Steph Curry Sets His Sights on NBA’s Elite Top-10 Scoring Club — Can He Break Through?

He is 819 points away from the No. 20 spot and 1,324 points away from the No. 15 spot.

When you think about Steph Curry, the first image that leaps to mind isn’t some obsessive chase after records. Nope. Yet as he steps into his seventeenth season, that quiet ambition to etch his name ever higher on the NBA’s all-time scoring list nudges him now and then. Passing legendary Hall of Famer Jerry West last April to claim the 24th spot was no small feat, and with only a handful of active players ahead—names like LeBron James and Kevin Durant—Curry’s gaze is firmly fixed on climbing even further. He’s not chasing numbers for numbers’ sake, though; it’s that spark, that challenge to see just how far he can push himself while keeping his eyes locked on the bigger prize—a championship. With over 25,000 points already to his credit and the top 10 well within striking distance, the journey continues. It’s a story of legacy in motion—and one you won’t want to miss.LEARN MORE

The Warriors superstar admitted reaching the top 10 is something he has his eye on — and something not far out of reach.

“But after I do that, I don’t think about it again until the next time it happens. So it’s just a fun way to keep yourself in the moment and give yourself, for a hot second, something to look forward to. But that’s not why I’ll keep going. It’s more that I want to get to a level where we’re competing and playing for championships.”

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Curry currently boasts 25,386 points to his name, which is 2,903 points away from the No. 10 spot, currently occupied by Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame forward Carmelo Anthony (28,289).

“I wouldn’t say I don’t care. I do the math every once in a while,” Curry told Complex’s Speedy Mormon in a recent interview. “Every time you catch somebody and they do the thing in the arenas like, ‘Oh, congratulations, you passed Jerry West,’ which was a special one for me, that’s when you’re like, oh, how far can I go? So I do the math. If I average 20-something [points], two and a half seasons, I’m playing 70 games, I do that math all the time just to get in your head how long do you have to play and to what level to catch the top of that list?

Steph Curry isn’t one to chase records, but he’d be lying if he said one in particular wasn’t in the back of his mind as he approaches Year 17 in the NBA.

Never say never when it comes to Curry.