Only two players in NBA history have ever made 10 or more 3-pointers in an NBA Playoffs game.
No, Stephen Curry isn’t one of them.
Curry has come close a couple of times, but his Splash Brother and Damian Lillard find themselves at the top of the record books for 3-pointers made in a single playoff game. Klay Thompson broke the record in 2016 with one of the most iconic performances in NBA history. He held onto it for a few years before Lillard one-upped him.
Records are made to be broken, but surpassing Lillard’s single-game 3-point record in the playoffs certainly won’t be easy.
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What is the NBA Playoffs single-game 3-point record?
Damian Lillard holds the record for most 3-pointers made in a playoff game with 12.
Lillard broke the record in Game 5 of Portland’s first-round matchup with Denver in the 2021 NBA Playoffs. He finished with 55 points on 12-for-17 shooting from 3-point range in the double-overtime loss.
Klay Thompson ranks second all-time with 11 3-pointers. That outburst was the start of “Game 6 Klay.“
The most 3-pointers Stephen Curry has ever made in a playoff game is nine. He’s done it twice: Game 2 of the 2018 NBA Finals and Game 1 of the 2019 Western Conference Finals.
| Rank | Player | 3-pointers made |
| 1. | Damian Lillard | 12 |
| 2. | Klay Thompson | 11 |
| 3. | Damian Lillard | 10 |
| 4. | Donovan Mitchell (x2) | 9 |
| Jamal Murray (x2) | 9 | |
| Stephen Curry (x2) | 9 | |
| Ray Allen (x2) | 9 | |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | 9 | |
| Damian Lillard | 9 | |
| Klay Thompson | 9 | |
| Jason Terry | 9 | |
| Vince Carter | 9 | |
| Rex Chapman | 9 |
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Most 3-pointers made in NBA Playoffs career
Stephen Curry might not own the single-game record for the most 3-pointers made in the playoffs, but nobody has made more 3-pointers in their postseason career than the Warriors’ star.
Joining Curry in the top five are Klay Thompson, LeBron James, James Harden and Ray Allen.
| Rank | Player | 3-pointers made |
| 1. | Stephen Curry | 604 |
| 2. | Klay Thompson | 491 |
| 3. | LeBron James | 444 |
| 4. | James Harden | 390 |
| 5. | Ray Allen | 385 |
| 6. | Kevin Durant | 358 |
| 7. | Manu Ginobili | 324 |
| 8. | Reggie Miller | 320 |
| 9. | Danny Green | 315 |
| 10. | J.R. Smith | 294 |