Stephen Curry enters his 17th year with an unparalleled season-opening success

On Tuesday evening, The Golden State Warriors will win their 2025-26 season. is underway with an away game against the Los Angeles Lakers. It will be the first opportunity for fans to see one of the oldest starting lineups in NBA history, led by Stephen Currywho will turn 38 later this season.

Curry, of course, is an icon of the Warriors organization and the sport as a whole, and he’s made a habit of starting strong in season openers over the years.

Recently, StatMuse highlighted statistics that show how dominant Curry has been in the first game of the season during his career.

“Steph Curry in season opener: 21.4 PPG 5.6 RPG 6.4 APG 2.0 SPG Only player in 21st century to average 20/5/5/2 in season opener,” they posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Among Curry’s more memorable season openers was a 40-point outburst against the New Orleans Pelicans in the 2015-16 season opener a decade ago, the one that ignited his second MVP campaign, in which he became the first player in NBA history to win the award unanimously and helped lead the Warriors to 73.

Warriors fans will be hoping for similar success this season, but with a different ending to the one they had in the 2016 finals.

How high is the Warrior’s ceiling?

If the Golden State Warriors can stay healthy, they figure to have as good a chance as anyone to knock off the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder, who boast a roster loaded with firepower in Curry and the ability to find consistency from the free throw line thanks to last year’s trade deadline addition of Jimmy Butler.

The problem is that staying healthy will be a huge challenge given the collective age of this roster. Last season, Curry’s hamstring injury ultimately kept the Warriors from being competitive in their second-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and it would be short-sighted not to expect more injury concerns to pile up this year with several players in their mid-to-late 30s on the roster.

The Warriors and Lakers will tip off at 10:00 PM ET.