If you asked the NBA’s brightest stars what skill they’d swipe from a peer, the answer keeps circling back to the same place: Stephen Curry’s jumper. In a league video released Oct. 24 as part of the NBA’s American Express NBA Tip-Off content, 19 players picked Curry’s shooting, more than any other skill mentioned.
That kind of respect tracks with what the numbers have already been screaming for years. Curry, now 38 and in his 18th season with the Golden State Warriors, has knocked down 4,250 career 3-pointers. That’s 860 more than James Harden in second place, and he’s doing it while shooting 42.2 percent from beyond the arc.
“Steph Curry’s shooting.”
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) October 24, 2026
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The list of players who chose him reads like a cross-section of the league’s elite. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Joel Embiid, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, Donovan Mitchell, Scottie Barnes, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Devin Booker, De’Aaron Fox, Pascal Siakam, Cooper Flagg, Draymond Green, Anthony Davis, Jaylen Brown, Dylan Harper, Darryn Peterson, twins Ausar and Amen Thompson, and Stephon Castle all went with Curry’s shot.
The admiration doesn’t stop with the players, either. NBA general managers made him the clear choice in the league’s 2026-27 GM survey, giving Curry 97 percent of the vote for best pure shooter, up from 93 percent last season. He also grabbed 80 percent of the vote for best at moving without the ball, and he led the category for the player GMs would want taking a shot with the game on the line, collecting 50 percent of the votes.
Curry’s résumé has long since moved beyond simple volume. He has averaged 3.97 made 3-pointers per game over his career and owns the single-season record with 402, set in 2015-16.
He has held the all-time career 3-point record since Dec. 14, 2021.
Counting the playoffs, Curry entered this season with 4,898 career 3-pointers, putting him 102 away from becoming the first player to hit 5,000. He’s also a career 91.2 percent free-throw shooter.
Ahead of the 2026-27 season, Curry signed a two-year, $116 million contract. The two-time MVP and the only unanimous MVP in league history opened the year with 23 points in the Warriors’ 127-105 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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