The Three-Point Contest is a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest held on the Saturday before the annual All-Star Game as part of All-Star weekend.

The 2019 iteration of the contest involved ten participants. From its introduction in 1986 to 2018, eight participants were selected to participate in each season's shootout. In 2002–2003 to 2012-2013 there were six participants. Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks is the most recent winner of the event which was held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

In this contest, participants attempt to make as many three-point field goals as possible from five positions behind the three-point line in one minute. Players begin shooting from one corner of the court, and move from station to station along the three-point arc until they reach the other corner. At each shooting station is a rack with five basketballs. Out of the five balls, four are worth one point (the standard orange Wilson game balls) and the fifth one (a red/white/blue ABA-style ball; often nicknamed the "money ball") is worth two points. The goal of this contest is to score as many points as possible within one minute. A perfect score used to be 30 points. Since the 2014 contest, a rack consisting only of "money balls" has been added, and can be placed on any of the 5 spots of the player's choice, bringing up the maximum possible score to 34 points. In the 2020 contest, two additional Mountain Dew shots were placed on each side of the top of the key, worth three points each. This increased the maximum possible score to 40, and the time limit was increased from 60 to 70 seconds.

In the qualifying round, each player has a chance to score as many points as possible. The three players with the top scores advance to the finals. The final round is played in the same way as the qualifying round, but players shoot according to the ascending order of their first-round scores. In each round, the shots and the score are confirmed by the referee and the television instant replay system. The final round will be shot in reverse direction (left to right corner for a left-handed shooter and vice versa). In the case of a tie, multiple extra rounds of 30 seconds (1 minute in the final) are played to determine the winner.

• Larry Bird, the inaugural winner of this contest, and Craig Hodges have each won three consecutive times, while Mark Price, Jeff Hornacek, Peja Stojaković, Jason Kapono, and Damian Lillard have each won two consecutive times.
• Craig Hodges and Jason Kapono hold the record for most shots made in one round (21/25, .840 percentage), Craig Hodges also holds the records of most consecutive shots made (19), most appearances (8), and most points (25 out of a possible 30 points, .833 percentage)
• Detlef Schrempf and Michael Jordan share the record for the fewest points scored in any round with five in 1988 and 1990, respectively.
• Kyrie Irving is the youngest player to win the contest at the age of 20.
• Rimas Kurtinaitis is the only non-NBA player to participate in the contest.
• Dirk Nowitzki and Karl-Anthony Towns are the only 7-foot players to win the contest.
• Damian Lillard is the most recent player with consecutive titles.

Players with multiple titles

Rank	Player	Times
1	Larry Bird	3
	Craig Hodges	3
3	Peja Stojaković	2
	Jeff Hornacek	2
	Mark Price	2
	Jason Kapono	2
	Stephen Curry	2
	Damian Lillard	2

^	Denotes players who are still active
*	Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame
Player (#)	Denotes the number of times the player has won
Team (#)	Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
Location (#)	Denotes the number of times a location has hosted the competition

