98 Fun Facts About Steph Curry

In which city was Stephen Curry born?

The same hospital, Summa Akron City, had delivered LeBron James three years earlier; his father was playing for the Cavaliers at the time.

For which NBA team did Curry's father Dell spend most of his career?

Dell Curry spent ten seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, 1988 to 1998, and left as the franchise's career scoring leader.

Which college did Curry play for from 2006 to 2009?

Curry played three seasons at Davidson College, 2006 to 2009, after his father's school Virginia Tech offered him only a walk-on spot; he left as the Wildcats' career scoring leader.

Which top-seeded team ended the Wildcats' 2008 NCAA Tournament run in the Elite Eight?

Top-seeded Kansas edged the Wildcats 59-57 in the 2008 Midwest Regional final in Detroit after Curry had scored 103 points in the three earlier rounds.

How many points per game did Curry average in his final college season, leading the nation?

Curry averaged 28.6 points as a junior in 2008-09, the most in Division I, while adding 5.6 assists and 2.5 steals and earning consensus first-team All-America honors.

With which pick did the Golden State Warriors select Curry in the 2009 draft?

Golden State took Curry 7th overall in 2009, right after Minnesota used the 5th and 6th picks on point guards Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn.

Who beat Curry to the 2010 Rookie of the Year award?

Tyreke Evans, the fourth pick, won the 2010 Rookie of the Year award; Curry finished runner-up and won the NBA Sportsmanship Award the next season instead.

Which part of his body caused the injuries that threatened Curry's early career?

The uncertainty is why the Warriors got him on a four-year, $44 million extension in 2012, one of the great bargains in sport.

How many three-pointers did Curry make in 2012-13 to set the single-season record at the time?

Curry's 272 three-pointers in 2012-13 broke Ray Allen's single-season record of 269, set with Seattle in 2005-06.

Which head coach did the Warriors hire before the 2014-15 season, Curry's first title year?

The team won 67 games and Curry took his first MVP; Luke Walton stood in the next season while Kerr recovered from back surgery.

How long had the Warriors gone without a championship before Curry's first in 2015?

The Warriors had waited 40 years: their previous title came in 1975, when Rick Barry led a sweep of the Washington Bullets.

What was unique about Curry's 2016 MVP award?

Curry's 2016 MVP was the first unanimous one in NBA history, all 131 first-place votes, with Kawhi Leonard the runner-up.

What regular-season record did the 2015-16 Warriors finish with?

Golden State finished 73-9, starting 24-0 and passing the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls' 72-10, the previous best regular season in NBA history.

How many three-pointers did Curry make in the 2015-16 season?

Curry made 402 three-pointers that season, closing with ten in the finale against Memphis; the next-best season at the time was his own 286 the year before.

From how far out did Curry hit his overtime game-winner against Oklahoma City in February 2016?

Curry's overtime winner at Oklahoma City on 27 February 2016 came from 38 feet with 0.6 seconds left, his 12th three of the night, tying the single-game record of Kobe Bryant and Donyell Marshall.

Which team beat the Warriors in the 2016 Finals after trailing 3-1?

The Cleveland Cavaliers won Games 5, 6 and 7 to take the 2016 Finals, the first team to come back from 3-1 down in the Finals; the Warriors signed Kevin Durant weeks later.

Curry's five-year 2017 extension was the first NBA contract to pass what figure?

Curry's five-year, $201 million deal signed on July 1, 2017, was the first NBA contract worth more than $200 million, coming weeks after his second title.

Which team beat the Warriors in the 2019 Finals?

The Toronto Raptors won the 2019 Finals in six games as Kevin Durant tore his Achilles and Klay Thompson his ACL; the Warriors then missed the next two postseasons.

Where did Curry pass Ray Allen to become the NBA's all-time three-point leader on December 14, 2021?

Curry passed Ray Allen at Madison Square Garden on December 14, 2021, hitting the record 2,974th three of his career in the first quarter; Allen was in the building to see it.

How many three-pointers did Curry make in the 2022 All-Star Game, a record?

Curry's 16 three-pointers in the 2022 All-Star Game shattered Paul George's previous record of nine and earned him the game's MVP award.

Which team did the Warriors beat in the 2022 Finals when Curry won his first Finals MVP?

