A three-point field goal (also known as a "three-pointer" or "3-pointer") is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket. A successful attempt is worth three points, in contrast to the two points awarded for shots made inside the three-point line. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) keeps records of the Division I 3-point field goal makes per game (3PG) average annual leaders. The statistic was first recognized in Division I women's basketball in the 1987–88 season, when the NCAA made the three-pointer a mandatory feature throughout women's basketball. From the 1987–88 season through the 2007–08 men's season, the three-point perimeter was marked at for both men's and women's college basketball. After the 2007–08 season, the NCAA moved the men's three-point line back to , while the women's line remained the same. The women's line would be moved back to match the men's line effective with the 2011–12 season. On June 5, 2019, the NCAA men's rules committee voted to extend the men's three-point line to the FIBA distance of , effective in 2019–20 in Division I and 2020–21 in lower NCAA divisions. The women's line remained at 20 ft 9 in until being moved to the FIBA arc in 2021–22.

NCAA record books list single-season three-point record holders both on overall and per-game bases, but the official season leaders are based solely on per-game average. Caitlin Clark holds both records for single-season three-point scoring, making 201 threes and averaging 5.15 per game during her final season at Iowa in 2023–24. Both records had previously been held by Taylor Pierce of Idaho, with 154 threes and an average of 4.53 per game in 2018–19. Clark, who also led Division I in threes per game in 2022–23, is also the all-time leader in career threes, with 548 from 2020–21 to 2023–24. The player with the highest 3PG average over the span of her entire career (with a minimum of 150 made threes) is Alabama State's Lisa McMullen, who made 4.00 per game over two years.

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Pos.GFC3PG Position Guard Forward Center 3-pointers per game Class (Cl.) key Fr Freshman So Sophomore Jr Junior Sr Senior

Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been the3-point leader up to and including that season

3-point field goals per game SeasonPlayerPos.Cl.TeamGamesplayed3-pointfield goals3PG 1987–88 G Bethune–Cookman 26 111 1988–89 G Hofstra 29 107 1989–90 G Princeton 22 89 1990–91 G Alabama State 28 126 1991–92 G Valparaiso 27 101 1992–93 G 27 99 1993–94 G Cal State Fullerton 27 110 1994–95 G LSU 27 105 1995–96 G Iowa State 27 93 1996–97 G Buffalo 28 98 1997–98 G Utah 27 98 1998–99 G Dartmouth 28 97 1999–00 G Grambling 30 120 2000–01 (2) G Grambling 29 111 2001–02 G Kansas State 34 122 2002–03 G Xavier 30 107 2003–04 G Wagner 28 99 2004–05 G Belmont 28 87 2005–06 G Maryland Eastern Shore 29 100 2006–07 G Weber State 31 103 2007–08 G Robert Morris 33 126 2008–09 G Boston University 33 109 2009–10 G Montana State 33 121 2010–11 G Charleston 30 107 2011–12 G Winthrop 31 121 2012–13 G Missouri 32 112 2013–14 G Drake 32 116 2014–15 G Iowa 34 124 2015–16 G Ohio 33 126 2016–17 G Michigan State 33 122 2017–18 G Texas State 31 137 2018–19 G Idaho 34 154 2019–20 G Oklahoma 30 131 2020–21 G William & Mary 13 51 2021–22 (2) G Oklahoma 34 124 2022–23 G Iowa 38 140 2023–24 (2) G Iowa 39 201 2024–25 G Grand Canyon 30 124

Multiple-time leaders RankPlayerTeamTimes leaderYears1Caitlin ClarkIowa22022–23, 2023–24Grambling1999–00, 2000–01Idaho2018–19, 2019–20

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