Season	Location	Player	Nationality	Team	Final Score/Max	% Score
1985–86	Dallas, Texas	Larry Bird*	United States	Boston Celtics	22 / 30	73.33%
1986–87	Seattle, Washington	Larry Bird* (2)	United States	Boston Celtics (2)	16 / 30	53.33%
1987–88	Chicago, Illinois	Larry Bird* (3)	United States	Boston Celtics (3)	17 / 30	56.67%
1988–89	Houston, Texas	Dale Ellis	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	19 / 30	63.33%
1989–90	Miami, Florida	Craig Hodges	United States	Chicago Bulls	19 / 30	63.33%
1990–91	Charlotte, North Carolina	Craig Hodges (2)	United States	Chicago Bulls (2)	17 / 30	56.67%
1991–92	Orlando, Florida	Craig Hodges (3)	United States	Chicago Bulls (3)	16 / 30	53.33%
1992–93	Salt Lake City, Utah	Mark Price	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	18 / 30	60.00%
1993–94	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Mark Price (2)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers (2)	24 / 30	80.00%
1994–95	Phoenix, Arizona	Glen Rice	United States	Miami Heat	17 / 30	56.67%
1995–96	San Antonio, Texas	Tim Legler	United States	Washington Bullets	20 / 30	66.67%
1996–97	Cleveland, Ohio	Steve Kerr	United States	Chicago Bulls (4)	22 / 30	73.33%
1997–98	New York City, New York	Jeff Hornacek	United States	Utah Jazz	16 / 30	53.33%
1998–99	Canceled due to the 1998–99 NBA lockout
1999–00	Oakland, California	Jeff Hornacek (2)	United States	Utah Jazz (2)	13 / 30	43.33%
2000–01	Washington, D.C.	Ray Allen*	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	19 / 30	63.33%
2001–02	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Peja Stojaković	Serbia	Sacramento Kings	19 / 30	63.33%
2002–03	Atlanta, Georgia	Peja Stojaković (2)	Serbia	Sacramento Kings (2)	22 / 30	73.33%
2003–04	Los Angeles, California	Voshon Lenard	United States	Denver Nuggets	18 / 30	60.00%
2004–05	Denver, Colorado	Quentin Richardson	United States	Phoenix Suns	19 / 30	63.33%
2005–06	Houston, Texas (2)	Dirk Nowitzki*	Germany	Dallas Mavericks	18 / 30	60.00%
2006–07	Las Vegas, Nevada	Jason Kapono	United States	Miami Heat (2)	24 / 30	80.00%
2007–08	New Orleans, Louisiana	Jason Kapono (2)	United States	Toronto Raptors	25 / 30	83.33%
2008–09	Phoenix, Arizona (2)	Daequan Cook	United States	Miami Heat (3)	19 / 30	63.33%
2009–10	Dallas, Texas (2)	Paul Pierce*	United States	Boston Celtics (4)	20 / 30	66.67%
2010–11	Los Angeles, California (2)	James Jones	United States	Miami Heat (4)	20 / 30	66.67%
2011–12	Orlando, Florida (2)	Kevin Love^	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	17 / 30	56.67%
2012–13	Houston, Texas (3)	Kyrie Irving^	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers (3)	23 / 30	76.67%
2013–14	New Orleans, Louisiana (2)	Marco Belinelli	Italy	San Antonio Spurs	24 / 34	70.59%
2014–15	Brooklyn, New York (2)	Stephen Curry^	United States	Golden State Warriors	27 / 34	79.41%
2015–16	Toronto, Ontario	Klay Thompson^	United States	Golden State Warriors (2)	27 / 34	79.41%
2016–17	New Orleans, Louisiana (3)	Eric Gordon^	United States	Houston Rockets	21 / 34	61.76%
2017–18	Los Angeles, California (3)	Devin Booker^	United States	Phoenix Suns (2)	28 / 34	82.35%
2018–19	Charlotte, North Carolina (2)	Joe Harris^	United States	Brooklyn Nets	26 / 34	76.47%
2019–20	Chicago, Illinois (2)	Buddy Hield^	Bahamas	Sacramento Kings (3)	27 / 40	67.5%
2020–21	Atlanta, Georgia (2)	Stephen Curry^ (2)	United States	Golden State Warriors (3)	28 / 40	70.00
2021–22	Cleveland, Ohio (2)	Karl-Anthony Towns^	Dominican Republic	Minnesota Timberwolves (2)	29 / 40	72.50%
2022–23	Salt Lake City, Utah (2)	Damian Lillard^	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	26 / 40	65.00%
2023–24	Indianapolis, Indiana	Damian Lillard^ (2)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (2)	26 / 40	65.00%

Three Point Contest champions by franchise

No.	Franchise	Last win
4	Miami Heat	2011
4	Boston Celtics	2010
4	Chicago Bulls	1997
3	Golden State Warriors	2021
3	Sacramento Kings	2020
3	Cleveland Cavaliers	2013
2	Minnesota Timberwolves	2022
2	Phoenix Suns	2018
2	Utah Jazz	2000
2	Milwaukee Bucks	2024
1	Portland Trail Blazers	2023
1	Brooklyn Nets	2019
1	Houston Rockets	2017
1	San Antonio Spurs	2014
1	Toronto Raptors	2008
1	Dallas Mavericks	2006
1	Denver Nuggets	2004
1	Washington Bullets	1996
1	Seattle SuperSonics	1989

Player (in bold text)	Indicates the winner of the contest
Player (#)	Denotes the number of times the player has been in the contest

