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#4 Stephen Curry leads the league in offensive rating

Stephen Curry is one of the NBA's finest players

Stephen Curry is one of the most efficient shooters of all time, in addition to being one of the great volume scorers in the game today. Among players who have played over 50 games and are averaging at least 20 minutes per game, Curry leads the league in offensive rating by a fairly wide margin.

His rating stands at an otherworldly 120.4 points per 100 possessions, ahead of fellow point guard Chris Paul by a margin of 3.4 points per 100 possessions. The gap between Curry and Paul is slightly bigger than the gap between Paul and Karl-Anthony Towns, who lands at #8 on this list with a rating of 113.7 points per 100.

The easy explanation for this stat is the amount of gravity that Curry exerts on opponents on a nightly basis. Curry is a perpetually moving spot-up threat who morphs the shape of defenses with his movement. He is also a proactive screener, allowing teammates to get open looks. On the ball, there is no point guard in the league who can match his combination of dribble penetration, pull-up jump-shooting and playmaking.