What does 3P% mean in basketball?

Q: What does 3P% mean in basketball?

3P% stands for three-point percentage. The share of attempts from behind the arc that went in. It needs volume before it means anything, and it is the number small samples distort most.

Q: How is 3P% calculated in basketball?

3PM ÷ 3PA. Two of six in a game is 33.3% and tells you nothing. Sixty-three of 180 across a season — 35% — is information.

三分命中率Three-point percentage

The share of attempts from behind the arc that went in. It needs volume before it means anything, and it is the number small samples distort most.

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Updated 20 Aug 2026

How it is worked out

3PM ÷ 3PA

Worked through

Two of six in a game is 33.3% and tells you nothing. Sixty-three of 180 across a season — 35% — is information.

Rough scale

Thirty-five per cent already counts as reliable shooting; forty is elite.

One term down, the whole sheet to go

The numbers on a sheet lean on each other. How many free throws appear depends on the team foul count; how many rebounds exist depends on how both teams shot. Reading a whole game means reading them together.

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How it is worked out

Worked through

Rough scale

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