His 43 points and 10 rebounds in Game 4 in Boston turned the series; the vote for MVP was unanimous.

How many points did Curry score in Game 7 against Sacramento in April 2023?

Curry's 50 points in that Game 7 in April 2023 were the most ever scored in a Game 7, beating Kevin Durant's 48; Golden State won 120-100.

Which country did the United States beat in the 2024 Olympic final, with Curry hitting eight threes?

The United States beat host France 98-87 in Paris for a fifth straight Olympic gold; Curry's eight threes included a closing flurry in the last three minutes, capped by his 'night night' celebration.

Which two FIBA tournaments did Curry win gold at with Team USA before the Olympics?

Paris 2024 was his first Olympic Games; he skipped 2012 and 2016 with injuries.

What nickname is shared by Curry and Klay Thompson?

The Splash Brothers nickname, coined in 2012, plays on the Bash Brothers of the Oakland A's; Curry and Thompson combined for more than 5,000 regular-season threes as teammates.

Which shooting-percentage milestone did Curry reach in 2016, as only the seventh player ever?

The 50-40-90 club requires shooting at least half from the field, 40 percent from three and 90 from the line; Curry's marks that season were 50.4, 45.4 and 90.8.

In which two seasons did Curry win the NBA scoring title?

Curry led the NBA in scoring in 2016 and again in 2021, when he averaged 32.0 points on a Warriors team eliminated in the play-in.

Which shoe company did Curry sign with in 2013 after leaving Nike?

Curry signed with Under Armour in 2013 after Nike's renewal pitch mispronounced his first name and reused a slide made for Kevin Durant; Curry Brand launched under Under Armour in December 2020.

In which subject did Curry finish his college bachelor's degree in 2022?

Curry completed a bachelor's degree in sociology in May 2022, thirteen years after leaving school early; his senior thesis examined gender equity in sport.

In which conference did Curry's college team play during his three seasons there?

The Wildcats were Southern Conference members throughout Curry's 2006-09 career; he was named SoCon Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009, and the school later joined the Atlantic 10.

What is the name of Curry's foundation for Oakland children?

Eat. Learn. Play. was founded by Stephen and Ayesha Curry in 2019 to fight childhood hunger, support literacy and expand play spaces for Oakland's children.

Which nickname refers to him cooking defenders?

Chef Curry is the nickname for his habit of 'cooking' defenders; the all-white Curry 2 Low 'Chef' sneaker borrowed the name and became an internet meme.

How many consecutive games did Curry make at least one three-pointer, an NBA record?

Curry's 268 straight games with a made three-pointer, a streak that ended in December 2022, was the longest in NBA history; Kyle Korver's 127 had been the longest by any other player.

How many times has Curry won the All-Star weekend Three-Point Contest?

Curry won the Three-Point Contest twice, first in 2015 and again six years later; in between he lost a final to teammate Klay Thompson.

Which award, named after a Lakers legend, did Curry win as the inaugural West finals MVP in 2022?

The Magic Johnson Trophy was introduced in 2022 for the Western Conference finals MVP, and Curry was its first winner after a five-game series; the East's equivalent is named for Larry Bird.

Which magazine's Sportsperson of the Year went to Curry in 2022 and the Warriors in 2018?

Sports Illustrated chose the Warriors as a team for its 2018 Sportsperson of the Year award and gave Curry the 2022 honour alone after his first Finals MVP.

Which younger brother of Curry's also played in the NBA?

Seth Curry, two years younger, went undrafted in 2013 but carved out a long NBA career; the brothers faced each other in the 2019 Western Conference finals.

Which award did Dell Curry win with the Hornets in 1994?

Dell Curry won the 1994 Sixth Man of the Year award after posting the highest scoring average of his career, as a reserve, in 1993-94.

Which honour roll of the league's all-time greats was Curry named to in 2021?

The NBA 75th Anniversary Team, announced in October 2021, listed 76 players because of a tie in voting; Curry was among the active players chosen.

How many playoff three-pointers had Curry made by the end of the 2022 run, the first player past 500?

Curry reached 561 playoff three-pointers by the end of the 2022 title run, the first player past 500; Ray Allen's 385 had been the record before Curry passed it in 2019.

What jersey number has Curry worn throughout his Warriors career?

