nba players to shoot 47% on 3 pointers in a single season with minimum 5 attempts per game

Nate Archibald buried 4 shots from beyond the arc when his field-goal percentage was 47.0 or above in 1979-80.

Interpreted as:
NBA players to shoot 47% or higher on 3 pointers in a single season with minimum 5 field goal attempts per game
NAME 3PM FG% FGA SEASON TM GP MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
4
48.2
9.9
1979-80
BOS BOS
80
35.8
14.1
2.5
8.4
1.3
0.1
4.8
0.2
22.2
4.5
5.4
83.0
57.4
0.7
1.7
3.0
2,864
1,131
197
671
106
10
242
218
2 Greg Ballard
G. Ballard
16
49.5
13.4
1979-80
WAS WAS
82
29.7
15.6
7.8
1.9
1.1
0.4
6.6
0.6
34.0
2.1
2.8
75.3
53.2
2.9
4.9
1.6
2,438
1,277
638
159
90
36
133
197
3 Mike Bantom
M. Bantom
1
50.5
9.9
1979-80
IND IND
77
30.3
11.8
5.9
3.6
1.1
0.6
5.0
0.0
33.3
1.8
2.7
66.5
53.3
2.5
3.4
2.5
2,330
908
456
279
85
49
189
268
4 Billy Ray Bates
B. Ray Bates
8
49.3
9.1
1979-80
POR POR
16
14.7
11.3
1.8
1.9
0.9
0.1
4.5
1.2
42.1
1.8
2.4
71.8
55.2
0.8
1.0
1.3
235
180
29
31
14
2
20
26
5 Kent Benson
K. Benson
1
48.4
8.5
1979-80
TOT
73
25.9
9.6
6.2
2.4
1.0
1.3
4.1
0.1
20.0
1.4
1.9
70.2
51.3
1.7
4.5
2.2
1,891
698
453
178
73
92
157
246
6 Larry Bird
L. Bird
58
47.4
17.8
1979-80
BOS BOS
82
36.0
21.3
10.4
4.5
1.7
0.6
8.5
1.7
40.6
3.7
4.4
83.6
53.8
2.6
7.8
3.2
2,955
1,745
852
370
143
53
263
279
7 Otis Birdsong
O. Birdsong
10
50.5
18.9
1979-80
KCK KCK
82
35.2
22.7
4.0
2.5
1.7
0.3
9.5
0.4
27.8
3.5
5.0
69.4
53.8
2.1
2.0
2.2
2,885
1,858
331
202
136
22
179
226
8 Tom Boswell
T. Boswell
5
56.4
7.8
1979-80
TOT
79
26.3
11.4
5.6
2.0
0.4
0.5
4.4
0.1
50.0
2.6
3.5
75.5
61.6
1.8
3.7
2.3
2,077
903
442
161
29
37
181
270
9 Junior Bridgeman
J. Bridgeman
5
47.8
15.3
1979-80
MIL MIL
81
28.6
17.6
3.7
2.9
1.2
0.2
7.3
0.3
18.5
2.8
3.3
86.5
52.3
1.3
2.4
2.1
2,316
1,423
301
237
94
20
172
216
10 Allan Bristow
A. Bristow
2
48.0
9.6
1979-80
UTA UTA
82
28.1
11.6
6.2
4.2
1.1
0.1
4.6
0.1
28.6
2.4
3.0
81.1
53.4
2.1
4.2
2.2
2,304
953
512
341
88
6
179
211
11 Fred Brown
F. Brown
39
47.9
10.5
1979-80
SEA SEA
80
21.3
12.0
1.9
2.2
0.8
0.2
5.1
1.1
44.3
1.4
1.7
83.7
53.2
0.4
1.5
1.3
1,701
960
155
174
65
17
105
117
12 M.L. Carr
M.L. Carr
12
47.4
9.3
1979-80
BOS BOS
82
24.3
11.1
4.0
1.9
1.5
0.4
4.4
0.5
29.3
2.2
2.9
73.9
52.6
1.3
2.7
1.7
1,994
914
330
156
120
36
143
214
