Between the 1979-80 and 1987-88 seasons, Michael Cooper made the most threes in the NBA Finals, with 26 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most finals 3pm by a player from 1979-80 to 1987-88

	NAME	3PM	SERIES	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	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	26	NBA Finals	42	29.6	10.1	3.1	3.6	1.2	0.4	3.8	8.4	45.6	1.5	40.0	1.9	2.3	80.4	53.8	0.8	2.3	1.4	1,243	426	129	151	52	18	58	145
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	19	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	91	80
3	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	15	NBA Finals	25	29.9	10.8	2.6	4.8	1.6	0.1	4.6	9.6	47.7	1.4	41.7	1.1	1.4	77.1	53.1	0.6	2.0	1.7	748	270	65	120	39	3	42	76
4	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	10	NBA Finals	11	16.4	8.5	3.7	1.8	0.5	0.0	3.5	6.7	52.7	1.5	58.8	0.5	0.8	55.6	59.6	1.5	2.2	0.9	180	93	41	20	5	0	10	25
5	Byron Scott B. Scott	9	NBA Finals	26	29.8	12.0	3.2	1.8	1.2	0.2	4.9	10.8	45.6	1.3	25.7	1.8	2.4	75.8	50.6	0.9	2.3	1.3	775	312	82	46	32	5	35	66
6	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	5	NBA Finals	7	37.4	19.7	4.4	9.0	2.9	0.3	7.0	16.4	42.6	2.4	29.4	5.0	6.0	83.3	51.7	0.7	3.7	3.7	262	138	31	63	20	2	26	23
7	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	4	NBA Finals	25	40.1	17.9	4.4	7.1	1.4	0.4	6.8	16.1	41.9	1.0	16.0	4.2	4.9	85.4	48.9	1.5	2.9	2.6	1,003	447	110	178	36	11	65	68
8	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	4	NBA Finals	11	13.2	5.4	1.1	3.2	0.6	0.3	2.1	6.1	34.3	0.7	50.0	0.8	1.1	75.0	40.8	0.4	0.7	0.7	145	59	12	35	7	3	8	13
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	4	NBA Finals	42	41.5	20.1	8.2	11.9	2.2	0.4	7.2	13.6	52.7	0.5	21.1	5.6	6.5	86.1	60.8	1.9	6.4	3.9	1,741	843	346	498	93	16	163	133
10	Mike McGee M. McGee	3	NBA Finals	12	7.8	4.8	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.8	4.5	40.7	0.6	42.9	0.9	1.3	68.8	47.5	1.2	0.6	0.5	93	58	21	3	2	1	6	17
11	Andrew Toney A. Toney	3	NBA Finals	10	37.4	24.4	2.5	7.0	1.2	0.1	9.4	19.2	49.0	0.8	37.5	5.3	6.2	85.5	55.6	1.1	1.4	3.7	374	244	25	70	12	1	37	34
12	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	3	NBA Finals	6	27.5	9.8	2.3	3.2	0.3	0.2	3.7	8.8	41.5	1.2	42.9	2.0	2.5	80.0	49.5	0.7	1.7	2.0	165	59	14	19	2	1	12	18
13	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	2	NBA Finals	7	33.6	9.4	8.9	1.9	0.4	1.0	3.9	9.9	39.1	0.9	33.3	1.4	1.4	100.0	45.0	1.7	7.1	1.1	235	66	62	13	3	7	8	25
14	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	2	NBA Finals	20	23.5	12.2	4.8	0.8	0.7	1.4	5.0	10.7	46.9	0.2	50.0	2.1	3.1	67.7	50.8	1.2	3.6	2.2	470	244	95	15	13	27	44	75
15	Chris Ford C. Ford	2	NBA Finals	6	30.7	10.5	2.7	2.5	0.7	0.0	4.5	9.0	50.0	1.7	20.0	1.2	1.5	77.8	54.3	1.2	1.5	1.3	184	63	16	15	4	0	8	11
16	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	1	NBA Finals	7	33.3	13.4	2.3	4.6	0.6	0.0	5.7	11.1	51.3	0.3	50.0	1.9	2.0	92.9	55.8	0.9	1.4	1.1	233	94	16	32	4	0	8	15
17	Vinnie Johnson V. Johnson	1	NBA Finals	7	23.4	11.0	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.1	4.9	12.0	40.5	0.9	16.7	1.1	2.6	44.4	41.9	1.7	2.0	0.9	164	77	26	21	5	1	6	16
18	M.L. Carr	1	NBA Finals	13	11.2	4.6	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.8	4.3	42.9	0.2	33.3	0.8	1.1	78.6	48.3	0.6	0.5	0.3	146	60	14	8	6	4	4	17
19	Robert Reid R. Reid	1	NBA Finals	12	40.4	14.5	5.9	5.9	1.7	0.4	6.1	15.3	39.7	0.8	11.1	2.3	2.9	77.1	43.6	2.4	3.5	1.9	485	174	71	71	20	5	23	41
20	Julius Erving J. Erving	1	NBA Finals	16	39.2	23.7	7.8	4.4	1.8	2.1	9.1	17.6	51.8	0.4	14.3	5.4	7.4	72.9	56.8	2.4	5.4	2.8	627	379	125	70	28	33	45	39
21	Steve Mix S. Mix	1	NBA Finals	9	10.2	5.1	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.2	2.0	4.0	50.0	0.1	100.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	57.6	0.4	0.7	0.6	92	46	10	9	1	2	5	8