Who Has the Highest 3 Point Percentage in the NBA?
The answer to this question may surprise you – it’s not Steph Curry or LeBron James. In fact, it’s a player who hasn’t even been in the league for very long.
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A six-time NBA All-Star, he has been named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice and won three NBA championships with the Warriors. Curry is widely considered as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. He is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring teams to regularly use the three-point shot.
Kyle Korver
Boston Celtics shooting guard Kyle Korver has the highest three-point field goal percentage in the NBA. Korver, who has played for the Jazz, Sixers, Hawks, and Cavs during his 15-year NBA career, is currently shooting 52.5% from three-point range.
Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller held the record for the highest three-point shooting percentage in a season for 20 years, until Stephen Curry broke it in 2016. Miller made 48.5 percent of his three-point attempts during the 1996-97 season. He helped the Indiana Pacers reach the NBA Finals that year, where they lost to the Chicago Bulls in six games.
Curry, who plays for the Golden State Warriors, made 402 out of 539 three-point attempts during the 2015-16 season, good for a shooting percentage of 74.8. That same season, he was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player and led his team to an NBA championship.
Steve Novak
Steve Novak is currently the player with the highest 3 point percentage in the NBA. As of February 12, 2013, Novak has shot 47.2% from behind the arc. He is followed closely by Kyle Korver, who has shot 46.7%.
Ray Allen
Ray Allen was drafted 5th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1996 NBA draft. He played 18 seasons in the NBA, winning 2 championships with the Miami Heat in 2013. Allen is widely considered one of the best shooters of all time,
and holds the NBA records for most three-point field goals made in a career (2,973) and most three-point field goals made in a season (269). He also won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the United States men’s basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