Season	Players
1985–86	Larry Bird, Dale Ellis, Sleepy Floyd, Craig Hodges, Norm Nixon, Kyle Macy, Trent Tucker, Leon Wood
1986–87	Danny Ainge, Larry Bird (2), Michael Cooper, Dale Ellis (2), Craig Hodges (2), Detlef Schrempf, Byron Scott, Kiki Vandeweghe
1987–88	Danny Ainge (2), Larry Bird (3), Dale Ellis (3), Craig Hodges (3), Mark Price, Detlef Schrempf (2), Byron Scott (2), Trent Tucker (2)
1988–89	Michael Adams, Danny Ainge (3), Dale Ellis (4), Derek Harper, Gerald Henderson, Craig Hodges (4), Rimas Kurtinaitis, Reggie Miller, Jon Sundvold
1989–90	Larry Bird (4), Craig Ehlo, Bobby Hansen, Craig Hodges (5), Michael Jordan, Reggie Miller (2), Mark Price (2), Jon Sundvold (2)
1990–91	Danny Ainge (4), Clyde Drexler, Tim Hardaway, Hersey Hawkins, Craig Hodges (6), Terry Porter, Glen Rice, Dennis Scott
1991–92	Dell Curry, Craig Ehlo (2), Craig Hodges (7), Jeff Hornacek, Jim Les, Dražen Petrović, Mitch Richmond, John Stockton
1992–93	B. J. Armstrong, Dana Barros, Craig Hodges (8), Dan Majerle, Reggie Miller (3), Terry Porter (2), Mark Price (3), Kenny Smith
1993–94	B. J. Armstrong (2), Dana Barros (2), Dell Curry (2), Dale Ellis (5), Steve Kerr, Eric Murdock, Mark Price (4), Mitch Richmond (2)
1994–95	Nick Anderson, Dana Barros (3), Scott Burrell, Steve Kerr (2), Dan Majerle (2), Reggie Miller (4), Chuck Person, Glen Rice (2)
1995–96	Dana Barros (4), Hubert Davis, Steve Kerr (3), Tim Legler, George McCloud, Glen Rice (3), Dennis Scott (2), Clifford R. Robinson
1996–97	Dale Ellis (6), Steve Kerr (4), Tim Legler (2), Terry Mills, Sam Perkins, Glen Rice (4), John Stockton (2), Walt Williams
1997–98	Hubert Davis (2), Dale Ellis (7), Jeff Hornacek (2), Sam Mack, Reggie Miller (5), Tracy Murray, Glen Rice (5), Charlie Ward
1998–99	Cancelled due to the 1998-99 NBA lockout
1999–00	Ray Allen, Mike Bibby, Hubert Davis (3), Jeff Hornacek (3), Allen Iverson, Dirk Nowitzki, Terry Porter (3), Bob Sura
2000–01	Ray Allen (2), Pat Garrity, Allan Houston, Rashard Lewis, Dirk Nowitzki (2), Steve Nash, Bryon Russell, Peja Stojaković
2001–02	Ray Allen (3), Wesley Person, Mike Miller, Steve Nash (2), Paul Pierce, Quentin Richardson, Steve Smith, Peja Stojaković (2)
2002–03	Brent Barry, Pat Garrity (2), Wesley Person (2), Peja Stojaković (3), Antoine Walker, David Wesley
2003–04	Chauncey Billups, Kyle Korver, Voshon Lenard, Rashard Lewis (2), Cuttino Mobley, Peja Stojaković (4)
2004–05	Ray Allen (4), Joe Johnson, Voshon Lenard (2), Kyle Korver (2), Vladimir Radmanović, Quentin Richardson (2)
2005–06	Gilbert Arenas, Ray Allen (5), Chauncey Billups (2), Dirk Nowitzki (3), Quentin Richardson (3), Jason Terry
2006–07	Gilbert Arenas (2), Damon Jones, Jason Kapono, Mike Miller (2), Dirk Nowitzki (4), Jason Terry (2)
2007–08	Daniel Gibson, Richard Hamilton, Jason Kapono (2), Steve Nash (3), Dirk Nowitzki (5), Peja Stojaković (5)
2008–09	Mike Bibby (2), Daequan Cook, Danny Granger, Jason Kapono (3), Rashard Lewis (3), Roger Mason
2009–10	Chauncey Billups (3), Daequan Cook (2), Stephen Curry, Channing Frye, Danilo Gallinari, Paul Pierce (2)
2010–11	Ray Allen (6), Kevin Durant, Daniel Gibson (2), James Jones, Paul Pierce (3), Dorell Wright
2011–12	Ryan Anderson, Mario Chalmers, James Jones (2), Anthony Morrow, Kevin Love, Kevin Durant (2)
2012–13	Ryan Anderson (2), Matt Bonner, Stephen Curry (2), Paul George, Kyrie Irving, Steve Novak
2013–14	Arron Afflalo, Bradley Beal, Marco Belinelli, Stephen Curry (3), Kyrie Irving (2), Joe Johnson (2), Damian Lillard, Kevin Love (2)
2014–15	Marco Belinelli (2), Stephen Curry (4), James Harden, Kyrie Irving (3), Kyle Korver (3), Wesley Matthews, JJ Redick, Klay Thompson
2015–16	Devin Booker, James Harden (2), Kyle Lowry, Khris Middleton, JJ Redick (2), Klay Thompson (2), CJ McCollum, Stephen Curry (5)
2016–17	Klay Thompson (3), CJ McCollum (2), Kyle Lowry (2), Eric Gordon, Kyrie Irving (4), Kemba Walker, Nick Young, Wesley Matthews (2)
2017–18	Bradley Beal (2), Devin Booker (2), Wayne Ellington, Paul George (2), Tobias Harris, Klay Thompson (4), Eric Gordon (2)
2018–19	Joe Harris, Kemba Walker (2), Khris Middleton, Seth Curry, Damian Lillard (2), Buddy Hield, Danny Green, Devin Booker (3), Dirk Nowitzki (6), Stephen Curry (6)
2019–20	Devin Booker (4), Buddy Hield (2), Trae Young, Joe Harris (2), Duncan Robinson, Zach LaVine, Devonte Graham, Dāvis Bertāns
2020–21	Donovan Mitchell, Stephen Curry (7), Mike Conley, Jayson Tatum, Zach LaVine (2), Jaylen Brown
2021–22	Desmond Bane, Luke Kennard, CJ McCollum (3), Patty Mills, Zach LaVine (3), Karl-Anthony Towns, Fred VanVleet, Trae Young (2)
2022–23	Jayson Tatum (2), Buddy Hield (3), Damian Lillard (3), Tyler Herro, Kevin Huerter, Julius Randle, Tyrese Haliburton, Lauri Markkanen
2023–24	Damian Lillard (4), Tyrese Haliburton (2), Donovan Mitchell (2), Lauri Markkanen (2), Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns (2), Malik Beasley, Trae Young (3)

