He was selected in the first round of the 2011 NBA draft by Golden State with the 11th overall pick. In 2014, Thompson and teammate Stephen Curry set a then-NBA record with 484 combined three-pointers in a season,[4] earning the pair the nickname of "the Splash Brothers."[5][6] In 2015, Thompson helped lead the Warriors to their first NBA Championship since 1975, and was a key contributor in the Warriors' 2017 and 2018 titles. He sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals and missed the entirety of the 2019–20 season.[7] Thompson then suffered a torn achilles tendon while recovering from his knee injury and missed the entire 2020–21 season as well.[8] Thompson returned to play in January 2022, after missing nearly 31 months.[9]