diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
index d4eef7ca77e6..6730453aa666 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from matplotlib import _api, cbook, docstring
+from matplotlib import _api, cbook, docstring, _preprocess_data
 import matplotlib.artist as martist
 import matplotlib.axes as maxes
 import matplotlib.collections as mcoll
@@ -2075,6 +2075,7 @@ def add_contourf_set(self, cset, zdir='z', offset=None):
             art3d.poly_collection_2d_to_3d(linec, z, zdir=zdir)
             linec.set_sort_zpos(z)
 
+    @_preprocess_data()
     def contour(self, X, Y, Z, *args,
                 extend3d=False, stride=5, zdir='z', offset=None, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -2093,6 +2094,9 @@ def contour(self, X, Y, Z, *args,
         offset : float, optional
             If specified, plot a projection of the contour lines at this
             position in a plane normal to zdir.
+        data : indexable object, optional
+            DATA_PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER
+
         *args, **kwargs
             Other arguments are forwarded to `matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour`.
 
@@ -2111,6 +2115,7 @@ def contour(self, X, Y, Z, *args,
 
     contour3D = contour
 
+    @_preprocess_data()
     def tricontour(self, *args,
                    extend3d=False, stride=5, zdir='z', offset=None, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -2133,6 +2138,8 @@ def tricontour(self, *args,
         offset : float, optional
             If specified, plot a projection of the contour lines at this
             position in a plane normal to zdir.
+        data : indexable object, optional
+            DATA_PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER
         *args, **kwargs
             Other arguments are forwarded to `matplotlib.axes.Axes.tricontour`.
 
@@ -2161,6 +2168,7 @@ def tricontour(self, *args,
         self.auto_scale_xyz(X, Y, Z, had_data)
         return cset
 
+    @_preprocess_data()
     def contourf(self, X, Y, Z, *args, zdir='z', offset=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Create a 3D filled contour plot.
@@ -2174,6 +2182,8 @@ def contourf(self, X, Y, Z, *args, zdir='z', offset=None, **kwargs):
         offset : float, optional
             If specified, plot a projection of the contour lines at this
             position in a plane normal to zdir.
+        data : indexable object, optional
+            DATA_PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER
         *args, **kwargs
             Other arguments are forwarded to `matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf`.
 
@@ -2192,6 +2202,7 @@ def contourf(self, X, Y, Z, *args, zdir='z', offset=None, **kwargs):
 
     contourf3D = contourf
 
+    @_preprocess_data()
     def tricontourf(self, *args, zdir='z', offset=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Create a 3D filled contour plot.
@@ -2209,6 +2220,8 @@ def tricontourf(self, *args, zdir='z', offset=None, **kwargs):
         offset : float, optional
             If specified, plot a projection of the contour lines at this
             position in a plane normal to zdir.
+        data : indexable object, optional
+            DATA_PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER
         *args, **kwargs
             Other arguments are forwarded to
             `matplotlib.axes.Axes.tricontourf`.
@@ -2271,6 +2284,9 @@ def add_collection3d(self, col, zs=0, zdir='z'):
         collection = super().add_collection(col)
         return collection
 
+    @_preprocess_data(replace_names=["xs", "ys", "zs", "s",
+                                     "edgecolors", "c", "facecolor",
+                                     "facecolors", "color"])
     def scatter(self, xs, ys, zs=0, zdir='z', s=20, c=None, depthshade=True,
                 *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -2308,6 +2324,8 @@ def scatter(self, xs, ys, zs=0, zdir='z', s=20, c=None, depthshade=True,
             Whether to shade the scatter markers to give the appearance of
             depth. Each call to ``scatter()`` will perform its depthshading
             independently.
+        data : indexable object, optional
+            DATA_PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER
         **kwargs
             All other arguments are passed on to `~.axes.Axes.scatter`.
 
@@ -2342,6 +2360,7 @@ def scatter(self, xs, ys, zs=0, zdir='z', s=20, c=None, depthshade=True,
 
     scatter3D = scatter
 
+    @_preprocess_data()
     def bar(self, left, height, zs=0, zdir='z', *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Add 2D bar(s).
@@ -2357,6 +2376,8 @@ def bar(self, left, height, zs=0, zdir='z', *args, **kwargs):
             used for all bars.
         zdir : {'x', 'y', 'z'}, default: 'z'
             When plotting 2D data, the direction to use as z ('x', 'y' or 'z').
+        data : indexable object, optional
+            DATA_PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER
         **kwargs
             Other arguments are forwarded to `matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar`.
 
@@ -2393,6 +2414,7 @@ def bar(self, left, height, zs=0, zdir='z', *args, **kwargs):
 
         return patches
 
+    @_preprocess_data()
     def bar3d(self, x, y, z, dx, dy, dz, color=None,
               zsort='average', shade=True, lightsource=None, *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -2441,6 +2463,9 @@ def bar3d(self, x, y, z, dx, dy, dz, color=None,
         lightsource : `~matplotlib.colors.LightSource`
             The lightsource to use when *shade* is True.
 
+        data : indexable object, optional
+            DATA_PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER
+
         **kwargs
             Any additional keyword arguments are passed onto
             `~.art3d.Poly3DCollection`.
@@ -2562,6 +2587,7 @@ def set_title(self, label, fontdict=None, loc='center', **kwargs):
         self.title.set_y(0.92 * y)
         return ret
 
+    @_preprocess_data()
     def quiver(self, *args,
                length=1, arrow_length_ratio=.3, pivot='tail', normalize=False,
                **kwargs):
@@ -2599,6 +2625,9 @@ def quiver(self, *args,
             Whether all arrows are normalized to have the same length, or keep
             the lengths defined by *u*, *v*, and *w*.
 
+        data : indexable object, optional
+            DATA_PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER
+
         **kwargs
             Any additional keyword arguments are delegated to
             :class:`~matplotlib.collections.LineCollection`
@@ -2927,6 +2956,7 @@ def permutation_matrices(n):
 
         return polygons
 
+    @_preprocess_data(replace_names=["x", "y", "z", "xerr", "yerr", "zerr"])
     def errorbar(self, x, y, z, zerr=None, yerr=None, xerr=None, fmt='',
                  barsabove=False, errorevery=1, ecolor=None, elinewidth=None,
                  capsize=None, capthick=None, xlolims=False, xuplims=False,
@@ -3022,6 +3052,9 @@ def errorbar(self, x, y, z, zerr=None, yerr=None, xerr=None, fmt='',
 
         Other Parameters
         ----------------
+        data : indexable object, optional
+            DATA_PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER
+
         **kwargs
             All other keyword arguments for styling errorbar lines are passed
             `~mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Line3DCollection`.
@@ -3299,6 +3332,7 @@ def get_tightbbox(self, renderer, call_axes_locator=True,
                     batch.append(axis_bb)
         return mtransforms.Bbox.union(batch)
 
+    @_preprocess_data()
     def stem(self, x, y, z, *, linefmt='C0-', markerfmt='C0o', basefmt='C3-',
              bottom=0, label=None, orientation='z'):
         """
@@ -3350,6 +3384,9 @@ def stem(self, x, y, z, *, linefmt='C0-', markerfmt='C0o', basefmt='C3-',
         orientation : {'x', 'y', 'z'}, default: 'z'
             The direction along which stems are drawn.
 
+        data : indexable object, optional
+            DATA_PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER
+
         Returns
         -------
         `.StemContainer`