When Stephen Curry began his career, no player in NBA history had ever made 3,000 3-pointers in a career. That threshold now officially feels quaint.
The Golden State Warriors star became the first player to reach 4,000 3-pointers in his career on Thursday against the Sacramento Kings, adding another line to the résumé of the greatest shooter basketball has ever seen.
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Curry hit the historic shot in the third quarter, with a fake and a feel he has displayed throughout his 16 seasons with the Warriors.
Much more wasn’t needed from Curry in the Warriors’ 130-104 rout as the 11-time All-Star who has led the league in 3-pointers eight times finished with 11 points on 4-of-9 shooting, hitting 2-of-6 from long range and handing out five assists. The victory pushed the Warriors to 13-1 in games Jimmy Butler has played since Golden State acquired the six-time All-Star at the trade deadline.
The list of ways in which Curry is in a class of his own as a shooter feels limitless. He is the all-time leader in 3-pointers made. He ranks 13th all-time in 3-point percentage, while taking massively more shots than every player ahead of him.
He is responsible for 26 of the NBA’s 104 games with at least 10 3-pointers. He is responsible for five of the league’s seven seasons with at least 300 3-pointers. He is one short of the NBA’s single-game 3-point record of 14 (which belongs to former teammate Klay Thompson), but is well represented on the rest of the leaderboard.
As Yahoo Sports’ Dan Devine laid out before Thursday’s game, Curry has been on a tear since the Warriors’ trade for Butler and is currently leading the league in made 3-pointers per game for the fifth straight season and for the 12th time in the past 13 years.
With all that, the question wasn’t if Curry would hit 4,000 3-pointers. That has felt inevitable for years, barring a catastrophic injury. What we should really be asking is if a player could possibly come in and match that list of accomplishments, not to mention the impact.
NBA all-time 3-point leaders
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Stephen Curry, 4,000
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James Harden, 3,124
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Ray Allen, 2,974
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Damian Lillard, 2,794
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Klay Thompson, 2,667
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Reggie Miller, 2,560
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LeBron James, 2,542
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