most threes attempted per game 1986-87

Larry Bird attempted the most three-pointers per game in 1986-87 with 3.0 attempts per game.

Interpreted as:
most threes attempted per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player 1986-87
NAME3PASEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Larry Bird
L. Bird
3.0
1986-87
74
40.6
28.1
9.2
7.6
1.8
0.9
10.6
20.2
52.5
1.2
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
2Mike McGee
M. McGee
3.0
1986-87
76
18.7
10.4
2.1
2.0
0.8
0.0
4.1
8.9
45.9
1.1
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
3Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
2.9
1986-87
82
37.5
24.9
5.5
2.9
1.3
0.4
9.6
18.5
51.6
1.0
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
4Craig Hodges
C. Hodges
2.9
1986-87
78
27.5
10.8
1.8
3.1
1.0
0.1
4.0
8.7
46.2
1.1
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
5Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
2.8
1986-87
82
27.5
10.5
3.1
4.5
1.0
0.5
3.9
9.0
43.8
1.1
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
6Derek Harper
D. Harper
2.8
1986-87
77
33.2
16.0
2.6
7.9
2.2
0.3
6.5
12.9
50.1
1.0
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
7Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
2.7
1986-87
71
35.2
14.8
3.4
5.6
1.4
0.2
5.8
11.9
48.6
1.2
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
8Darrell Griffith
D. Griffith
2.6
1986-87
76
24.3
15.0
3.0
1.7
1.3
0.4
6.1
13.7
44.6
0.9
33.5
2.0
2.8
70.3
50.5
1.1
1.9
1.8
1,843
1,142
227
129
97
29
135
167
9Leon Wood
L. Wood
2.6
1986-87
76
22.8
7.3
1.6
4.9
0.6
0.0
2.5
6.6
37.3
0.8
30.0
1.6
2.0
79.9
49.0
0.3
1.3
1.4
1,733
557
120
370
48
3
108
126
10Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
2.3
1986-87
82
37.4
18.8
3.3
10.3
1.8
0.2
6.1
12.6
48.8
0.9
38.4
5.6
6.5
86.0
60.8
0.7
2.6
3.4
3,064
1,541
268
848
146
18
280
199
11Trent Tucker
T. Tucker
2.3
1986-87
70
24.2
11.4
1.9
2.4
1.7
0.2
4.6
9.9
47.0
1.0
42.2
1.1
1.4
76.2
54.0
0.7
1.2
1.1
1,691
795
135
166
116
13
78
169
12Robert Reid
R. Reid
2.2
1986-87
75
34.6
13.7
3.9
4.3
1.0
0.3
5.6
13.4
41.7
0.7
32.7
1.8
2.4
76.8
47.5
0.6
3.2
1.4
2,594
1,029
289
323
75
21
104
232
13Mike Evans
M. Evans
2.1
1986-87
81
19.3
10.1
1.6
2.3
1.0
0.1
4.1
9.0
45.8
0.7
31.4
1.2
1.5
78.0
52.2
0.4
1.1
1.3
1,567
817
128
185
79
12
107
149
14Jon Sundvold
J. Sundvold
2.0
1986-87
76
23.2
11.2
1.3
4.1
0.5
0.0
4.8
9.9
48.6
0.7
33.6
0.9
1.1
83.3
53.9
0.3
1.0
1.3
1,765
850
98
315
35
0
97
109
15Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
1.9
1986-87
80
33.3
25.7
5.3
3.2
1.1
0.4
9.8
19.9
49.5
0.7
35.3
5.4
7.0
77.0
56.0
2.3
3.1
2.7
2,663
2,056
427
254
84
30
217
243
16Byron Scott
B. Scott
1.8
1986-87
82
33.3
17.0
3.5
3.4
1.5
0.2
6.8
13.8
48.9
0.8
43.6
2.7
3.1
89.2
56.1
0.8
2.7
1.8
2,729
1,397
286
281
125
18
144
163
17Tom Chambers
T. Chambers
1.8
1986-87
82
36.8
23.3
6.6
3.0
1.0
0.6
8.0
17.6
45.6
0.7
37.2
6.5
7.7
84.9
55.4
2.0
4.7
3.3
3,018
1,909
545
245
81
50
268
307
18John Paxson
J. Paxson
1.7
1986-87
82
32.8
11.3
1.7
5.7
0.8
0.1
4.7
9.7
48.7
0.6
37.1
1.3
1.6
80.9
54.7
0.3
1.4
1.3
2,689
930
139
467
66
8
105
207
19Chuck Person
C. Person
1.7
1986-87
82
36.0
18.8
8.3
3.6
1.1
0.2
7.7
16.6
46.8
0.6
35.5
2.7
3.6
74.7
51.8
2.0
6.2
2.6
2,956
1,541
677
295
90
16
211
310
20Mike Woodson
M. Woodson
1.7
1986-87
74
28.7
17.1
2.2
2.6
1.4
0.2
6.7
15.3
43.7
0.5
27.6
3.2
3.9
82.8
50.2
0.9
1.3
2.3
2,126
1,262
162
196
100
16
168
201
21Michael Adams
M. Adams
1.6
1986-87
63
20.7
7.2
2.0
3.9
1.3
0.1
2.5
6.2
40.7
0.4
27.5
1.7
2.0
84.7
50.6
0.6
1.3
1.3
1,303
453
123
244
85
6
81
88
22Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
1.5
1986-87
68
40.3
23.0
14.6
4.9
1.8
1.5
8.2
13.8
59.4
0.3
20.2
6.3
8.3
76.1
66.0
5.7
8.9
4.7
2,740
1,564
994
331
119
104
322
252
23Eddie Johnson
E. Johnson
1.5
1986-87
81
30.3
18.7
4.4
3.1
0.5
0.2
7.5
16.2
46.3
0.5
31.4
3.3
4.0
82.9
52.3
1.8
2.6
2.0
2,457
1,516
353
251
42
19
163
218
24John Bagley
J. Bagley
1.4
1986-87
72
30.3
10.7
3.5
5.3
1.3
0.1
4.3
10.2
42.6
0.4
30.1
1.6
1.9
83.1
48.5
0.8
2.7
2.3
2,182
768
252
379
91
7
163
114
25Jim Paxson
J. Paxson
1.4
1986-87
72
25.0
12.1
1.9
3.3
1.1
0.2
4.7
10.2
46.0
0.4
26.5
2.4
3.0
80.6
52.8
0.6
1.4
1.5
1,798
874
139
237
76
12
108
134
StatMuse has season-level data for three-point attempts per game going back to the 1979-80 season.

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