	32,429	17,714	10,738	3,038	860	890	1,758	2,490	-1566
11	Raef LaFrentz R. LaFrentz	0.9	456	26.3	10.3	6.1	1.1	0.5	1.8	4.1	8.8	46.3	2.3	36.9	1.4	2.0	69.3	53.7	1.8	4.4	0.9	11,997	4,706	2,800	500	227	809	428	1,544	-36
12	Mike Muscala M. Muscala	0.9	437	14.6	5.8	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.5	2.1	4.5	46.4	2.3	37.9	0.7	0.9	83.2	58.8	0.8	2.3	0.5	6,361	2,531	1,347	348	143	198	237	592	-73
13	Al Horford A. Horford	0.9	1,126	31.1	12.7	7.8	3.1	0.8	1.2	5.2	10.3	51.0	2.3	37.8	1.4	1.8	76.4	57.5	1.9	5.9	1.4	35,039	14,326	8,743	3,496	848	1,299	1,537	2,339	+3459
14	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	0.8	472	27.7	11.9	8.2	2.0	0.7	0.7	4.5	8.7	51.2	2.4	31.9	2.3	3.1	74.0	59.4	2.3	5.9	1.5	13,096	5,637	3,854	932	318	339	702	1,414	-623
15	Moritz Wagner M. Wagner	0.7	410	16.3	9.0	3.9	1.2	0.5	0.3	3.2	6.2	51.9	2.2	33.0	1.9	2.3	80.7	62.6	1.0	2.9	1.1	6,678	3,695	1,586	480	207	112	447	872	-573
16	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	0.7	654	29.8	19.6	10.2	3.0	1.3	1.1	7.0	15.2	46.0	2.0	33.1	5.0	6.7	73.7	53.9	2.6	7.6	3.3	19,508	12,802	6,664	1,979	874	742	2,149	2,421	-554
17	Spencer Hawes S. Hawes	0.5	573	23.9	9.2	6.0	1.9	0.4	1.0	3.8	8.3	45.9	1.5	35.1	1.0	1.4	69.9	51.1	1.6	4.5	1.5	13,709	5,255	3,458	1,081	227	595	864	1,521	-1557
18	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	0.5	891	32.2	14.0	7.4	3.4	0.9	1.4	5.2	10.8	48.1	1.3	36.0	3.2	4.1	77.6	55.7	1.6	5.8	2.0	28,719	12,514	6,604	2,996	792	1,254	1,755	2,551	+1139
19	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	0.4	587	30.6	16.0	9.0	3.3	1.1	0.8	6.0	11.7	51.6	1.3	31.0	3.5	4.7	75.4	58.1	2.2	6.8	2.0	17,941	9,390	5,275	1,966	642	480	1,187	1,370	+1011
20	Gorgui Dieng G. Dieng	0.4	464	16.7	6.4	5.0	1.2	0.6	0.8	2.4	4.9	48.5	1.1	35.6	1.3	1.6	77.4	56.9	1.5	3.4	0.9	7,752	2,948	2,302	536	286	358	440	866	-1130
21	Dewayne Dedmon D. Dedmon	0.4	515	17.3	6.3	5.8	0.7	0.5	0.8	2.5	4.7	52.6	1.1	33.6	1.0	1.3	73.1	59.3	1.5	4.2	1.0	8,895	3,255	2,970	358	258	409	497	1,290	-299
22	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	0.3	442	34.8	18.8	8.4	1.8	0.9	1.1	6.8	13.6	50.3	0.9	32.3	4.8	5.9	80.4	57.8	2.3	6.1	1.9	15,374	8,294	3,693	816	378	497	856	1,091	+1033
23	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	0.3	470	24.2	12.0	7.3	2.1	0.8	1.1	4.4	8.9	50.0	0.9	32.8	2.8	3.6	78.6	57.4	1.6	5.7	1.8	11,375	5,629	3,436	964	370	494	837	1,290	+1559
24	Marreese Speights M. Speights	0.2	593	14.5	7.9	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.5	3.1	6.6	46.6	0.7	35.2	1.5	1.8	80.3	53.1	1.3	2.7	0.8	8,620	4,664	2,368	373	160	305	500	1,311	-334
25	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	0.2	1,002	24.4	12.8	9.0	1.4	0.4	0.9	5.1	9.1	56.1	0.7	34.0	2.3	3.0	79.3	61.6	2.7	6.4	1.6	24,429	12,846	9,052	1,379	393	905	1,604	2,759	+508

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1	Lakers	11	2	.846
2	Spurs	10	2	.833	0.5
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Sat 11/14	CHI	@	MIN	8:00 PM
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Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
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Karl-Anthony Towns has made the most career three-pointers per game by a center with 1.7 per game.

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