His father Dell wore 30 too. A fan who died in the 2015 Chapel Hill shooting wore the number in intramural games, and Curry honoured him on his sneakers.

Some of Curry's signature shoes carry the verse '4:13' from which book of the Bible?

Philippians 4:13 reads 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me'; Curry has had it printed on the tongues and laces of his signature shoes since the Curry One.

In 2023 Curry won the American Century Championship, a celebrity event in which sport?

Golf has been Curry's second sport since childhood: he made a hole-in-one in round two of the 2023 American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe, then won it with a walk-off eagle putt.

In 2018 Curry jokingly doubted what historic event, earning an invitation from NASA?

Curry said on a December 2018 podcast he doubted the Moon landing, then walked it back; NASA invited him to tour the lunar sample lab at the Johnson Space Center.

Which award did Curry receive in April 2025 for leadership and mentoring other players?

The Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year award, voted on by players, went to Curry in April 2025; a year earlier he had been named the league's Clutch Player of the Year.

Since 2012, Curry has donated three of what for every three-pointer he makes?

Curry pledged in 2012 to donate three mosquito nets per three-pointer to the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign against malaria, a cause college teammate Bryant Barr introduced him to.

Which mini-golf competition show had Curry as executive producer and resident golf pro?

Holey Moley, ABC's extreme mini-golf competition, debuted in 2019 with Curry as executive producer and its 'resident golf pro', appearing in comic segments each episode.

In 2019 Curry pledged to fund new Division I men's and women's golf teams at which school?

Curry pledged in August 2019 to fund Howard University's new Division I men's and women's golf programmes for six years, beginning in 2020-21, after meeting student golfer Otis Ferguson.

Curry's 2009 rookie card sold in July 2021 for a then-record basketball-card price of?

Curry's 2009-10 National Treasures Logoman rookie card fetched $5.9 million from the collectibles fund Alt in July 2021, a basketball-card record at the time.

Curry wears contact lenses to correct which eye condition?

Keratoconus thins the cornea into a cone shape and blurs vision; Curry revealed in 2019 that he has it and credited new contact lenses with sharpening his shooting.

What is Curry's actual first name?

Curry's full name is Wardell Stephen Curry II; he goes by his middle name, while his father, Wardell Stephen Curry Sr., shortened the first name to Dell.

Against which team did Curry score his career-high 62 points in January 2021?

Curry scored 62 against the Portland Trail Blazers on January 3, 2021, going 18-of-31 in a 137-122 win, two nights after Portland had beaten the Warriors by 25.

Which player did the Warriors offer Curry to the Bucks for in 2012, only to be rebuffed?

Milwaukee preferred Monta Ellis to Curry because of Curry's injury history, so the March 2012 trade sent Ellis, Ekpe Udoh and Kwame Brown to the Bucks for Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson.

Dell Curry hoped which team would take his son with the eighth pick in 2009?

The Knicks held the eighth pick and Curry's camp, Dell included, openly hoped he would land in New York; the Knicks took Jordan Hill instead after Golden State grabbed Curry one pick earlier.

Which Warriors head coach drafted Curry in 2009 despite his father's wishes?

Don Nelson, then the Warriors' head coach, wanted Curry for his offence; Monta Ellis, the incumbent scoring guard, declared at 2009 media day that the two were too small to play together.

Which All-Star Saturday event did Curry win in February 2011?

Curry won the 2011 Skills Challenge, the timed dribbling, passing and shooting obstacle course, at All-Star weekend in Los Angeles, his first All-Star Saturday victory.

Against which team did Curry make a then-record 13 threes in a November 2016 game?

Curry hit 13 threes against the New Orleans Pelicans on November 7, 2016, three nights after an 0-of-10 game at the Lakers had ended his 157-game regular-season streak with a made three.

How many points did Curry score in overtime of Game 4 at Portland in 2016, then a record?

Curry's 17 points in the overtime of Game 4 on May 9, 2016, set a record for a single overtime period; in his first game back from an MCL sprain he led all scorers in a 132-125 win.

Which broadcaster's 'Double Bang' call capped Curry's 2016 game-winner in Oklahoma City?

Mike Breen, calling the game for ESPN, shouted 'Bang! Bang!' as the shot went in on February 27, 2016; it also pushed Curry's season total to 288, past his own record of 286.

