In the Warriors' game against the Knicks, Stephen Curry officially surpassed Ray Allen in the total number of career regular-season three-pointer shots, crowning the first person in NBA history on this statistic! So, in addition to the total number of hits, what other NBA records does Curry hold in NBA history for three-point shooting?
After being overtaken by Curry, Ray Allen ranked second in NBA history with 2,973 three-pointers in NBA history, Reggie Miller ranked third in NBA history with 2,560 three-pointers, James Harden ranked fourth in NBA history and second in active duty with 2,509 three-pointers, and Korver ranked fifth in NBA history with 2,450 three-pointers in the regular season. It is worth mentioning that the only other active player to make the top ten of this list is Damian Lillard, who has hit 2109 three-pointers in 703 regular season games.
Curry also holds the record for the highest number of three-pointers in a single season in NBA history, and he hit 402 three-pointers in 79 regular season games in 2015-16, making him the only player in NBA history to reach the 400 mark in three-point shooting in a single season. The NBA has hit no less than 300 three-pointers in a single season, four of which belonged to Curry, and the other was hardened with 378 three-pointers in 78 regular season games in 2018-19.
Curry in 2015-16 became the first player in NBA history to average 5+ three-pointers per game in a single season, and before that, no player had even averaged 4.0 three-pointers per game in a single season. Since then, Curry has averaged 5.1 three-pointers per game in 69 regular-season games in 2018-19, and in the regular season last season Curry once again set a new NBA record he held, averaging 5.3 three-pointers per game in 63 regular season games. Curry has averaged 5+ three-pointers per game in three seasons, while no other player in NBA history has averaged 5.0 three-pointers per game.
Curry has averaged more than 6.0 three-pointers per game in a single month in the regular season five times, and no other player in NBA history has ever had such a single month, including curry's average of 6.7 three-pointers per game with 53.6% three-point shooting rate in 10 regular season games in February 2016, which is the highest in NBA history.
The record for the highest total number of three-pointers in a single month in the regular season is also held by Curry, who hit 96 three-pointers with 46.6 percent in 15 regular-season games in April 2021, and Harden, who ranks second in NBA history, hit 82 three-pointers with 38.9 percent in 15 regular-season games in November 2019. In NBA history, four hit 80+ three-pointers in a single month regular season, three of which belonged to Curry.
Although the record for the highest number of three-pointers hit in a single game in the NBA's history in the regular season (14) is held by Curry's teammate Klay Thompson, Curry has also hit 13 three-pointers in a single game, curry has hit 10+ three-pointers in 22 regular season games, which is far ahead in NBA history, and the second in this statistic is Thompson's 10+ three-pointers in five regular season games.
Curry has officially been crowned the NBA's all-time regular season three-pointer king, holding several NBA history records for three-pointers. So far this season, the 33-year-old Curry has still been able to hit 5.4 three-pointers per game with 40.1 percent three-point shooting, and he will continue to refresh many of the NBA's historical three-point record.