nba league average 3p% percentage by position 2016-17

Point guards hit 35.9 percent from beyond the arc in 2016-17.

POSITION3P%SEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PAFTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
35.9
2016-17
5,251
23.6
11.1
2.8
4.2
0.9
0.2
4.0
9.1
43.4
1.1
3.1
2.1
2.5
82.6
54.4
0.5
2.4
1.8
123,896
58,377
14,850
22,195
4,610
1,042
9,256
9,134
+479
2
Shooting Guard
36.7
2016-17
5,434
23.3
10.1
2.7
1.9
0.7
0.3
3.6
8.4
43.0
1.3
3.6
1.5
1.9
81.0
54.5
0.5
2.3
1.2
126,450
54,813
14,862
10,534
4,002
1,365
6,289
8,972
-691
3
Small Forward
35.5
2016-17
5,188
23.9
10.1
3.8
1.8
0.8
0.4
3.7
8.2
45.0
1.1
3.0
1.7
2.2
78.6
55.4
0.7
3.1
1.1
124,198
52,477
19,952
9,106
4,260
2,075
5,766
9,358
+179
4
Power Forward
34.6
2016-17
5,397
21.3
8.7
4.8
1.3
0.6
0.5
3.3
7.2
46.3
0.7
2.1
1.3
1.8
74.6
54.5
1.2
3.6
1.0
114,726
47,048
25,952
7,257
3,240
2,776
5,570
10,452
-448
5
Center
34.8
2016-17
4,868
21.6
9.7
6.5
1.3
0.6
0.9
3.8
7.3
52.7
0.3
0.8
1.7
2.5
68.8
57.8
1.9
4.5
1.2
105,138
47,038
31,430
6,567
2,838
4,412
6,016
11,034
+481
StatMuse has season-level data for three-point percentage going back to the 1979-80 season.

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NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
18
1
.947
2
Lakers Lakers
13
4
.765
4.0
3
Nuggets Nuggets
13
4
.765
4.0
4
Rockets Rockets
12
4
.750
4.5
5
Spurs Spurs
12
5
.706
5.0
6
Suns Suns
12
7
.632
6.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
15
3
.833
2
Raptors Raptors
14
5
.737
1.5
3
Heat Heat
13
6
.684
2.5
4
Knicks Knicks
11
6
.647
3.5
5
Cavaliers Cavaliers
12
7
.632
3.5
6
Hawks Hawks
11
8
.579
4.5

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
10/30
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
128-108
Thu
10/30
BOS BOS
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PHI PHI
109-108
Thu
10/30
TOR TOR
@
CLE CLE
112-101
Thu
10/30
NYK NYK
@
CHI CHI
125-135
Thu
10/30
LAL LAL
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MEM MEM
117-112

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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11/28
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DET DET
7:30 PM
Fri
11/28
CHI CHI
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CHA CHA
7:30 PM
Fri
11/28
WAS WAS
@
IND IND
7:30 PM
Fri
11/28
CLE CLE
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ATL ATL
7:30 PM
Fri
11/28
MIL MIL
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NYK NYK
7:30 PM