Whom did Curry pass in April 2021 to become the Warriors' all-time leading scorer?

Curry passed Wilt Chamberlain as the Warriors' career scoring leader with a 53-point game against Denver on April 12, 2021, at age 33.

Whose mark did Curry break in March 2021 to become the Warriors' career assists leader?

Rodgers' 4,855 had stood since the 1960s, when the franchise was still in Philadelphia and then San Francisco.

What was the value of the one-year extension Curry signed in August 2024?

Curry's August 2024 extension added one season, 2026-27, at $62.6 million, keeping him with the Warriors through what would be his 18th year with the franchise.

Which Phoenix Suns player fell on Curry's left hand in October 2019, breaking it?

Aron Baynes landed on Curry's left hand late in October 2019, breaking the second metacarpal; after surgery Curry was out until March and played only five games as the Warriors finished last in the league.

Whom did Curry edge 28-27 to win the 2021 Three-Point Contest?

Mike Conley scored 27 in the 2021 final, and Curry needed to make his very last ball to finish on 28, six years after his first contest win in 2015.

Against which team did Curry hit his first buzzer-beating game-winner, in January 2022?

Curry's first career buzzer-beater came against the Houston Rockets on January 21, 2022, a pull-up jumper for a 105-103 win in his 13th season, after years of game-winners that came before the final horn.

Which Celtics player's dive rolled Curry's foot in March 2022, ending his regular season?

Marcus Smart dived for a loose ball and rolled onto Curry's left foot in mid-March 2022, spraining a ligament; Curry missed the rest of the regular season and returned off the bench for the playoffs.

Which team did the Warriors beat in the 2022 Western Conference finals?

The Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 4-1 in the 2022 Western Conference finals; Curry averaged 23.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 7.4 assists and was voted the first winner of the new conference finals MVP award.

What did Curry throw to earn an ejection against Memphis in January 2023?

Curry flung his mouthpiece in frustration after Jordan Poole's ill-advised late three and was ejected on January 25, 2023, his third career ejection; the Warriors beat Memphis 122-120 anyway.

Against which team did Curry score 60 points in a February 2024 overtime loss?

Curry's 60 against the Atlanta Hawks on February 3, 2024, came in a 141-134 overtime loss; at 35 he joined Kobe Bryant as the only players to score 60 at that age or older.

Whose 2023 retirement made Curry the longest-tenured player with one team?

Udonis Haslem retired in 2023 after two decades with Miami, leaving Curry, a Warrior since 2009, as the active player with the longest unbroken run at a single franchise.

Against which team did Curry become the first player with 4,000 career threes?

Curry's 4,000th regular-season three came against the Sacramento Kings at Chase Center on March 13, 2025, a day short of his 37th birthday; Ray Allen, the previous record-holder, retired with 2,973.

Against which team did Curry score 36 points in the 2024 Olympic semifinal?

Serbia led by double figures into the fourth quarter before Curry's 9-of-14 three-point shooting and 36 points carried the United States to a 95-91 win; only Carmelo Anthony's 37 in 2012 tops it for a US Olympic game.

How many points did Curry score in the 2024 Olympic gold-medal game?

Curry scored 24 points in the 2024 gold-medal game in Paris, all of them on eight three-pointers, with a closing burst in the final three minutes.

What is the name of Ayesha Curry's lifestyle brand?

Sweet July, the lifestyle brand Ayesha Curry launched in 2020, began as a quarterly magazine and grew to include a skincare line and a store and cafe in Oakland.

Where did Curry first meet his future wife Ayesha as a teenager?

Curry, then 15, met 14-year-old Ayesha Alexander at a church youth group in Charlotte; they did not start dating until 2008, when she was pursuing acting in Los Angeles.

How many children did Stephen and Ayesha Curry have by the end of 2024?

The Currys' four children are daughters Riley (2012) and Ryan (2015) and sons Canon (2018) and Caius (2024).

In which California town did Curry buy a $31m home in 2019?

Curry paid $31 million for the Atherton estate in 2019; in 2023 he and Ayesha wrote to the town opposing a townhouse development planned directly behind it, citing privacy and safety.

Curry's mother Sonya is godmother to which basketball player?

Sonya and Brink's mother were college roommates on the Virginia Tech volleyball team.

