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#3 James Harden
James Harden will go down in history as one of the best three-point shooters in the NBA. He is one of two players in league history who has scored over 300 three-pointers in one season.
Harden made 378 three-pointers in his 2018-19 MVP season. He came close to crossing the 300-point mark the following season but failed to make another three-point shot.
Although Harden will likely focus on creating for teammates during his second season with the Brooklyn Nets, we will still be seeing a lot of his step-back three-pointers. In the 36 games he played for the Nets during the 2020-21 NBA season, he converted 36.6% of his attempts from beyond the arc.
#2 Joe Harris
Joe Harris has been the principal beneficiary of Harden's dimes, and he certainly took advantage of it. While he has shot at an efficient clip for the past four seasons, he had an NBA career-high average last season while making 6.4 attempts per game.
Harris led the NBA in three-point shooting, converting on 47.5% of his 444 attempts. Although he was underwhelming in the playoffs, he still had a decent 40% three-point shooting campaign.
With the Nets maintaining their core, Harris will retain his position as the starting small forward. He will likely be open a lot of the time as either Harden, Kyrie Irving or Kevin Durant can draw the double-team and leave him wide open.
With decent ball movement, Harris will be perfectly placed to lead the league on three-point shooting if he successfully converts.
#1 Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry is the best three-point shooter in the NBA. Of course, this is meant as no disrespect to the great Ray Allen. However, Steph has set several records in the three-point shooting department and is on course to become the all-time leading scorer from three-point range.
Allen has made 2,973 three-pointers and currently sits atop the all-time leaderboard. However, Steph will surpass that number in the 2021-22 NBA season if he makes at least 145 three-pointers.
On Chef Curry's best shooting campaign (the 2015-16 season), he drained a record-setting 402 three-pointers.
Since the 2012-13 season, Steph has not scored below 200 three-pointers when he played in at least 50 games. While we wait to see how things play out for the Golden State Warriors guard, no one in the NBA comes close to being as great a three-point shooter as he is.
