Before 1988-89, Danny Ainge had the most three-pointers per game played in a season, with 1.83 in 1987-88.

Interpreted as:

most 3pm/games by a player in a season before 1989

	NAME	3PM/GP	3PM	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1.83	148	81	1987-88	BOS	37.3	15.7	3.1	6.2	1.4	0.2	6.0	12.1	49.1	4.4	41.5	2.0	2.2	87.8	59.8	0.7	2.3	1.9	3,018	1,270	249	503	115	17	153	203
2	Michael Adams M. Adams	1.7	139	82	1987-88	DEN	33.9	13.9	2.7	6.1	2.0	0.2	5.1	11.3	44.9	4.6	36.7	2.0	2.4	83.4	56.0	0.5	2.2	1.8	2,778	1,137	223	503	168	16	144	138
3	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	1.43	107	75	1987-88	SEA	37.2	25.8	4.5	2.6	1.0	0.1	10.2	20.3	50.3	3.5	41.3	4.0	5.3	76.7	57.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2,790	1,938	340	197	74	11	172	221
4	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	1.3	86	66	1987-88	TOT	21.9	9.5	1.2	2.3	0.7	0.0	3.7	7.9	46.3	2.7	49.1	0.9	1.1	83.1	56.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	1,445	629	78	153	46	2	77	118
5	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	1.29	53	41	1980-81	TOT	17.4	8.7	1.7	1.8	0.3	0.0	3.5	8.3	42.1	3.8	34.0	0.4	0.5	81.0	51.0	0.6	1.1	0.5	714	356	68	74	13	2	22	65
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	1.29	98	76	1987-88	BOS	39.0	29.9	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	11.6	22.0	52.7	3.1	41.4	5.5	6.0	91.6	60.8	1.4	7.8	2.8	2,965	2,275	703	467	125	57	213	157
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	1.22	90	74	1986-87	BOS	40.6	28.1	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	10.6	20.2	52.5	3.0	40.0	5.6	6.1	91.0	61.2	1.7	7.5	3.2	3,005	2,076	682	566	135	70	240	185
8	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1.2	85	71	1986-87	BOS	35.2	14.8	3.4	5.6	1.4	0.2	5.8	11.9	48.6	2.7	44.3	2.1	2.3	89.7	57.4	0.7	2.7	2.0	2,499	1,053	242	400	101	14	141	189
9	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	1.18	92	78	1984-85	UTA	35.6	22.6	4.4	3.1	1.7	0.4	9.3	20.4	45.7	3.3	35.8	2.8	3.8	72.5	51.2	1.6	2.8	3.2	2,776	1,764	344	243	133	30	247	178
10	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	1.15	90	78	1979-80	SDC	35.3	13.5	2.4	4.3	1.9	0.3	5.4	11.5	46.7	3.1	37.7	1.7	2.1	80.2	54.6	1.0	1.4	1.8	2,754	1,056	188	335	147	25	141	246
11	Mike McGee M. McGee	1.13	86	76	1986-87	ATL	18.7	10.4	2.1	2.0	0.8	0.0	4.1	8.9	45.9	3.0	37.6	1.1	1.8	58.4	53.4	0.9	1.2	1.4	1,420	788	159	149	61	2	104	156
12	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	1.12	19	17	1983-84	MIL	23.8	11.2	1.6	4.6	0.7	0.1	4.1	7.5	55.1	2.6	42.2	1.9	2.4	80.0	66.0	0.4	1.3	2.1	404	191	28	78	12	1	36	51
13	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	1.11	91	82	1983-84	UTA	32.3	20.0	4.1	3.5	1.4	0.3	8.5	17.4	49.0	3.1	36.1	1.8	2.6	69.6	53.9	1.2	3.0	3.0	2,650	1,636	338	283	114	23	243	202
14	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	1.11	73	66	1985-86	MIL	26.3	10.8	1.8	3.5	1.1	0.0	4.3	8.6	50.0	2.5	45.1	1.1	1.3	87.2	59.1	0.6	1.2	1.3	1,739	716	117	229	74	2	89	157
15	Mike McGee M. McGee	1.1	53	48	1987-88	TOT	20.9	12.0	2.7	1.5	1.1	0.1	4.6	11.0	42.1	3.3	33.1	1.6	2.1	74.5	50.0	1.1	1.5	1.4	1,003	575	128	71	52	6	65	81
16	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	1.09	85	78	1986-87	MIL	27.5	10.8	1.8	3.1	1.0	0.1	4.0	8.7	46.2	2.9	37.3	1.7	1.9	89.1	56.7	0.6	1.2	1.6	2,147	846	140	240	76	7	124	189
17	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	1.09	89	82	1986-87	LAL	27.5	10.5	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.5	3.9	9.0	43.8	2.8	38.5	1.5	1.8	85.1	53.6	0.7	2.4	1.2	2,253	859	254	373	78	43	102	199
18	John Lucas J. Lucas	1.07	46	43	1986-87	MIL	31.6	17.5	2.9	6.7	1.7	0.1	6.6	14.5	45.7	2.9	36.5	3.2	4.0	78.7	53.7	0.7	2.2	2.1	1,358	753	125	290	71	6	89	82
19	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	1.05	86	82	1986-87	SEA	37.5	24.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	0.4	9.6	18.5	51.6	2.9	35.8	4.7	6.0	78.7	58.8	2.3	3.2	2.9	3,073	2,041	447	238	104	32	238	267
20	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	1.04	71	68	1981-82	GSW	11.6	5.7	0.8	1.5	0.4	0.0	2.1	5.6	37.7	3.1	33.2	0.5	0.5	83.8	49.0	0.2	0.6	0.5	787	390	53	104	30	3	36	94
21	Rick Barry R. Barry	1.01	73	72	1979-80	HOU	25.2	12.0	3.3	3.7	1.1	0.4	4.5	10.7	42.2	3.1	33.0	2.0	2.1	93.5	51.7	0.7	2.5	2.1	1,816	866	236	268	80	28	152	182
22	Leon Wood L. Wood	1	52	52	1987-88	TOT	17.5	7.7	1.1	3.3	0.5	0.0	2.6	6.0	43.6	2.4	40.9	1.5	1.9	76.8	56.2	0.3	0.8	0.8	909	400	57	174	26	1	39	50
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	1	82	82	1985-86	BOS	38.0	25.8	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	9.7	19.6	49.6	2.4	42.3	5.4	6.0	89.6	58.0	2.3	7.5	3.2	3,113	2,115	805	557	166	51	266	182
24	World B. Free W. B. Free	1	71	71	1984-85	CLE	31.7	22.5	3.0	4.5	1.1	0.2	8.6	18.7	45.9	2.7	36.8	4.3	5.8	74.9	52.9	0.9	2.1	2.0	2,249	1,597	211	320	75	16	139	163
25	Derek Harper D. Harper	0.99	76	77	1986-87	DAL	33.2	16.0	2.6	7.9	2.2	0.3	6.5	12.9	50.1	2.8	35.8	2.1	3.0	68.4	56.1	0.7	1.9	1.8	2,556	1,230	199	609	167	25	138	195