In a game against the Utah Jazz on Saturday night, Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen Curry became number two on the all-time list of three-pointers made.
In doing so, the two-time MVP passed Reggie Miller, the Hall of Famer who played his entire career in the Indiana Pacers.
But even though Curry only just passed Miller, what makes his accomplishment so shocking is the amount of games it took him to do it.
For comparison, Miller made 2,560 threes throughout his entire 18-year career, in which he played 1,389 regular-season games. Contrast that with Curry’s 12 years in the league and 715 games—and it’s not hard to see why Curry’s the undisputed greatest shooter of all time.
Even though the Warriors lost the game on Saturday night, Curry reflected on his accomplishment in an interview afterward.
“That’s pretty dope,” he noted. “We got our head beat tonight, but I was trying to still enjoy it. After I made the third one, I knew that was a big one, and then to make that fourth one in the third quarter was pretty special. Something I’ve been looking forward to for a very long time.”
