# What is the record for 3 point accuracy in basketball **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 8, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-3-point-accuracy-in-basketball/334781 "2005-12-08T23:13:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-3-point-accuracy-in-basketball/334781/1 "2005-12-08T23:13:34Z")
Either in pro basketball, the NCAA or in small time tournaments, what is the record for three point accuracy. What is the average accuracy for things like amateur basketball, the NCAA or pro basketball. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-3-point-accuracy-in-basketball/334781/2 "2005-12-09T00:18:02Z")
> [@Wesley Clark](#): > > Either in pro basketball, the NCAA or in small time tournaments, what is the record for three point accuracy. What is the average accuracy for things like amateur basketball, the NCAA or pro basketball. [Steve Kerr](http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/nbarecords/career3pointper.htm) at .454 ([wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kerr) also) for the NBA ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-3-point-accuracy-in-basketball/334781/3 "2016-11-08T17:21:36Z")
How about Steph Curry, with 13 three-pointers Monday night against the Pelicans? The first time anyone has ever hit 13 3’s in an NBA game. Curry was 4 for 17 (0.765). That is some three-point shooting! ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-3-point-accuracy-in-basketball/334781/4 "2016-11-08T17:23:54Z")
I’d think 1 for 1 would be commonplace … ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-3-point-accuracy-in-basketball/334781/5 "2016-11-08T17:32:49Z")
Moved to the Game Room. Note that this thread was started in 2005. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-3-point-accuracy-in-basketball/334781/6 "2016-11-08T17:50:19Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Either in pro basketball, the NCAA or in small time tournaments, what is the record for three point accuracy. What is the average accuracy for things like amateur basketball, the NCAA or pro basketball. In a game, a season, a career? The record for a career, as alterego has cited, is Steve Kerr at .454, which is quite something. The record for a single season, assuming a certain minimum number of attempts, is .536, by Kyle Korver in 2009-2010. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-3-point-accuracy-in-basketball/334781/7 "2016-11-08T18:00:51Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Curry was 4 for 17 (0.765). don’t know how this made it into my post. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-3-point-accuracy-in-basketball/334781/8 "2016-11-09T00:02:32Z")
Everyone here is assuming actual game conditions, but it’s a lot higher for someone just making leisurely throws without any defenders. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-3-point-accuracy-in-basketball/334781/9 "2016-11-10T13:58:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Everyone here is assuming actual game conditions, but it’s a lot higher for someone just making leisurely throws without any defenders. Well, yeah. If someone asks about home runs I’ll assume they don’t mean pregame warmups either. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-record-for-3-point-accuracy-in-basketball/334781/10 "2016-11-10T14:42:38Z")
[The Golden State Warriors made NBA history again by way of four players connecting on at least four 3s.](http://www.espn.com/blog/golden-state-warriors/post/_/id/2677/warriors-3-party-finds-yet-another-record) This doesn’t seem unusually difficult, so it’s surprising that it took this long to make this record.