most three-point made by a shooting guard in a game in the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, John Roche drained the most threes by a shooting guard in a game, with 8 three-pointers against the Seattle SuperSonics on January 9, 1982.

Interpreted as:

most three-point made by a shooting guard in a regular-season game in the 1980s

	NAME	3PM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	John Roche J. Roche	8	1/9/1982	DEN	vs	SEA	26	24	1	5	1	0	8	14	57.1	13	61.5	0	0		85.7	0	1	2	0
2	Ricky Berry R. Berry	7	2/9/1989	SAC	vs	GSW	32	34	8	3	2	1	11	23	47.8	14	50.0	5	5	100.0	67.5	2	6	1	4
3	Ricky Berry R. Berry	6	4/1/1989	SAC	vs	UTA	36	33	2	1	4	1	10	17	58.8	10	60.0	7	7	100.0	82.2	1	1	0	4
4	Gerald Wilkins G. Wilkins	6	3/31/1989	NYK	vs	GSW	32	23	3	3	1	0	7	16	43.8	10	60.0	3	4	75.0	64.8	1	2	2	4
5	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	6	3/4/1989	SAC	@	GSW	40	45	7	4	1	0	16	29	55.2	13	46.2	7	8	87.5	69.2	4	3	6	6
6	Reggie Miller R. Miller	6	3/2/1989	IND	@	GSW	47	36	10	6	1	3	11	19	57.9	11	54.5	8	10	80.0	76.9	2	8	2	3
7	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	6	11/23/1988	NYK	@	DET	45	25	4	3	2	0	9	15	60.0	9	66.7	1	1	100.0	81.0	1	3	0	3
8	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	6	1/4/1988	BOS	@	UTA	37	20	3	1	2	0	7	15	46.7	6	100.0	0	0		66.7	1	2	2	0
9	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	6	11/18/1987	BOS	vs	NYK	54	33	2	4	2	0	13	24	54.2	9	66.7	1	2	50.0	66.3	1	1	4	5
10	World B. Free W. B. Free	6	2/16/1985	CLE	vs	HOU	38	45	4	9	2	0	17	30	56.7	9	66.7	5	5	100.0	69.9	2	2	3	2
11	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	5	4/18/1989	SAC	vs	POR	43	32	2	9	0	1	10	16	62.5	7	71.4	7	8	87.5	82.0	0	2	2	2
12	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	5	4/15/1989	SEA	vs	DEN	34	32	4	2	3	0	13	19	68.4	6	83.3	1	2	50.0	80.5	3	1	0	1
13	Mike McGee M. McGee	5	4/14/1989	NJN	vs	CHI	25	25	1	0	1	0	9	15	60.0	6	83.3	2	3	66.7	76.6	1	0	1	4
14	Fat Lever F. Lever	5	4/9/1989	DEN	@	POR	41	26	11	11	3	0	10	22	45.5	7	71.4	1	2	50.0	56.8	2	9	1	4
15	Byron Scott B. Scott	5	4/2/1989	LAL	vs	MIL	39	32	2	0	3	0	11	18	61.1	7	71.4	5	5	100.0	79.2	0	2	1	6
16	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	5	3/25/1989	SAC	vs	POR	32	21	3	3	1	0	7	17	41.2	7	71.4	2	2	100.0	58.7	1	2	1	0
17	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	5	3/14/1989	SEA	@	NYK	35	29	1	5	2	0	9	17	52.9	6	83.3	6	7	85.7	72.2	0	1	5	3
18	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	5	3/14/1989	SAC	vs	HOU	42	29	3	6	4	0	12	20	60.0	8	62.5	0	0		72.5	0	3	4	3
19	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	5	3/13/1989	CHI	vs	IND	23	19	1	4	0	0	7	9	77.8	6	83.3	0	0		105.6	0	1	0	2
20	Reggie Miller R. Miller	5	2/24/1989	IND	vs	SAS	30	19	2	2	2	0	6	14	42.9	7	71.4	2	2	100.0	63.8	2	0	1	2
21	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	5	1/21/1989	GSW	@	SAC	28	25	1	5	3	1	9	14	64.3	5	100.0	2	2	100.0	84.0	0	1	3	1
22	Jon Sundvold J. Sundvold	5	1/10/1989	MIA	vs	UTA	33	28	4	2	1	0	11	21	52.4	6	83.3	1	1	100.0	65.3	1	3	2	2
23	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	5	1/5/1989	SEA	vs	SAC	43	49	6	2	3	2	20	32	62.5	8	62.5	4	4	100.0	72.6	2	4	5	0
24	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	5	4/23/1988	NJN	vs	MIL	28	22	3	2	4	0	8	12	66.7	7	71.4	1	2	50.0	85.4	0	3	0	0
25	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	5	4/17/1988	BOS	@	WAS	41	21	2	9	2	0	8	15	53.3	11	45.5	0	0		70.0	0	2	3	3