NBA All-Time 3-Pointers Made Leaders: Single Regular Season Per Game Average
List with the stats for the top 50 players with the best single season 3-pointers made per game average in NBA history.
Notes: - These stats were updated on June 17, 2022
- The NBA adopted the 3-point line in the 1979-80 season.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements
NBA All-Time 3-Pointers Made Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50
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Player |
3-Pointers Made |
Total 3-Pointers Made |
Season | Games | Total 3-Pointers Attempted |
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1. | Stephen Curry | 5.35 | 337 | 2021 | 63 | 12.71 | |||||
2. | Stephen Curry | 5.13 | 354 | 2019 | 69 | 11.74 | |||||
3. | Stephen Curry | 5.09 | 402 | 2016 | 79 | 11.22 | |||||
4. | James Harden | 4.85 | 378 | 2019 | 78 | 13.18 | |||||
5. | Stephen Curry | 4.45 | 285 | 2022 | 64 | 11.72 | |||||
6. | James Harden | 4.40 | 299 | 2020 | 68 | 12.40 | |||||
7. | Damian Lillard | 4.10 | 275 | 2021 | 67 | 10.51 | |||||
8. | Stephen Curry | 4.10 | 324 | 2017 | 79 | 9.99 | |||||
9. | Damian Lillard | 4.09 | 270 | 2020 | 66 | 10.21 | |||||
10. | Buddy Hield | 3.97 | 282 | 2021 | 71 | 10.15 |
Player |
3-Pointers Made |
Total 3-Pointers Made |
Season | Games | Total 3-Pointers Attempted |
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11. | Paul George | 3.79 | 292 | 2019 | 77 | 9.83 | |||||
12. | Buddy Hield | 3.76 | 271 | 2020 | 72 | 9.56 | |||||
13. | Fred VanVleet | 3.72 | 242 | 2022 | 65 | 9.88 | |||||
14. | Davis Bertans | 3.70 | 200 | 2020 | 54 | 8.74 | |||||
15. | Duncan Robinson | 3.70 | 270 | 2020 | 73 | 8.30 | |||||
16. | James Harden | 3.68 | 265 | 2018 | 72 | 10.03 | |||||
17. | Stephen Curry | 3.58 | 286 | 2015 | 80 | 8.08 | |||||
18. | D'Angelo Russell | 3.51 | 158 | 2020 | 45 | 9.58 | |||||
19. | Stephen Curry | 3.49 | 272 | 2013 | 78 | 7.69 | |||||
20. | Duncan Robinson | 3.47 | 250 | 2021 | 72 | 8.51 | |||||
21. | Donovan Mitchell | 3.46 | 232 | 2022 | 67 | 9.76 | |||||
22. | Devonte' Graham | 3.46 | 218 | 2020 | 63 | 9.29 | |||||
23. | Klay Thompson | 3.45 | 276 | 2016 | 80 | 8.13 | |||||
24. | Ray Allen | 3.45 | 269 | 2006 | 78 | 8.37 | |||||
25. | Zach LaVine | 3.45 | 200 | 2021 | 58 | 8.22 | |||||
26. | Klay Thompson | 3.44 | 268 | 2017 | 78 | 8.29 | |||||
27. | Trae Young | 3.42 | 205 | 2020 | 60 | 9.47 | |||||
28. | Buddy Hield | 3.39 | 278 | 2019 | 82 | 7.94 | |||||
29. | Stephen Curry | 3.35 | 261 | 2014 | 78 | 7.88 | |||||
30. | Ray Allen | 3.32 | 229 | 2002 | 69 | 7.65 | |||||
Player |
3-Pointers Made |
Total 3-Pointers Made |
Season | Games | Total 3-Pointers Attempted |
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31. | Eric Gordon | 3.28 | 246 | 2017 | 75 | 8.81 | |||||
32. | Paul George | 3.27 | 157 | 2020 | 48 | 7.94 | |||||
33. | Dennis Scott | 3.26 | 267 | 1996 | 82 | 7.66 | |||||
34. | George McCloud | 3.25 | 257 | 1996 | 79 | 8.58 | |||||
35. | James Harden | 3.23 | 262 | 2017 | 81 | 9.33 | |||||
Buddy Hield | 3.23 | 262 | 2022 | 81 | 8.84 | ||||||
37. | Isaiah Thomas | 3.22 | 245 | 2017 | 76 | 8.50 | |||||
38. | Terry Rozier | 3.22 | 222 | 2021 | 69 | 8.28 | |||||
39. | Kyle Lowry | 3.22 | 193 | 2017 | 60 | 7.80 | |||||
40. | Kemba Walker | 3.21 | 180 | 2020 | 56 | 8.45 | |||||
41. | Eric Gordon | 3.18 | 216 | 2019 | 68 | 8.82 | |||||
42. | Kemba Walker | 3.17 | 260 | 2019 | 82 | 8.91 | |||||
43. | Eric Gordon | 3.16 | 218 | 2018 | 69 | 8.81 | |||||
44. | J.J. Redick | 3.16 | 240 | 2019 | 76 | 7.96 | |||||
45. | Klay Thompson | 3.14 | 229 | 2018 | 73 | 7.14 | |||||
46. | Damian Lillard | 3.11 | 227 | 2018 | 73 | 8.62 | |||||
47. | Klay Thompson | 3.10 | 239 | 2015 | 77 | 7.08 | |||||
48. | Luka Doncic | 3.09 | 201 | 2022 | 65 | 8.75 | |||||
49. | Klay Thompson | 3.09 | 241 | 2019 | 78 | 7.68 | |||||
50. | Paul George | 3.09 | 244 | 2018 | 79 | 7.71 |
Minimum requirements:
1946-47: 40 games
1947-48: 32 games
1948-49: 40 games
1949-50 to 1950-51: 46 games
1951-52: 44 games
1952-53 to 1956-57: 48 games
1957-58 to 1958-59: 55 games
1959-60: 60 games
1960-61: 55 games
1961-62 to 1968-69: 65 games
1969-70 to 1973-74: 70 games
1974-75 to 2012-13: 70 games or 100 3-pointers made
with the exceptions of
1998-99: 43 games or 60 3-pointers made
and 2011-12: 56 games or 80 3-pointers made
2013-14 to present: 58 games
with the exceptions of
2019-20: 70% of games played
and season in progress: 70% of games played