Recapping Stephen Curry's 2015-16 unanimous MVP season in 5 stats 

#3 Averaging 2.1 steals per game

Stephen Curry celebrates in a match against the Houston Rockets

Stephen Curry is seen as an attacking master. However, people often overlook his defensive abilities. Curry is definitely not a post-up defender or even a reliable shot-blocker.

But defense in the NBA is not defined by these paradigms. Defense, in essence, is all about pushing opponents to take difficult shots and creating more possessions for your team.

Stephen Curry, as the Golden State Warriors' best player, is a constant threat to ball handlers. He snatches the ball from blindspots, forces turnovers and creates fastbreaks. In 2015-16 season, he averaged 2.1 steals per game. He led the league in steals that year with this average.

To put things into perspective, Curry stole the ball from his opponents a total of 169 times.

#2 Averaging 30.1 points per game

Another stat that helped him win the 2015-16 MVP was his spectacular scoring streak. Stephen Curry scored a total of 2,375 points. He led the league that season in total points scored and points per game. His average exceeded 30 points per game.

While playing 79 games in the 2015-16 season and averaging 34.2 minutes per game he was able to register 30.1 points per game. In his best performance of the season, Curry scored 53 points against the New Orleans Pelicans.

#1 402 three-pointers in a season

In the modern era of basketball, no one has been a better three-point shooter than the baby faced assassin. Words fall short when defining his greatness. The man, an absolute legend, has made 2,832 three-pointers in his still on-going career. His tally stands only behind Ray Allen's 2,973 three-pointers.

Having made 337 shots from downtown, if Curry can continue to be as lethal from beyond the perimeter, he will definitely become the leading three-point scorer in the history of the NBA.

In 2015-16 alone, Steph added 402 three-pointers to his career stats. Stephen Curry, on average, converted 5.1 of his 11.2 attempts from downtown that season.

No other player has ever crossed the 400 mark in a season. In addition, he managed to achieve 45.4% effieciency rate off of his 886 attempts in the season he won a unanimous MVP award.