Most 3-Pointers in a Single NBA Game

The most three-pointers in a single NBA game is 14, made by Klay Thompson for the Golden State Warriors against the Chicago Bulls on October 29, 2018. Thompson needed only 24 attempts to hit them and poured in 52 points in a 149-124 rout.

The three-pointer has reshaped basketball, and the record for the most in one game has risen with it. What was a 12-make ceiling for over a decade jumped to 14 in just a few years, driven by the game’s greatest shooters in an era built around the long ball. Here is the full leaderboard of the biggest three-point nights in NBA history and the story of how the record climbed. All figures are as of the 2025 season.

The record: Klay Thompson’s 14 threes

Thompson’s night against the Bulls was a display of pure shooting efficiency. He made 14 of 24 from beyond the arc, breaking the record of 13 held by his own Warriors teammate Stephen Curry. What made it especially remarkable was the economy: Thompson scored 52 points in just 27 minutes, sitting out most of the fourth quarter because the game was already decided.

The 14-make performance still stands alone at the top. Only Thompson has ever reached it, and the closest anyone has come is the group of players tied at 13.

The full leaderboard of most threes in a game

The table below ranks the most three-pointers made in a single NBA game. Active players are marked with an asterisk.

Threes	Player	Team	Date
14	Klay Thompson*	Golden State Warriors	Oct 29, 2018
13	Stephen Curry*	Golden State Warriors	Nov 7, 2016
13	Zach LaVine*	Chicago Bulls	Nov 23, 2019
13	Damian Lillard*	Portland Trail Blazers	Feb 26, 2023
12	Kobe Bryant	Los Angeles Lakers	Jan 7, 2003
12	Donyell Marshall	Toronto Raptors	Mar 13, 2005
12	Stephen Curry*	Golden State Warriors	Feb 27, 2016
12	Klay Thompson*	Golden State Warriors	Feb 6, 2023
12	Keegan Murray*	Sacramento Kings	Dec 16, 2023

The list is a who’s who of the pace-and-space era, with the Warriors’ Curry and Thompson appearing multiple times. Damian Lillard’s 13 came in the same game he scored 71 points, one of the great scoring and shooting nights ever combined.

How the record climbed

For more than a decade, the record was 12, shared by Kobe Bryant in 2003 and Donyell Marshall in 2005. Then the three-point revolution arrived. Stephen Curry pushed the mark to 13 in 2016, including a legendary 12-make overtime game at Oklahoma City that he won with a deep buzzer-beater. Two years later, Thompson took it to 14. The record’s rapid rise mirrors the sport’s shift toward volume three-point shooting.

Big shooting nights often produce huge point totals, the kind that appear on our leaderboard for the most points in a single NBA game, and the shooters behind them rank among the greats on our most points in NBA history list.

Why the record matters

The single-game three-point record captures the modern game’s defining skill: shooting from distance, in bulk, without missing. Klay Thompson’s 14 is the purest expression of it, a night when a great shooter simply could not miss. As offenses keep launching more threes, it may be one of the few records genuinely likely to fall again.

The players who set these marks are often complete stars, the same names who fill out the most assists in NBA history rankings when they create for others instead of scoring.

The short version: Klay Thompson holds the record for most three-pointers in a single NBA game with 14 in 2018, ahead of a group tied at 13 that includes Stephen Curry, Zach LaVine and Damian Lillard. As of the 2025 season, the mark still stands but looks more breakable than most.