Famous for unique and extravagant performances in recent years, Stephen Curry has made it almost his daily life this season. The Chef can also boast of composing a Top 15 that could not be more rewarding with… 14 pivots!
After an almost complete year of offering its show in unprecedented and regrettable conditions, the NBA is gradually finding its normal context. During the playoffs, all franchises have thus found their audience in theaters, which they are very happy about. Nevertheless, the league can still bemoan a costly absence in its final stages: that of Stephen Curry.
Eliminated during the play-in with his Warriors, the star leader has indeed finished chaining offensive cards and breaking records one by one this season. Fortunately, statisticians can always be amazed at his mind-boggling career figures. One of them sees him quite simply being included in a list historically reserved … for the pivots.
Steph Curry (9th) is the only non-center in the top 15 of all-time eFG%.
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Stephen Curry (9th) is the only player not evolving to the position of pivot which appears in the Top 15 all-time of the best eFG%.
As a reminder, the effective field goal percentage takes into account the higher value of a 3-point shot compared to a 2-point shot. It thus illustrates, via a slightly complex calculation, the true efficiency of a player on a possession.
Despite this, few shooters can claim to calibrate their efficiency to those of pivots turning nearly 60% at 2 points. Only Steph, thanks to his volume of shots from the parking lot and his address from afar, therefore manages to interfere in this casting reserved for big men, with an eFG% of 58.3%. Kyle Korver (57.4%, 16th) remains at the gates of the Top 15.
Despite a shooting-chart diametrically opposed to that of a pivot, Stephen Curry manages to stand up to 5 positions in this ranking historically monopolized by them. The Chef in all his splendor.
