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1979-1980 NBA Three-Pointers Attempted Leaders

Three-pointers attempted

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Brian Taylor led the NBA in three-pointers attempted in 1979-1980 with 239, 18 ahead of Rick Barry (221).

FG%3P%FT%eFG%TS%FGA3PAFTA
Brian Taylor Led the NBA in 1979-1980 Brian Taylor SDC
239 Three-Pointers Attempted 18 clear of Rick Barry
Showing Three-Pointers Attempted and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team 3PA GP FGM FGA FG%
1 Brian Taylor Brian Taylor SDC 239 78 418 895 46.7%
2 Rick Barry Rick Barry HOU 221 72 325 771 42.2%
3 Joey Hassett IND 198 74 215 509 42.2%
4 Chris Ford Chris Ford BOS 164 73 330 709 46.5%
5 Mike Newlin Mike Newlin NJN 152 78 611 1,329 46.0%
6 Larry Bird Larry Bird BOS 143 82 693 1,463 47.4%
7 John Roche John Roche DEN 129 82 354 741 47.8%
8 Freeman Williams Freeman Williams SDC 128 82 645 1,343 48.0%
9 Micheal Ray Richardson Micheal Ray Richardson NYK 110 82 502 1,063 47.2%
10 Reggie Theus Reggie Theus CHI 105 82 566 1,172 48.3%
11 Brian Winters MIL 102 80 535 1,116 47.9%
12 George Gervin George Gervin SAN 102 78 1,024 1,940 52.8%
13 Paul Westphal Paul Westphal PHX 93 82 692 1,317 52.5%
14 Kevin Grevey Kevin Grevey WAS 92 65 331 804 41.2%
15 Fred Brown Fred Brown SEA 88 80 404 843 47.9%
16 Mike Bratz PHX 86 82 269 687 39.2%
17 Don Buse Don Buse PHX 79 81 261 589 44.3%
18 Rudy Tomjanovich Rudy Tomjanovich HOU 79 62 370 778 47.6%
19 Willie Smith CLE 71 62 121 315 38.4%
20 Ricky Sobers Ricky Sobers CHI 68 82 470 1,002 46.9%
21 Dennis Johnson Dennis Johnson SEA 58 81 574 1,361 42.2%
22 Randy Smith Randy Smith CLE 53 82 599 1,326 45.2%
23 Terry Duerod DET 53 67 282 598 47.2%
24 Henry Bibby Henry Bibby PHL 52 82 251 626 40.1%
25 Eddie Jordan Eddie Jordan NJN 48 82 437 1,017 43.0%
26 Greg Ballard WAS 47 82 545 1,101 49.5%
27 Johnny Davis IND 42 82 496 1,159 42.8%
28 John Lucas John Lucas GOS 42 80 388 830 46.7%
29 Mike Evans SAN 42 79 208 464 44.8%
30 M.L. Carr BOS 41 82 362 763 47.4%
31 Ray Williams Ray Williams NYK 37 82 687 1,384 49.6%
32 Otis Birdsong Otis Birdsong KCK 36 82 781 1,546 50.5%
33 Gus Williams Gus Williams SEA 36 82 739 1,533 48.2%
34 Stan Pietkiewicz SDC 36 50 91 179 50.8%
35 Sammy Smith CHI 35 30 97 230 42.2%
36 Joe Bryant SDC 34 81 294 682 43.1%
37 Bob Wilkerson Bob Wilkerson DEN 34 75 430 1,030 41.7%
38 Ron Brewer Ron Brewer POR 32 82 548 1,182 46.4%
39 Mickey Johnson IND 32 82 588 1,271 46.3%
40 Magic Johnson Magic Johnson LAL 31 77 503 949 53.0%
41 Kevin Restani SAN 29 82 369 727 50.8%
42 Junior Bridgeman Junior Bridgeman MIL 27 81 594 1,243 47.8%
43 Jeff Judkins BOS 27 65 139 276 50.4%
44 Raymond Townsend GOS 26 75 171 421 40.6%
45 Del Beshore CHI 26 68 88 250 35.2%
46 Calvin Murphy Calvin Murphy HOU 25 76 624 1,267 49.3%
47 World Free World Free SDC 25 68 737 1,556 47.4%
48 Bob McAdoo Bob McAdoo DET 24 58 492 1,025 48.0%
49 Phil Ford Phil Ford KCK 23 82 489 1,058 46.2%
50 Jim Paxson Jim Paxson POR 22 72 189 460 41.1%
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