NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout

Larry Bird was the winner of the inaugural Three-Point Shootout.

The Three-Point Shootout (officially named the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout)^[1] is a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest held on the Saturday before the annual All-Star Game as part of the All-Star Weekend. In this contest, participants attempt to make as many three-point field goals as possible from five positions behind the three-point arc. 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.^[2] At each shooting station is a rack with five basketballs. Out of the five balls, four are worth one point (the standard orange Spalding game balls) and the fifth one (a red/white/blue ABA-style ball; often nicknamed the money ball)^[3][4] is worth two points. The goal of this contest is to score as many points as possible under the one minute mark. The perfect score is 30 points.^[5][6]

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, though 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.^[4][7] In the case of a tie, additional rounds are played to determine the winner. Contestants compete for a total of $86,000 in prize money. The first place winner receives $35,000, the second place winner receives $22,500 and the third place winner receives $15,000. Fourth to sixth places winners receive $4,500 each.^[7] From 1986 to 2002, eight participants were selected to participate in each season's shootout. Since then, the contest has been open to six players each season. The Three-Point Shootout was not held in 1999 due to the league's lockout.^[8]

Larry Bird, the inaugural winner of this contest, and Craig Hodges have each won three straight times, while Mark Price, Jeff Hornacek, Peja Stojaković and Jason Kapono have each won two consecutive times. Hodges and Kapono are tied for the scoring record with 25 points. Hodges also holds the record for making 19 consecutive shots (which were not made in his 25-point round). Michael Jordan holds the distinction of having the lowest score ever; he scored 5 points in the 1990 competition. Miami Heat player James Jones, who won the contest in the 2010–11 season, is the defending champion.

Winners

Ray Allen won the contest in the 2000–01 season while playing with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Dirk Nowitzki won the contest in the 2005–06 season.

Jason Kapono won the contest in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 season while playing with the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat.

^	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

Season	Location	Player	Team	Final score
1985–86	Dallas, TX	Bird, LarryLarry Bird*	Boston Celtics	&1000000000000002200000022
1986–87	Seattle, WA	Bird, LarryLarry Bird* (2)	Boston Celtics (2)	&1000000000000001600000016
1987–88	Chicago, IL	Bird, LarryLarry Bird* (3)	Boston Celtics (3)	&1000000000000001700000017
1988–89	Houston, TX	Ellis, DaleDale Ellis	Seattle SuperSonics	&1000000000000001900000019
1989–90	Miami, FL	Hodges, CraigCraig Hodges	Chicago Bulls	&1000000000000001900000019
1990–91	Charlotte, NC	Hodges, CraigCraig Hodges (2)	Chicago Bulls (2)	&1000000000000001700000017
1991–92	Orlando, FL	Hodges, CraigCraig Hodges (3)	Chicago Bulls (3)	&1000000000000001600000016
1992–93	Salt Lake City, UT	Price, MarkMark Price	Cleveland Cavaliers	&1000000000000001800000018
1993–94	Minneapolis, MN	Price, MarkMark Price (2)	Cleveland Cavaliers (2)	&1000000000000002400000024
1994–95	Phoenix, AZ	Rice, GlenGlen Rice	Miami Heat	&1000000000000001700000017
1995–96	San Antonio, TX	Legler, TimTim Legler	Washington Bullets	&1000000000000002000000020
1996–97	Cleveland, OH	Kerr, SteveSteve Kerr	Chicago Bulls (4)	&1000000000000002200000022
1997–98	New York, NY	Hornacek, JeffJeff Hornacek	Utah Jazz	&1000000000000001600000016
1998–99[a]	—[a]	—	—	&09999999999999998999999—
1999–00	Oakland, CA	Hornacek, JeffJeff Hornacek (2)	Utah Jazz (2)	&1000000000000001300000013
2000–01	Washington, D.C.	Allen, RayRay Allen^	Milwaukee Bucks	&1000000000000001900000019
2001–02	Philadelphia, PA	Stojaković, PejaPeja Stojaković^[b]	Sacramento Kings	&100000000000000090000009[b]
2002–03	Atlanta, GA	Stojaković, PejaPeja Stojaković^ (2)[b]	Sacramento Kings (2)	&1000000000000002200000022[b]
2003–04	Los Angeles, CA	Lenard, VoshonVoshon Lenard	Denver Nuggets	&1000000000000001800000018
2004–05	Denver, CO	Richardson, QuentinQuentin Richardson^	Phoenix Suns	&1000000000000001900000019
2005–06	Houston, TX	Nowitzki, DirkDirk Nowitzki^	Dallas Mavericks	&1000000000000001800000018
2006–07[9]	Las Vegas, NV	Kapono, JasonJason Kapono^	Miami Heat (2)	&1000000000000002400000024
2007–08[1]	New Orleans, LA	Kapono, JasonJason Kapono^ (2)	Toronto Raptors	&1000000000000002500000025
2008–09	Phoenix, AZ	Cook, DaequanDaequan Cook^[b]	Miami Heat (3)	&1000000000000001900000019[b]
2009–10	Arlington, TX	Pierce, PaulPaul Pierce^	Boston Celtics (4)	&1000000000000002000000020
2010–11	Los Angeles, CA	Jones, JamesJames Jones^	Miami Heat (4)	&1000000000000002000000020

