Steph Curry’s longevity and scoring prowess were key factors in his work rewriting the NBA’s history books this regular season.
Steph Curry’s longevity and scoring prowess were key factors in his work rewriting the NBA’s history books this regular season.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Reaching a long-range shooting mark that boggles the mind. Leaving Hall of Famers in his wake. Pacing the world’s best basketball league in a major statistic, and more.
Steph Curry turned 37 this season, but his demolition of the record book continued unabated as the Warriors tore through the last eight weeks of the season and stormed into the NBA playoffs.
Despite reaching an age that often sees star players taking a more supporting role, Curry has continued to thrive with his all-motion, all-the-time style that leaves even younger defenders gasping for air.
“Maybe the most underrated part of his game is his conditioning,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of Curry. “Just incredible what he does out there, especially considering how much attention he draws defensively, how much pressure people put on him. He handles it night after night and flourishes, incredible athlete.”
That brand of basketball propelled the future Hall of Famer to another banner regular season – one that resulted in the Warriors finally winning their first play-in game and setting up a playoff matchup with the Rockets – and put up some impressive statistics.
Here are five hard-to-believe numbers that show just how special Curry’s 2024-25 regular season was.
PASSED 4K MADE 3-POINTERS
When Steph Curry entered the NBA in 2009, Reggie Miller held the 3-point record at 2,560. On March 13 of this season in a victory over the Kings, Curry made his 4,000th shot from behind the arc. It is a number that defies logic, even in today’s shooting-obsessed league. How much further is Curry ahead of his competition? The Warrior is 883 in front of second-place James Harden. Could Curry eventually reach 5,000? Well …
300 3-POINTERS FOR SIXTH TIME
… you don’t make over 4,000 (or maybe eventually 5K) 3-pointers without consistently putting up high-volume seasons, and no player in NBA history is better at that than Curry. Despite playing in just 70 games, Curry made 311 triples. That was third in the league thanks to career years from Anthony Edwards (320) and Malik Beasley (319), and the ninth-most all time. It is a leaderboard Curry dominates, owning the top spot (402) and five of the top six. He is the only player to have more than one season of 300 or more 3-point makes.
LED LEAGUE IN FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE … AGAIN
Curry continued to pad his lead in more than just long-range shooting categories. Curry shot 93.3%, a full percentage point ahead of Oakland native Damian Lillard (92.1%). It was the fourth time Curry has led the league from the stripe, and helped him stay on top of the NBA’s all-time accuracy leaderboard at 91.1%. Second place on that list is Steve Nash (90.4%), a former Warriors consultant.
MOST POINTS PER GAME BY GUARD HIS AGE
Curry entered the NBA with “The Babyfaced Assassin” as his nickname. Perhaps the more fitting moniker is the “Ageless Wonder.” At a time when most of his peers are now coaching, podcasting, or pursuing other passions, Curry, who turned 37 last month, continues to score more effectively than the players who grew up watching him. He averaged 24.5 points per game, which makes him the highest-scoring 36-, 37- or 38-year-old guard. Yes, that list includes Michael Jordan (22.9 PPG at 38) and Kobe Bryant (22.3 PPG at 36).
PASSING 8 HALL OF FAMERS IN SCORING
If Curry seemed to pass another hoops icon with every other made basket, there is a good reason for that. Curry scored 1,713 points, which helped him pass Charles Barkley, Allen Iverson, Ray Allen, Patrick Ewing, Jerry West and Reggie Miller on the all-time NBA scoring list. When counting points scored in the revolutionary American Basketball Association, he also passed Artis Gilmore and Warriors/Oakland Oaks legend Rick Barry.
He now sits 24th on the NBA-only list and 27th when including ABA stats.