Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Mark Price had the best three-point percentage, at 43.8 percent.

Interpreted as:

highest 3pt% with a minimum of 41 3-point field-goals made per 82 team games players in the 80's

	NAME	3P%	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Mark Price M. Price	43.8	222	29.6	14.2	2.4	5.9	1.2	0.1	5.4	10.8	49.7	0.8	1.9	2.6	3.0	88.0	58.6	0.6	1.7	2.3	6,571	3,157	523	1,313	257	23	501	292
2	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	42.8	79	32.6	15.1	2.8	3.0	1.5	0.5	5.6	12.3	45.5	0.9	2.1	3.1	3.7	83.1	54.4	0.6	2.2	2.0	2,577	1,196	225	239	120	37	158	184
3	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	41.4	517	22.1	8.9	2.2	2.2	1.0	0.1	3.8	8.1	46.7	0.7	1.6	0.7	0.9	75.4	52.5	0.8	1.4	0.9	11,428	4,595	1,133	1,139	516	62	442	1,211
4	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	41.1	450	27.8	17.7	4.0	1.7	0.9	0.2	6.9	14.0	49.1	1.0	2.6	2.9	3.7	77.9	56.5	1.8	2.2	1.8	12,512	7,956	1,785	748	413	90	802	1,012
5	Ricky Berry R. Berry	40.6	64	22.0	11.0	3.1	1.3	0.6	0.3	4.0	8.9	45.0	1.0	2.5	2.0	2.6	78.9	55.2	0.9	2.2	1.3	1,406	706	197	80	37	22	82	197
6	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	39.0	503	25.1	9.8	1.6	3.0	0.9	0.0	3.9	8.4	47.0	0.8	2.0	1.2	1.4	81.7	54.5	0.6	1.1	1.4	12,624	4,933	818	1,508	475	21	728	1,174
7	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	38.6	584	28.5	11.7	2.8	4.5	1.2	0.1	4.7	9.7	48.4	0.7	1.8	1.6	1.8	86.1	55.5	0.8	2.0	1.6	16,631	6,824	1,635	2,609	712	65	938	1,498
8	Byron Scott B. Scott	38.5	468	31.0	16.8	3.2	3.1	1.4	0.3	6.9	13.6	50.8	0.6	1.4	2.4	2.9	84.4	56.5	0.8	2.4	1.8	14,514	7,856	1,484	1,432	660	123	826	1,086
9	Reggie Miller R. Miller	38.2	156	28.1	12.8	3.1	2.3	0.9	0.3	4.5	9.3	48.3	1.0	2.7	2.8	3.4	82.9	59.3	1.1	2.0	1.6	4,376	2,003	482	359	146	48	244	327
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	37.7	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
11	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	37.6	199	31.9	11.6	2.2	5.0	1.6	0.3	4.5	9.1	49.2	0.8	2.1	1.8	2.3	80.1	57.3	0.8	1.4	1.7	6,340	2,309	435	1,004	312	57	334	571
12	Chris Ford C. Ford	37.5	231	27.8	8.6	2.0	2.8	1.1	0.3	3.6	8.1	44.6	0.5	1.5	0.8	1.1	73.5	50.0	0.9	1.1	1.2	6,429	1,979	452	652	253	60	284	533
13	Harold Pressley H. Pressley	37.4	227	22.9	9.1	4.5	2.1	1.0	0.7	3.7	8.3	44.1	0.7	1.9	1.0	1.3	77.7	51.0	1.9	2.7	1.4	5,199	2,066	1,030	479	217	152	322	522
14	Chris Morris C. Morris	36.6	76	27.6	14.1	5.2	1.6	1.3	0.8	5.4	11.9	45.7	0.8	2.3	2.4	3.3	71.7	52.8	2.5	2.8	2.5	2,096	1,074	397	119	102	60	190	250
15	Scott Brooks S. Brooks	35.9	82	16.7	5.2	1.1	3.7	0.8	0.0	1.9	4.5	42.0	0.7	1.9	0.7	0.8	88.4	53.3	0.2	0.9	0.8	1,372	428	94	306	69	3	65	116
16	Michael Adams M. Adams	35.1	240	29.2	12.7	2.6	5.2	1.8	0.1	4.4	10.2	43.3	1.4	4.0	2.5	3.0	82.6	55.2	0.6	2.0	1.7	7,007	3,054	635	1,259	428	34	416	384
17	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	33.6	189	14.7	6.9	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	2.8	6.7	40.9	1.0	3.1	0.4	0.5	82.8	49.8	0.4	0.8	0.6	2,775	1,308	226	303	91	13	112	258
18	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	33.3	558	31.9	15.7	3.2	6.6	1.5	0.3	5.6	12.3	46.0	0.5	1.6	3.9	4.7	83.0	54.8	0.8	2.4	2.9	17,806	8,769	1,777	3,660	817	146	1,599	1,360
19	Derek Harper D. Harper	33.0	483	30.3	12.9	2.6	5.9	1.9	0.4	5.2	10.6	48.8	0.6	1.7	2.1	2.8	74.3	54.9	0.7	1.9	1.9	14,636	6,249	1,270	2,828	899	182	911	1,081
20	Rick Barry R. Barry	33.0	72	25.2	12.0	3.3	3.7	1.1	0.4	4.5	10.7	42.2	1.0	3.1	2.0	2.1	93.5	51.7	0.7	2.5	2.1	1,816	866	236	268	80	28	152	182
21	Chuck Person C. Person	32.9	241	36.4	19.1	7.2	3.7	1.0	0.2	8.0	16.9	47.3	0.7	2.2	2.5	3.3	74.5	52.2	2.0	5.2	3.0	8,775	4,610	1,729	893	246	42	729	856
22	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	32.3	608	31.2	18.5	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	7.8	16.8	46.6	0.7	2.0	2.1	3.0	70.8	50.9	1.2	2.5	2.5	18,954	11,228	2,263	1,527	821	216	1,509	1,440
23	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	31.4	75	29.6	16.9	2.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	7.0	16.9	41.4	0.8	2.5	2.1	2.6	79.5	46.7	1.0	1.5	1.5	2,219	1,267	187	176	70	25	113	167
24	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	30.9	154	37.2	15.1	4.8	9.7	2.2	0.1	6.0	13.2	45.0	0.7	2.4	2.5	3.4	73.7	51.4	1.5	3.3	3.1	5,726	2,333	737	1,487	344	13	484	407
25	Johnny Newman J. Newman	30.8	217	21.0	10.9	2.0	1.2	0.9	0.2	3.9	8.5	45.2	0.6	1.9	2.6	3.1	83.1	54.9	1.0	1.0	1.4	4,555	2,359	435	251	203	41	302	530