Stephen Curry

Curry played at Davidson, a mid-major where no one expected fireworks, then set the NCAA single-season record with 162 threes as a sophomore and led Division I in scoring as a junior. Golden State took him seventh in 2009. In 2014–15 he won MVP and delivered the Warriors' first title in four decades. The next season he became the only unanimous MVP in league history, shot above 50–40–90, and the Warriors won a record 73 games before blowing a 3–1 Finals lead to Cleveland. Back-to-back championships followed in 2017 and 2018. Injuries derailed 2020 and 2021, but in 2022 he won his fourth ring a…