who averaged the most three-pointer attempts in the nba 1980-1989

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Adams attempted the most three-pointers per game with 4.0 attempts per game.

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Assumption:41+ GP/82TG
Data note: Three-Point Attempts Per Game: player season data complete from 1979-80

	NAME	3PA	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Michael Adams M. Adams	4.0	240	29.2	12.7	2.6	5.2	1.8	0.1	4.4	10.2	43.3	1.4	35.1	2.5	3.0	82.6	55.2	0.6	2.0	1.7	7,007	3,054	635	1,259	428	34	416	384
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	3.1	72	25.2	12.0	3.3	3.7	1.1	0.4	4.5	10.7	42.2	1.0	33.0	2.0	2.1	93.5	51.7	0.7	2.5	2.1	1,816	866	236	268	80	28	152	182
3	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	3.1	189	14.7	6.9	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	2.8	6.7	40.9	1.0	33.6	0.4	0.5	82.8	49.8	0.4	0.8	0.6	2,775	1,308	226	303	91	13	112	258
4	Reggie Miller R. Miller	2.7	156	28.1	12.8	3.1	2.3	0.9	0.3	4.5	9.3	48.3	1.0	38.2	2.8	3.4	82.9	59.3	1.1	2.0	1.6	4,376	2,003	482	359	146	48	244	327
5	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	2.6	450	27.8	17.7	4.0	1.7	0.9	0.2	6.9	14.0	49.1	1.0	41.1	2.9	3.7	77.9	56.5	1.8	2.2	1.8	12,512	7,956	1,785	748	413	90	802	1,012
6	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	2.5	75	29.6	16.9	2.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	7.0	16.9	41.4	0.8	31.4	2.1	2.6	79.5	46.7	1.0	1.5	1.5	2,219	1,267	187	176	70	25	113	167
7	Ricky Berry R. Berry	2.5	64	22.0	11.0	3.1	1.3	0.6	0.3	4.0	8.9	45.0	1.0	40.6	2.0	2.6	78.9	55.2	0.9	2.2	1.3	1,406	706	197	80	37	22	82	197
8	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	2.4	154	37.2	15.1	4.8	9.7	2.2	0.1	6.0	13.2	45.0	0.7	30.9	2.5	3.4	73.7	51.4	1.5	3.3	3.1	5,726	2,333	737	1,487	344	13	484	407
9	Chris Morris C. Morris	2.3	76	27.6	14.1	5.2	1.6	1.3	0.8	5.4	11.9	45.7	0.8	36.6	2.4	3.3	71.7	52.8	2.5	2.8	2.5	2,096	1,074	397	119	102	60	190	250
10	Chuck Person C. Person	2.2	241	36.4	19.1	7.2	3.7	1.0	0.2	8.0	16.9	47.3	0.7	32.9	2.5	3.3	74.5	52.2	2.0	5.2	3.0	8,775	4,610	1,729	893	246	42	729	856
11	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	2.1	79	32.6	15.1	2.8	3.0	1.5	0.5	5.6	12.3	45.5	0.9	42.8	3.1	3.7	83.1	54.4	0.6	2.2	2.0	2,577	1,196	225	239	120	37	158	184
12	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	2.1	199	31.9	11.6	2.2	5.0	1.6	0.3	4.5	9.1	49.2	0.8	37.6	1.8	2.3	80.1	57.3	0.8	1.4	1.7	6,340	2,309	435	1,004	312	57	334	571
13	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	2.0	608	31.2	18.5	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	7.8	16.8	46.6	0.7	32.3	2.1	3.0	70.8	50.9	1.2	2.5	2.5	18,954	11,228	2,263	1,527	821	216	1,509	1,440
14	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	2.0	503	25.1	9.8	1.6	3.0	0.9	0.0	3.9	8.4	47.0	0.8	39.0	1.2	1.4	81.7	54.5	0.6	1.1	1.4	12,624	4,933	818	1,508	475	21	728	1,174
15	Leon Wood L. Wood	2.0	234	17.6	6.9	1.2	3.3	0.5	0.0	2.4	6.0	39.4	0.7	33.3	1.5	1.9	78.3	50.2	0.3	0.9	1.1	4,109	1,611	285	771	116	4	259	263
16	Mark Price M. Price	1.9	222	29.6	14.2	2.4	5.9	1.2	0.1	5.4	10.8	49.7	0.8	43.8	2.6	3.0	88.0	58.6	0.6	1.7	2.3	6,571	3,157	523	1,313	257	23	501	292
17	Harold Pressley H. Pressley	1.9	227	22.9	9.1	4.5	2.1	1.0	0.7	3.7	8.3	44.1	0.7	37.4	1.0	1.3	77.7	51.0	1.9	2.7	1.4	5,199	2,066	1,030	479	217	152	322	522
18	Scott Brooks S. Brooks	1.9	82	16.7	5.2	1.1	3.7	0.8	0.0	1.9	4.5	42.0	0.7	35.9	0.7	0.8	88.4	53.3	0.2	0.9	0.8	1,372	428	94	306	69	3	65	116
19	Johnny Newman J. Newman	1.9	217	21.0	10.9	2.0	1.2	0.9	0.2	3.9	8.5	45.2	0.6	30.8	2.6	3.1	83.1	54.9	1.0	1.0	1.4	4,555	2,359	435	251	203	41	302	530
20	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1.8	584	28.5	11.7	2.8	4.5	1.2	0.1	4.7	9.7	48.4	0.7	38.6	1.6	1.8	86.1	55.5	0.8	2.0	1.6	16,631	6,824	1,635	2,609	712	65	938	1,498
21	Derek Harper D. Harper	1.7	483	30.3	12.9	2.6	5.9	1.9	0.4	5.2	10.6	48.8	0.6	33.0	2.1	2.8	74.3	54.9	0.7	1.9	1.9	14,636	6,249	1,270	2,828	899	182	911	1,081
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	1.7	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
23	Mike McGee M. McGee	1.7	506	17.8	9.6	2.1	1.2	0.7	0.1	4.0	8.3	48.7	0.6	35.3	0.9	1.6	60.1	53.5	1.0	1.1	1.2	8,991	4,866	1,076	613	363	48	616	984
24	Reggie Williams R. Williams	1.7	98	22.0	10.3	3.0	1.6	1.1	0.5	4.2	10.4	40.4	0.4	26.5	1.4	1.9	74.5	45.6	1.3	1.8	1.8	2,160	1,007	297	161	110	50	177	289
25	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	1.6	79	26.1	11.7	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.1	4.5	10.5	43.2	0.4	24.8	2.3	3.1	74.5	49.6	0.6	1.9	2.3	2,065	927	202	301	86	8	178	136

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