All-time participants

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, 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[a]	—
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

Records

Most points in a round Player Scores Season Craig Hodges 25 points 1986 Jason Kapono 25 points 2008 Craig Hodges 24 points 1991 Mark Price 24 points 1994 Hubert Davis 24 points 1998 Jason Kapono 24 points 2007 Sources:[1][9][10]

Most points in the finals Player Scores Season Jason Kapono 25 points 2008 Mark Price 24 points 1994 Jason Kapono 24 points 2007 Larry Bird 22 points 1986 Steve Kerr 22 points 1997 Tim Legler 20 points 1996 Paul Pierce 20 points 2010 James Jones 20 points 2011 Sources:[1][9][10]

Most consecutive shots made Player Scores Season Craig Hodges 19 shots 1991 Larry Bird 11 shots 1986 Hubert Davis 11 shots 1996 Jason Kapono 10 shots 2008 Ray Allen 10 shots 2011 Dennis Scott 9 shots 1991 Mark Price 9 shots 1994 Steve Kerr 9 shots 1997 Sources:[10][11]

Notes

• ^a The 1999 All-Star Game was canceled due to the 1998–99 NBA lockout.^[8]
• ^b Denote contests that required a tiebreaking round. The final score given here came from the tiebreaker.^[12]

References

General

• "Shootout All-Time Winners". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/shootout_alltime_winners.html. Retrieved December 17, 2008. 
• "Shootout Round-by-Round Results: 2000–08". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/shootout_results_2000s.html. Retrieved December 17, 2008. 
• "Shootout Round-by-Round Results: 1990–98". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/shootout_results_1990s.html. Retrieved December 17, 2008. 
• "Shootout Round-by-Round Results: 1986–89". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/shootout_results_1980s.html. Retrieved December 17, 2008. 
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• "All-Star Game Contests". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/contest.html. Retrieved December 19, 2008. 

Specific

1. ^ ^{a b c d} McMenamin, Dave (February 20, 2008). "Kapono Lights Up Saturday Night". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/allstar2008/features/saturday_20080216.html. Retrieved December 18, 2008. 
2. ^ Nance, Roscoe (February 16, 2007). "East notes: Kapono taking shot at three-point crown". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2007-02-15-east-notes_x.htm. Retrieved December 30, 2008. 
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4. ^ ^{a b} "Jason Kapono To Defend Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout Crown". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 6, 2008. http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/kapono_020608.html. Retrieved December 18, 2008. 
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6. ^ Brown, Donald H. (2007). A Best of Basketball Story. AuthorHouse. p. 127. ISBN 1434341933. http://books.google.com/books?id=BoSQqvcuTXEC&pg=PA127. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Billups Named As Participant in Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 8, 2006. http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/threepointcontest_060208.html. Retrieved December 18, 2008. 
8. ^ ^{a b} Steele, David (December 9, 1998). "NBA Drops All-Stars – What's Left? February game in Philly latest casualty of lockout". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/12/09/SP102770.DTL. Retrieved December 17, 2008. 
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11. ^ "Quentin Richardson Bio". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/quentin_richardson/bio.html. Retrieved December 18, 2008. 
12. ^ "Shootout Round-by-Round Results: 2000–08". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/shootout_results_2000s.html. Retrieved December 17, 2008.