Sources:

Sources:

Season	Sponsor
1985–86	American Airlines
1986–87	American Airlines, Sheraton
1987–88	American Airlines, Sheraton
1988–89	American Airlines, Sheraton
1989–90	American Airlines, Sheraton
1990–91	American Airlines, Sheraton
1991–92	American Airlines, Sheraton
1992–93	American Airlines, Sheraton
1993–94	AT&T
1994–95	AT&T
1993–94	AT&T
1994–95	AT&T
1995–96	AT&T
1996–97	AT&T
1997–98	AT&T
1998–99	AT&T
1999–2000	AT&T
2000–01	1-800-CALL-ATT
2000–01	1-800-CALL-ATT
2001–02	1-800-CALL-ATT
2002–03	1-800-CALL-ATT
2003–04	Footlocker
2004–05	Footlocker
2005–06	Footlocker
2006–07	Footlocker
2007–08	Footlocker
2008–09	Footlocker
2009–10	Footlocker
2010–11	Footlocker
2011–12	Footlocker
2012–13	Footlocker
2013–14	Footlocker
2014–15	Footlocker
2015–16	Footlocker
2016–17	JBL
2017–18	JBL
2018–19	Mountain Dew
2019–20	Mountain Dew
2020–21	Mountain Dew
2021–22	Mountain Dew
2022–23	Starry
2023–24	Starry

In the 2024 three-point contest, fans expressed dissatisfaction with referees for permitting participants, notably Karl-Anthony Towns, to shoot while their feet were on the line.

• Three-Point Contest in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)

• The 1999 All-Star Game was cancelled due to the 1998–99 NBA lockout.
• Denote contests that required a tiebreaking round. The final score given here came from the tiebreaker.
• Starting with the 2014 Three-Point Contest, the format includes four extra "money balls".
• Starting with the 2020 Three-Point Contest, the format includes two extra long-range shots, worth three points each.
• CJ McCollum was named as a replacement to Chris Bosh due to the latter being unable to participate in the event with a calf injury (and later on, a blood clot in his leg).
• Mike Conley was named as a replacement to Devin Booker due to the latter being unable to participate in the event with a knee injury.
• Julius Randle was named as a replacement to Anfernee Simons due to the latter being unable to participate in the event with an ankle injury.
• Stephen Curry competed with Sabrina Ionescu of the WNBA's New York Liberty in an independent three-point shootout during the 2024 All-Star Weekend. Ionescu set the single-round record by an NBA or WNBA player during the 2023 WNBA All Star Weekend in Las Vegas with a second-round score of 37.

General

• "Shootout All-Time Winners". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
• "Shootout Round-by-Round Results: 2000–08". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on December 25, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
• "Shootout Round-by-Round Results: 1990–98". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on February 8, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
• "Shootout Round-by-Round Results: 1986–89". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on May 28, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
• "Shootout Records". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
• "All-Star Game Contests". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 19, 2008.

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