What kind of school did Curry's parents found in Huntersville, North Carolina, in 1995?

Sonya Curry founded the Christian Montessori School of Lake Norman in Huntersville in 1995, and all three Curry children attended it.

What is the title of Sonya Curry's 2022 memoir?

Fierce Love, subtitled 'A Memoir of Family, Faith, and Purpose', came out in 2022, a year after Sonya and Dell Curry ended their 33-year marriage.

Which team drafted Dell Curry 15th overall in 1986?

The Utah Jazz took Dell Curry 15th overall in 1986 out of Virginia Tech; he played one season in Salt Lake City before being traded in October 1987.

The mother of which late Croatian star babysat Curry in 1992 and got a 2015 Finals jersey?

Biserka Petrovic minded the three-year-old during the 1992 All-Star weekend while Dell shot in the Three-Point Contest.

Which bourbon brand did Curry launch in 2023?

Gentleman's Cut, a Kentucky straight bourbon, was launched by Curry in 2023 in partnership with Boone County Distilling Co. of Independence, Kentucky.

Which 2019 faith-based film did Curry executive produce?

Breakthrough, the 2019 drama about a Missouri teenager revived after falling through lake ice, was executive-produced by Curry; the same year he backed Emanuel, a documentary on the Charleston church shooting.

Curry executive-produced an animated Netflix revival of which 1970s sitcom?

The animated Good Times arrived on Netflix in April 2024 with Curry and Norman Lear, who had developed the original 1974 sitcom, among its executive producers.

At which festival did the documentary Stephen Curry: Underrated premiere in January 2023?

Stephen Curry: Underrated, directed by Peter Nicks, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City in January 2023 and was released by Apple TV+ that July.

Curry invested in the 2018 relaunch of which classic phone brand?

The 2018 Palm was a credit-card-sized companion phone from a San Francisco startup that licensed the name from TCL; Curry was an investor and its marketing face.

Curry was sued as a paid spokesperson for which collapsed crypto exchange?

FTX collapsed into bankruptcy in November 2022 and a class action followed against celebrity promoters including Curry, who had become a global ambassador and shareholder the previous year.

Which jersey number did Charlotte Christian School retire for Curry in 2017?

The school retired Curry's number 20 in 2017; he had worn it for the Knights before switching in college to the number his father had worn.

What was Curry's listed height after the NBA re-measured every player in 2019?

Curry was re-measured at 6 ft 2 in during the NBA's 2019 height recertification, an inch under his earlier 6 ft 3 in listing; he is listed at 185 pounds.

How many threes did Curry make in 2007-08, then an NCAA single-season record?

Curry's 162 three-pointers in 2007-08, 4.5 per game, set the NCAA single-season record and carried the Wildcats to the Elite Eight.

Which school held Curry scoreless in his only pointless college game, in 2008?

Loyola double-teamed him all night and lost 78-48 anyway; he went 0-of-3 and his teammates did the rest.

Who was Curry's head coach in college?

Bob McKillop coached the Wildcats from 1989 to 2022 and told alumni 'wait 'til you see Steph Curry' before the freshman had played a game; his son Matt succeeded him in 2022.

Which postseason tournament did Curry's team play in during his final college season?

The Wildcats went to the 2009 NIT after a conference-tournament semifinal loss to College of Charleston cost them the automatic bid; they beat South Carolina, then lost at Saint Mary's in Curry's final game.

Who was the last Warrior to start an All-Star Game before Curry in 2014?

Latrell Sprewell started the 1995 All-Star Game for Golden State; no Warrior started another until Curry was voted in for 2014, a gap of 19 years.

Whose record of 27 threes in a single Finals did Curry break in 2016?

Danny Green hit 27 threes in the 2013 Finals; Curry made 32 in the 2016 series to pass him, and his nine in Game 2 of the 2018 Finals set the single-game record.

Seth Curry's wife Callie is the daughter of which NBA head coach?

Callie played pro volleyball; her brother Austin was Seth's teammate at Duke, and Doc later coached Seth himself.

Against which team did Curry score 51 points in three quarters in February 2016?

Curry scored 51 against the Orlando Magic on February 25, 2016, hitting ten threes in three quarters and sitting out the fourth of a 130-114 win.