13 Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
4
54.0
8.4
1979-80
PHI PHI
79
33.2
11.4
3.5
7.0
2.3
0.4
4.5
0.1
44.4
2.3
2.9
77.9
58.9
0.9
2.5
2.7
2,623
898
274
556
183
32
216
197
14 Jim Cleamons
J. Cleamons
7
47.6
5.7
1979-80
TOT
79
22.6
6.6
1.9
3.6
0.7
0.1
2.7
0.4
22.6
1.1
1.4
74.3
51.9
0.7
1.3
1.4
1,789
519
152
288
57
11
109
133
15 Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
5
52.4
7.0
1979-80
LAL LAL
82
24.1
8.8
2.8
2.7
1.0
0.5
3.7
0.2
25.0
1.4
1.7
77.6
56.3
1.2
1.6
1.7
1,973
722
229
221
86
38
142
215
16 Wayne Cooper
W. Cooper
1
48.9
9.5
1979-80
GSW GSW
79
22.5
11.0
6.4
0.5
0.3
1.0
4.6
0.1
25.0
1.7
2.3
75.1
52.5
2.6
3.9
1.8
1,781
871
507
42
20
79
140
246
17 Paul Dawkins
P. Dawkins
1
47.0
5.3
1979-80
UTA UTA
57
13.6
5.5
2.2
1.4
0.6
0.2
2.5
0.1
20.0
0.6
0.8
68.8
49.2
0.7
1.5
1.3
776
316
125
77
33
9
76
112
18 Terry Duerod
T. Duerod
15
47.2
8.9
1979-80
DET DET
67
19.9
9.3
1.5
1.7
0.6
0.2
4.2
0.8
28.3
0.7
1.0
68.2
49.8
0.4
1.0
1.2
1,331
624
98
117
41
11
79
102
19 Alex English
A. English
2
49.7
14.3
1979-80
TOT
78
30.8
16.9
7.8
2.9
0.9
0.8
7.1
0.1
33.3
2.7
3.4
78.9
53.6
3.4
4.3
2.7
2,401
1,318
605
224
73
62
214
206
20 Julius Erving
J. Erving
4
51.9
20.7
1979-80
PHI PHI
78
36.1
26.9
7.4
4.6
2.2
1.8
10.7
0.3
20.0
5.4
6.8
78.7
56.8
2.8
4.6
3.6
2,812
2,100
576
355
170
140
284
208
21 Don Ford
D. Ford
1
47.8
3.8
1979-80
TOT
73
13.7
4.2
2.5
0.9
0.3
0.3
1.8
0.0
33.3
0.6
0.7
84.9
51.8
0.6
1.9
0.7
999
308
185
65
22
21
51
131
22 World B. Free
W. B. Free
9
47.4
22.9
1979-80
SDC SDC
68
38.0
30.2
3.5
4.2
1.2
0.5
10.8
0.4
36.0
8.4
11.2
75.3
54.4
1.9
1.6
3.4
2,585
2,055
238
283
81
32
228
195
23 George Gervin
G. Gervin
32
52.8
24.9
1979-80
SAS SAS
78
37.6
33.1
5.2
2.6
1.4
1.0
13.1
1.3
31.4
6.5
7.6
85.2
58.7
2.0
3.2
3.3
2,934
2,585
403
202
110
79
254
208
24 Mike Glenn
M. Glenn
2
51.6
4.9
1979-80
NYK NYK
75
10.7
5.9
0.9
1.1
0.5
0.1
2.5
0.1
20.0
0.8
1.0
86.3
55.7
0.3
0.6
0.5
800
441
66
85
35
7
38
79
25 Glen Gondrezick
G. Gondrezick
2
51.7
4.8
1979-80
DEN DEN
59
17.3
6.6
4.4
1.4
1.2
0.3
2.5
0.1
33.3
1.6
2.1
76.0
57.5
1.8
2.6
1.0
1,020
390
259
81
68
16
58
119
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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
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Knicks Knicks
51
31
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0