Record for the Most 3-Pointers Scored by a Player in a Single NBA Game

Entering the 2024-25 season, former Warriors guard Klay Thompson still holds the record for the most 3-pointers made in an NBA game with 14. He achieved this feat on Oct. 29, 2018, in Chicago, where he scored 52 points, leading the Golden State to a 149-124 victory over the Bulls.

Prior to Thompson’s performance in 2018, his former Warriors teammate Stephen Curry held the record with 13 3-pointers made (Nov. 7, 2016 vs. New Orleans). Since then, two more players have made 13 3-pointers in a game, bringing the total to four.

14 3-pointers, 52 points (Oct. 29, 2018, Warriors vs. Bulls)

: 13 3-pointers, 46 points (Nov. 7, 2016, Warriors vs. Pelicans)

: 13 3-pointers, 71 points (Feb. 26, 2023, Blazers vs. Rockets)

: 13 3-pointers, 49 points (Nov. 23, 2019, Bulls vs. Hornets)

While Curry no longer holds the single-game record, the all-time leader in 3-pointers made (3,747) has the most games with 10 or more 3-pointers made with 25. Fifty-three players have made at least 10 3-pointers in a game, but only two other players have done so more than three times — Thompson (nine) and Lillard (five).

97 games by 53 players (Curry leads with 25)

38 games by 19 players (Curry leads with 13)

10 games by 7 players (Thompson leads with 3)

4 games by 4 players

1 game by Thompson

In the NBA Playoffs, there have only been three games in which a player has made at least 10 3-pointers. Lillard has two of them, including the record 12 3-pointers made on June 1, 2021 in a first-round overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets.

12 3-pointers, 55 points (June 1, 2021, Game 5 of first round, Blazers vs. Nuggets)

11 3-pointers, 41 points (May 28, 2016, Game 6 of Western Conference Finals, Warriors vs. Thunder)

10 3-pointers, 50 points (April 23, 2019, Game of first round, Blazers vs. Thunder)