As we flip the calendar to 2026, the NBA landscape looks vastly different than it did a decade ago, but some constants remains like Stephen Curry’s ability to leave a stadium in collective awe. While the Golden State Warriors have spent much of the current season battling for consistency, Curry has remained an outlier. At an age where most guards are settling into “specialist” roles or considering retirement, the 37-year-old is playing with a level of conditioning and shot-making that defies logic.
A Shooting Record That Spans Nearly the Entire League
While the total points are impressive, it’s the way Curry gets them that continues to baffle defensive coordinators. In the Warriors’ year-end victory over the Charlotte Hornets, Charlotte officially became the 24th opponent that Curry has made at least 100 three-pointers against in his career. To put that in perspective, no other player in NBA history has hit 100+ threes against more than 18 different opponents. That second spot belongs to James Harden, who despite stints with high-volume teams in Brooklyn and Philadelphia, still trails Curry by a wide margin.
Curry has hit the 100-three-pointer mark against every single team in the Western Conference (excluding his own Warriors) and 10 teams in the Eastern Conference, a feat he accomplished despite seeing East teams only twice a year. Even more absurd is his dominance against his most frequent victims. Curry has made 200 or more triples against four different franchises, a milestone no other player has achieved even once.
This is what his Top 5 list of favorite targets looks like:
- L.A. Clippers: 229 threes (55 games)
- OKC Thunder: 213 threes (49 games)
- Portland Trail Blazers: 212 threes (47 games)
- Phoenix Suns: 202 threes (57 games)
- Denver Nuggets: 196 threes (48 games)
As Curry enters 2026, he is chasing a fifth championship ring, a feat that would move him past LeBron James and place him in the rarified air of icons like Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, and Tim Duncan. With the window of his prime beginning to narrow, every game takes on a new level of urgency.
Curry’s Climb Toward the Top 15 in All-Time Scoring list
In the penultimate game of 2025, Curry reached a significant milestone by eclipsing Kevin Garnett’s career mark of 26,071 points. By moving into the 21st spot on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, Curry further solidified his case as one of the greatest offensive forces to ever step onto the hardwood. But he isn’t stopping there.
Currently, Curry is maintaining a scoring clip of 28.7 points per game. If he manages to keep this pace through the remaining 48 games of the season, he is on track to add at least 1,000 more points to his total by April. A run of that magnitude would see him skyrocket into the elite Top 15 of the all-time scoring leaderboard. In doing so, he would leapfrog legendary big men like Tim Duncan and Hakeem Olajuwon. Of all active players, only the “Old Guard” of LeBron James, Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook sit ahead of him.
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