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NBA All-Time 3-Point Record and Leaders

Who are the 10 best 3-point shooters in the NBA? Find out the Top 10 NBA 3-point leaders and record

The 3-point stats highlights, more than other stats, the particularities of the modern NBA game and the differences with the past.

Unlike the NBA All-Time Scoring Leaders and minutes played leaders, which are dominated by no longer active players, the NBA 3 Point leaders is full of players still in activity.

This peculiarity is due to some important historical aspects: the 3-point shooting was introduced in the NBA in 1979 and the players needed some time to master it. In the 90s started to growth the great specialists of this technique but only in the last 20 years the 3-point shooting become part of the basic techniques required of all professional players, and thus witnessing a generalized growth of skills.

NBA 3-Point Record

The current NBA leader for most three-pointers in a career is Steph Curry with 3.339 threes, a record achieved on December 14th, 2021 at the Madison Square garden against the New York Knicks.

Who has the NBA record for most 3 pointers in a game?

The record for NBA 3-point in a match is instead up to Klay Thompson. On October 29th, 2018 he scored 14 threes in the match Golden State Warrios – Chicago Bulls, ended with a sensational 149 to 124. Klay Thompson is currently one of the best 3-point shooters in the league, endowed with a superfine technical gesture that will lead him to climb quickly in the all-time ranking.

But let’s not waste any more time! Here are the top 10 NBA career 3-point shooters. (Last update: 16 March 2023).

NBA All-Time 3-Point Leaders

#Player3-Point
1Stephen Curry*3.782
2James Harden*3.004
3Ray Allen2.973
4Damian Lillard*2.639
5Reggie Miller2.560
6Klay Thompson*2.523
7Kyle Korver2.450
8LeBron James*2.441
9Vince Carter2.290
10Paul George*2.285
11Jason Terry2.282
12Jamal Crawford2.221
13Kyle Lowry*2.193
14Paul Pierce2.143
15Kevin Durant*2.055
16Eric Gordon*2.036
17Jason Kidd1.988
18Dirk Nowitzki1.982
19Joe Johnson1.978
20J.J. Redick1.950
21JR Smith1.930
22Chauncey Billups1.830
23Kobe Bryant1.827
Active players in bold

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NBA Active 3-Point Leaders

#Player3-Point
1Stephen Curry3.782
2James Harden2.975
3Damian Lillard2.639
4Klay Thompson2.523
5LeBron James2.441
6Paul George2.267
7Kyle Lowry2.193
8Kevin Durant2.055
9Eric Gordon2.036
10Buddy Hield1.970
NBA Active 3-Point Leaders

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