NBA Finals single-game 3-point record: Stephen Curry leads list of impressive shooting performances

Gilbert McGregor

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In the game of basketball, one thing is clear: shooters shoot. This especially holds true in the NBA.

Almost all of the league's greatest shooters have played in the NBA Finals, making for some incredible performances on the game's greatest stage. Some performances, of course, have stood the test of time.

Which shooters have turned in the best performances when the NBA championship is on the line? The Sporting News looks back at the greatest 3-point shooting performances in the NBA Finals.

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NBA Finals record for 3-pointers in a game

Stephen Curry holds the NBA Finals record for 3-pointers in a game with nine. Curry set the record during a 33-point performance in Game 2 of the 2018 NBA Finals.

Curry's name is peppered throughout the NBA Finals 3-point record book. While Ray Allen has the second-best shooting performance in Finals history with eight 3-pointers, Curry has knocked down seven triples in the Finals on six different occasions.

Most 3-pointers in a Finals game
Rank Player(s) 3-pointers
1 Stephen Curry 9
2 Ray Allen 8
3 Stephen Curry (6), Ray Allen, Devin Booker, Danny Green, Kyrie Irving, Mike Miller, Scottie Pippen, Duncan Robinson, J.R. Smith, Kenny Smith, Klay Thompson 7

NBA Finals all-time 3-point leaders

Given Curry's place in the single-game record book, it should come as no surprise that he is atop the leaderboard for most 3-pointers in the Finals.

Curry is one of just three players to have made over 100 3-pointers in Finals history.

Rank Player 3-pointers
1 Stephen Curry 152
2 Klay Thompson 106
3 LeBron James 101
4 Danny Green 59
  J.R. Smith 59
6 Robert Horry 56
7 Ray Allen 55
8 Kobe Bryant 48
  Derek Fisher 48
10 Kevin Durant 43

Gilbert McGregor

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Gilbert McGregor first joined The Sporting News in 2018 as a content producer for Global editions of NBA.com. Before covering the game, McGregor played basketball collegiately at Wake Forest, graduating with a Communication degree in 2016. McGregor began covering the NBA during the 2017-18 season and has been on hand for a number of league events.