Top 5 Players with the Most 3 Pointers Scored in an NBA All-Star Game Featuring Stephen Curry and Damian Lillard

Since the Golden State Warriors changed the NBA’s landscape with their shooting prowess from beyond the arc, three-point shots have become the league’s marquee attraction. The Three-Point Contest has replaced the Dunk Contest as the most-anticipated event during the NBA’s All-Star weekend.

Three-point shooting in the All-Star game has also ballooned exponentially. Before 2014, no team in the game’s history attempted 40 three-pointers but in the 2020 All-Star game, Team Giannis attempted 40 three-pointers. They are the only team since the 2015 All-Star game to not attempt at least 55 shots from beyond the arc.

While launching three-pointers has become the norm in the All-Star game, few players have done it better than most. Here are the five best three-point shooting performances in the All-Star game history:

Stephen Curry – 16 (2022)

Unsurprisingly, the greatest three-point shooter in NBA history also holds the record for most three-pointers in the All-Star game. In 2022, Stephen Curry banked 16 shots from beyond the arc. The Warriors superstar attempted a jaw-dropping 27 three-pointers, shattering Paul George’s record of 19, which he set in 2016.

The highlights of Curry’s 50-point explosion were his two no-look three-pointers from the All-Star game logo. His 16 three-pointers are the most in any NBA game by a player. His teammate Klay Thompson holds the regular season record with 14, while Milwaukee Bucks superstar Damian Lillard owns the playoff record with 12.

Jayson Tatum – 10 (2023)

Curry’s 50-point outing was the second-best performance in an All-Star game, trailing only Anthony Davis‘ 52-point performance in 2017. However, in 2023, Jayson Tatum usurped both and scored 55 points, setting the new All-Star game record.

Tatum attempted 18 three-pointers, the fourth-most in an All-Star game. He buried ten shots from beyond the arc to take second place in the all-time list for most three-pointers in an All-Star game.

Paul George – 9 (2016)

Los Angeles Clippers superstar Paul George was the first player to go berserk and rack up shot after shot from beyond the arc in an All-Star game. The then-Indiana Pacers forward attempted 19 three-pointers in the 2016 edition of the marquee contest, surpassing Kevin Durant’s mark of 14, which he set in 2014.

George banked nine of his 19 three-point attempts, breaking Carmelo Anthony‘s all-time record of eight, which he set in 2014. He finished the game with 41 points. Despite the exponential rise in three-point attempts in the All-Star game, only two players have surpassed George’s mark.

Carmelo Anthony, Kawhi Leonard, Damian Lillard x2, Stephen Curry, Donovan Mitchell – 8

Five players have scored eight three-pointers in an All-Star game. Carmelo Anthony was the first to do it in 2014. He broke LeBron James‘ record of six, which he set in the 2012 All-Star game. Of the five players to score eight three-pointers, Anthony needed the fewest shots, achieving the feat in only 13 attempts. He finished the game with 30 points.

Kawhi Leonard was the second player to finish an All-Star game with eight three-pointers. He needed only 14 attempts to achieve the feat. Leonard’s impressive 30-point performance helped Team LeBron beat Team Giannis 157-155 in a game widely recognized as the best All-Star game in NBA history. The Clippers superstar was named the game’s MVP.

Curry and Damian Lillard went 8-for-16 in the 2021 All-Star game. The Warriors icon finished the game with 28 points, while the then-Portland Trail Blazers superstar scored 32. Lillard hit eight three-pointers for the second time in the 2023 All-Star game. He and Curry are the only players to have multiple All-Star games with at least eight three-pointers.

Donovan Mitchell became the latest entrant in the exclusive club of players with eight three-pointers in the NBA All-Star game. He went 8-of-17 from beyond the arc in the 2023 All-Star game. He finished the game with 40 points and helped Team Giannis end Team LeBron’s five-year unbeaten run in the All-Star game.

The 2024 All-Star game will likely see more players break three-point scoring records. It remains to be seen whether Curry will continue to rein supreme or if a new challenger will break his record.

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Jay Mahesh Lokegaonkar

Jay Lokegaonkar is a basketball journalist who has been following the sports as a fan 2005. He has worked in a slew of roles covering the NBA, including writer, editor, content manager, social media manager, and head of content since 2018. However, his primary passion is writing about the NBA. Especially throwback stories about the league's iconic players and franchises. Revisiting incredible tales and bringing scarcely believable stories to readers are one his main interests as a writer.

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