Pre-2019-20 Rank: #5, Pre-2020-21 Rank #5, Pre-2021-22 Rank #5, Pre-2022-23 Rank #3. Pre-2023-24 Rank #3.
*Peak Period: 2013-14 to 2020-21. We are giving Curry eight seasons, as he only played five Games in 2019-20.
Steph Curry moves in at #2, and the master of the three-point shot reinvented the game. It was Curry’s style of play that taught teams that you could win NBA Championships from behind the arc, a style thought inconceivable only years before. The all-time leader in three-pointers has four titles, ten All-Stars, and two MVPs, the perfect elixir for a first-ballot entry.
If this were based on influence, Curry would be number one. How fortunate are we that we still have him for years to come?