all-time leader in total 3 pointers before 2016

Before 2015-16, Ray Allen made the most threes, with 2,973 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	Ray Allen R. Allen	2,973	1,300	46,344	24,505	5,272	4,361	1,451	244	8,567	18,955	45.2	7,429	40.0	4,398	4,920	89.4	58.0	1,230	4,042	2,709	2,858	+3491	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	2.1
2	Reggie Miller R. Miller	2,560	1,389	47,619	25,279	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	8,241	17,499	47.1	6,486	39.5	6,237	7,026	88.8	61.4	883	3,299	2,409	2,730	+2015	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	1.7
3	Jason Terry J. Terry	2,076	1,213	38,597	17,986	3,041	5,155	1,468	233	6,599	14,812	44.6	5,463	38.0	2,712	3,207	84.6	55.4	468	2,573	2,305	2,339	+1558	31.8	14.8	2.5	4.2	1.2	0.2	1.9
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2,053	1,250	44,372	25,899	7,293	4,627	1,715	723	8,496	18,998	44.7	5,531	37.1	6,854	8,499	80.6	57.0	1,079	6,214	3,458	3,474	+3261	35.5	20.7	5.8	3.7	1.4	0.6	2.8
5	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1,988	1,391	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	6,219	15,557	40.0	5,701	34.9	3,103	3,954	78.5	50.7	1,768	6,957	4,003	2,572	+3868	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	2.9
6	Vince Carter V. Carter	1,878	1,214	40,331	23,574	5,767	4,321	1,323	758	8,550	19,451	44.0	5,020	37.4	4,596	5,751	79.9	53.6	1,524	4,243	2,388	3,404	+2063	33.2	19.4	4.8	3.6	1.1	0.6	2.0
7	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	1,830	1,043	33,008	15,802	2,992	5,636	1,051	168	4,738	11,413	41.5	4,725	38.7	4,496	5,029	89.4	58.0	480	2,512	2,138	2,169	+2655	31.6	15.2	2.9	5.4	1.0	0.2	2.0
8	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	1,816	1,021	31,841	15,956	2,490	3,727	993	224	5,530	13,474	41.0	5,195	35.0	3,080	3,589	85.8	53.0	400	2,090	2,035	1,610	-912	31.2	15.6	2.4	3.7	1.0	0.2	2.0
9	Rashard Lewis R. Lewis	1,787	1,049	33,541	15,579	5,433	1,765	1,115	541	5,644	12,479	45.2	4,625	38.6	2,504	3,111	80.5	56.3	1,418	4,015	1,577	2,430	+1560	32.0	14.9	5.2	1.7	1.1	0.5	1.5
10	Peja Stojakovic P. Stojakovic	1,760	804	26,966	13,647	3,782	1,408	747	106	4,825	10,719	45.0	4,392	40.1	2,237	2,500	89.5	57.7	747	3,035	1,090	1,398	+2742	33.5	17.0	4.7	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.4
11	Kyle Korver K. Korver	1,729	884	23,161	8,878	2,748	1,603	628	296	3,047	6,886	44.2	3,998	43.2	1,055	1,197	88.1	59.9	291	2,457	961	1,940	+2077	26.2	10.0	3.1	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.1
12	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	1,719	1,209	34,778	19,004	4,201	1,746	974	183	7,323	15,275	47.9	4,266	40.3	2,639	3,365	78.4	56.7	1,533	2,668	1,771	2,480	-57	28.8	15.7	3.5	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.5
13	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	1,712	1,062	38,483	18,326	4,352	4,456	956	231	7,026	15,874	44.3	4,615	37.1	2,562	3,204	80.0	53.0	971	3,381	2,174	1,946	+853	36.2	17.3	4.1	4.2	0.9	0.2	2.0
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,694	1,280	46,774	32,482	6,800	6,122	1,882	627	11,321	25,087	45.1	5,079	33.4	8,146	9,730	83.7	55.3	1,458	5,342	3,881	3,238	+4724	36.5	25.4	5.3	4.8	1.5	0.5	3.0
15	Steve Nash S. Nash	1,685	1,217	38,069	17,387	3,642	10,335	899	102	6,321	12,892	49.0	3,939	42.8	3,060	3,384	90.4	60.5	643	2,999	3,478	1,982	+5043	31.3	14.3	3.0	8.5	0.7	0.1	2.9
16	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	1,608	857	29,241	14,644	4,245	2,284	995	367	5,558	12,681	43.8	4,344	37.0	1,920	2,714	70.7	52.8	1,033	3,212	1,503	1,963	-106	34.1	17.1	5.0	2.7	1.2	0.4	1.8
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,575	1,265	44,885	28,119	10,051	3,282	1,076	1,128	9,894	20,810	47.5	4,117	38.3	6,756	7,689	87.9	58.1	1,366	8,685	2,290	3,105	+6420	35.5	22.2	7.9	2.6	0.9	0.9	1.8
18	Mike Miller M. Miller	1,563	965	27,288	10,882	4,285	2,604	558	225	3,985	8,662	46.0	3,838	40.7	1,349	1,755	76.9	57.7	624	3,661	1,531	1,981	-73	28.3	11.3	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.2	1.6
19	Glen Rice G. Rice	1,559	1,000	34,985	18,336	4,387	2,097	958	265	6,776	14,867	45.6	3,896	40.0	3,225	3,813	84.6	55.4	946	3,441	1,733	2,361	+1039	35.0	18.3	4.4	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.7
20	Eddie Jones E. Jones	1,546	954	32,778	14,155	3,857	2,812	1,620	580	4,932	11,286	43.7	4,147	37.3	2,745	3,394	80.9	55.4	761	3,096	1,507	2,483	+2491	34.4	14.8	4.0	2.9	1.7	0.6	1.6
21	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	1,542	867	30,626	15,373	2,855	7,095	1,428	129	5,640	13,076	43.1	4,345	35.5	2,551	3,263	78.2	53.0	544	2,311	2,481	2,027	+1691	35.3	17.7	3.3	8.2	1.6	0.1	2.9
22	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	1,528	880	28,969	12,658	2,545	5,777	726	92	4,636	11,458	40.5	4,278	35.7	1,858	2,341	79.4	50.7	375	2,170	1,850	1,380	+35	32.9	14.4	2.9	6.6	0.8	0.1	2.1
23	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	1,517	1,001	33,962	14,698	3,103	5,517	1,172	149	5,410	12,412	43.6	3,999	37.9	2,361	2,943	80.2	53.6	529	2,574	2,134	1,931	+793	33.9	14.7	3.1	5.5	1.2	0.1	2.1
24	JR Smith	1,475	762	20,181	10,089	2,485	1,720	773	158	3,630	8,563	42.4	3,966	37.2	1,354	1,836	73.7	53.8	405	2,080	1,134	1,725	+1208	26.5	13.2	3.3	2.3	1.0	0.2	1.5
25	Michael Finley M. Finley	1,454	1,103	37,996	17,306	4,804	3,245	996	323	6,696	15,095	44.4	3,880	37.5	2,460	3,032	81.1	52.7	1,121	3,683	1,629	1,812	+1949	34.4	15.7	4.4	2.9	0.9	0.3	1.5