Stephen Curry‘s recent 3-pointer against the Minnesota Timberwolves did more than add to his scoring total.

While the Warriors went on to lose 120 to 127, Curry still left the court with a new notch on his belt.

Curry, now in his 17th NBA season, turned what was once a niche skill into the defining weapon of a generation.

Against Minnesota, he scored 39 points with five rebounds and five assists, but even in a loss to the Timberwolves, something historic unfolded.

With that made 3-pointer, Curry extended his streak of games with at least one three to 1,000, the only player ever to reach that mark and just the 12th in league history to appear in that many games with a longdistance field goal.

Already the alltime leader in career three-pointers made, Curry‘s rsum of longrange dominance now includes this accumulation of consistent, sustained excellence.

Curry continues to make history

No other player has combined accuracy, volume, and longevity from deep the way he has. His influence has seeped into every level of basketball: from how young athletes train, to how coaches construct offenses around spacing and pace, and to how defenders prepare for games.

Curry‘s journey from an undersized sharpshooter at Davidson to the face of a modern era is reflected in the numbers.

On March 13, 2025, he became the first player in NBA history to make 4,000 career 3-pointers during a 130-104 Warriors victory over the Sacramento Kings, adding another chapter to his legacy.

“Every three is a record. This one sets an entirely new standard,” the Warriors wrote in celebration of the achievement.

Curry himself has acknowledged the significance of that milestone with humility. Ahead of reaching the 4,000 three mark, he told ESPN that it was “a number that I didn’t think about, that it was realistic even from 2,974,” the thenrecord that had once seemed so lofty.

“It’s beyond my wildest dreams to push a record that far,” Curry said, later adding after the historic game, “Hit it on the number, man.”

That combination of achievement and grounded perspective speaks to why Curry‘s impact is about more than statistics. In a league increasingly defined by skill and shooting range, the veteran guard recently said, “I think this is the most skilled era of basketball history.”

Curry‘s ascent didn’t happen in a vacuum. When he broke Ray Allen‘s previous record of 2,973 three-pointers in 2021, a mark that once seemed unassailable, it signaled a new era of perimeter play.

Since then, he has kept elevating the standard, pushing the bar to levels that will be daunting for any future generation of shooters.