When it comes to three-point shot execution, no other current professional basketball player can do it better than Stephen Curry. He earned the nicknames Baby-Faced Assassin and Chef Curry for a reason. Stephen Curry’s career free throw percentage is the highest in the history of the NBA, currently sitting at 90.8%. Stephen Curry is a professional basketball player in The National Basketball Association (NBA) for The Golden State Warriors. Among the general consensus and analysts, Curry is one of the greatest basketball players of all time and one of the best three-pointers and shooters in the history of the NBA. His unorthodox jump shot with the ability to release the ball out of his hand in under half a second with dead accuracy into the hoop makes it very challenging for his opponents to block.
In 2021, Stephen Curry was honored as one of the NBA’s greatest players of all time, being listed on the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Curry was also awarded twice as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the NBA and the 2022 MVP in the NBA Finals. In his 12 years playing for the Golden States Warriors (the only NBA team he plays for), Curry helped the Warriors to four victories in the NBA Finals—2015, 2017, 2018, and 2022. In 2022, Stephen Curry became the NBA’s all-time leader in made three-pointers, standing at 3,117th, passing the previous record of Ray Allen (2,973rd).
What is Stephen Curry’s Net Worth?
In 2021, Stephen Curry signed a four-contract with the Golden State Warriors for $44 million. In 2017, he signed a five-year contract extension in a supermax contract for $201 million, the maximum salary cap allowed by the NBA. In 2021, Stephen Curry further signed another four-year contract extension with the Warriors worth $215 million. The new deal will take him through the 2025-26 season.
Starting with the new 2022-2023 season, he is set to make almost $50 million per year, which further increases to nearly $60 million in 2025-26, when he is 37. Curry already indicated that he wanted to play until he is 40 and retire with the Warriors.
As of August 2022, Steph Curry has a net worth of $160 million. The NBA contract isn’t his only source of income. Curry is also among the world’s highest-paid celebrities in endorsements. He makes around $50 million per year through endorsements and investments. So at the minimum, Stephen Curry expected to bank is between $80 million to $90 million a year.
Who is Stephen Curry?
Stephen Curry’s birth name is Wardell Stephen Curry II born on March 14, 1988, in Akron, Ohio, U.S. Curry is an American professional basketball player. His dad, Wardell Stephen Curry Sr., commonly known as Dell Curry, is a retired NBA player. His mother, Sonya Alicia Curry, is an American educator. His parents filed for divorce in 2021 after 33 years of marriage. Stephen Curry has two siblings; his sister, Sydel Curry, is a former volleyball player at Elon University. His brother Seth Curry is also a professional basketball player in the NBA, playing for the Brooklyn Nets.
At the time of Curry’s birth, his dad, Dell, played for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Later in his youth, his father played for the Charlotte Hornets. Dell often took his two sons, Stephen and Seth, to the Hornets’ practice sessions, and his boys shot hoop with the Hornets during warm-ups before matches. In 1999, his family moved to Toronto, where his dad played for the Toronto Raptor. Stephen was enrolled in an all-boys school at Queensway Christian College, where he represented the school’s basketball team, led them to an undefeated season, and helped the team win the provincial championship.
After his dad retired from NBA, the Curry family moved back to Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended Charlotte Christian School during his high school years. He led the Charlotte Christian Knights to three conference championships and three appearances in the state playoffs. Stephen Curry originally wanted to play for Virginia Tech Hokies men’s basketball. Partially due to his physique, Curry wasn’t recruited only a walk-on spot was offered. Ultimately, Curry chose Davidson College in North Carolina, where he was much more welcomed.
