3-Point Shots Made — 1474
3-Point Shots Attempted — 3421
3-Point Shot Percentage — 43.1 percent
Steve Nash has a beautiful shot and is one of the best three-point shooters of the last 10 years.
Nash is a career .429 shooter from long distance, and has hit 1,565 three-pointers in his career.
Nash has only averaged 3.3 three-point shots per game during his career, so his percentage is a bit misleading, but he’s an amazing shooter nonetheless.
9. Mitch Richmond
Mitch Richmond was one of the best shooting guards of the 1990s, and is a borderline Hall of Famer.
Richmond was one of the strongest guards of his era, but still managed to be an excellent three-point shooter.
His .388 three-point percentage while hitting 1,326 threes is quite impressive when he was the primary scoring option for the Sacramento Kings during the prime of is career.
Richmond was also one of Michael Jordan’s toughest defensive assignments in the 1990s.
8. Tim Legler
3-Point Shots Made — 260
3-Point Shots Attempted — 603
3-Point Shot Percentage — 43.1 percent
As far as pure long distance shooters go, Tim Legler is as efficient and fluid as they come.
The 1995-96 three-point shootout champion shot a career .431 percent from the outside, including an amazing .522 percentage in the 1995-96 season.
7. Steve Kerr
3-Point Shots Made — 726
3-Point Shots Attempted — 1599
3-Point Shot Percentage — 45.4 percent
Steve Kerr was an amazing three-point shooter, and a very important piece of Chicago Bulls three championships from 1996-98.
Kerr hit them in the regular season at a career .454 percent rate, but also had some memorable playoff threes.
Kerr is actually the all-time leader in three-point percentage, and also won the 1997 three-point shootout in Cleveland.
Yes he benefited from being open while Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen were driving the lane, but he still knocked down the shots, no matter how much pressure there was.
6. Dennis Scott
3-Point Shots Made — 1214
3-Point Shots Attempted — 3060
3-Point Shot Percentage — 39.7 percen
3-D was an outstanding player in his NBA career.
He got his nickname 3-D by his ability to make consistent long 3-pointers in the game.
In the 1995/96 year, this player made the record with 267, 3-pointers in one season.
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