Three-pointers made: 797 Three-pointers attempted: 1923 Three-point percentage: 41.4% Famously known as the Red Rocket, basketball player Matt Bonner played for the Toronto Raptors in the 2004-2005 season. He is still the only Raptors rookie to have played in all 82 games in a season. After two seasons, he was traded to the San Antonio Spurs, with which he won an NBA championship and played the best game of his career, scoring 25 points and 17 rebounds against the Golden State Warriors.
In the 2010-2011 season, Bonner was the league leader in three-point field goal percentage with 45.7%. He retired in 2017, after over a decade in the NBA.
Buddy Hield
Three-pointers made:846 Three-pointers attempted: 2056 Three-point percentage: 41.1% The Big 12 Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016, Buddy Hield, received four valuable national player of the year awards in 2016: The John R. Wooden Award, Sporting News Player of the Year, Naismith Award, as well as the Oscar Robertson Trophy. During his time with the New Orleans Pelicans, he scored five three-pointers against the Indians Pacers and was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for December.
He was traded to the Kings in 2017, and after three seasons with the team, he broke Damian Lillard's NBA record for most 3-pointers made in a player's first three seasons. In 2020, Hield won the Mountain Dew Three-Point Shootout at NBA All-Star Weekend, beating out Devin Booker in the final round.
Doug McDermott
Three-pointers made: 494 Three-pointers attempted: 1195 Three-point percentage: 41.3% 2014 national player of the year Doug McDermott, who played college ball for Creighton University, was the highest scorer in 2013–14. McDermott was a three-time consensus first-team All-American. He also ended his college career with the fifth-most points in NCAA Division I men's basketball history.
When he started with the Bulls, McDermott was expected to help with scoring and shooting but had a hard time adjusting to the NBA at first. He had to take a break to undergo knee surgery but came back and stayed with the Bulls for two more seasons, in which his numbers significantly improved.
Anthony Morrow
Three-pointers made: 807 Three-pointers attempted: 1937 Three-point percentage: 41.7% Morrow was not drafted in the 2008 NBA draft and only joined the Golden State Warriors, in the Summer League. In his first NBA start, he scored 37 points on 15-for-20 shooting against the Los Angeles Clippers - the highest number of points to ever be scored by an undrafted player in his rookie season. When the season ended, Morrow was the first rookie and the first Warrior in history to lead the league in three-point field goal shooting.
In the 2009 Summer League, Morrow scored a whopping 47 points in one game and set the record for most points scored by an individual in a game at the NBA Summer League. In the 2009-10 season, he established his record, with six 3-pointers against the Dallas Mavericks. In 2010, Morrow was traded to the New Jersey Nets, and at the end of the season, he had the second-highest 3-point percentage of all time, only behind Steve Kerr.
Wesley Person
Three-pointers made: 1150 Three-pointers attempted: 1651 Three-point percentage: 41.8% 1994 NBA All-Rookie Second Team Wesley Person played for seven different teams during his time in the NBA. Complex Sports claim that he was the 13th greatest three-point shooter of all time.
In 1997, Person was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers. During his first season on the team, he led the league in 3-pointers made. His three-point percentage with the Cavaliers was 42.4.