The 2021–22 Golden State Warriors season was the 76th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), its 60th in the San Francisco Bay Area, and its third season at the Chase Center. After failing to make the playoffs the previous two seasons, the Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 4–2 in the Finals. It was the Warriors' fourth championship in eight years (2015, 2017, 2018), and seventh overall.
On December 14, Stephen Curry hit five three-pointers against the New York Knicks to reach 2,977, which surpassed Ray Allen's career total of 2,973 for most three-pointers made in NBA history in the regular season. Earlier in the season against the Chicago Bulls, Curry hit nine three-pointers to reach 3,366 which broke Allen's record of 3,358 for most three-pointers made in NBA history, regular season, and postseason combined. Curry also became the first player in NBA history to surpass 500 three-pointers in the playoffs, finishing with 561.
On January 9, Klay Thompson made his season debut against the Cleveland Cavaliers after missing the 2019–20 season with a left ACL tear, and the 2020–21 season with a right Achilles tendon tear. He recorded 17 points and 3 rebounds in a 96–82 win.
Stephen Curry, Andrew Wiggins, and Draymond Green were named to the 2022 NBA All-Star Game; however, Green was injured and did not play in the game. On February 20, Team LeBron defeated Team Durant in the All-Star Game and Curry, playing for Team LeBron, was named the All-Star Game MVP. This is the fifth time that a Warriors player has won the award. He scored 50 points, and set numerous All-Star Game records, including most three-pointers made (16), and most all-time three-pointers made in the All-Star Game (47).
The Warriors had a record in February, then went 7–16 in an injury-plagued stretch of 23 games, and then won the final 5 games of the season. They clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2018–19 season after a 111–107 win over the Utah Jazz on April 2. They finished third in the Western Conference, with a record of . In the first round of the playoffs, the Warriors defeated the Denver Nuggets in five games. In the second round, the Warriors upset the second-seed Memphis Grizzlies in six games. They went on to defeat the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the Conference Finals, winning the Western Conference for the seventh time in their history, and the sixth time in the last eight years. The last team to win six conference championships in eight years was the 1990–98 Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference. The Warriors under Steve Kerr to this point had never lost a Western Conference playoff series, going 18–0 during this span, tied with the 1959–67 Boston Celtics for the longest playoff winning streak in NBA history against their conference opponents. Golden State met the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals in a rematch of the 1964 Finals, in which the Celtics defeated the then–San Francisco Warriors in five games. The Warriors defeated the Celtics four games to two to win their fourth championship in eight years, seventh overall, and first since 2018. After the series, many analysts claimed that the Warriors were one of the greatest dynasties in NBA history. During the championship run, the Warriors won at least one road game in all four playoff series, thus extending their NBA record for consecutives playoff series with at least one road win at 27.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School / club team 1 7 SF DR Congo NBA G League Ignite 1 14 SG United States Arkansas (Fr.)
The Warriors had two first-round picks entering the draft. The seventh pick was given from the Minnesota Timberwolves following the Andrew Wiggins trade from the 2019–20 season. Their second-round pick was conveyed to the Toronto Raptors via two other teams.
With the Warriors' first pick in the draft at #7, they would select small forward Jonathan Kuminga of the recently created NBA G League Ignite. Then, at the end of the draft lottery area, Golden State would select shooting guard Moses Moody from the University of Arkansas as the 14th pick of the draft.
Standings Division
Conference
Notes z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs y – Clinched division title x – Clinched playoff spot o – Eliminated from playoff contention * – Division leader pi – Play In
Roster
Game log
Preseason
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 4 | @ Portland | | Jordan Poole (30) | Andre Iguodala (6) | Nemanja Bjelica (6) | Moda Center13,936 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | October 6 | Denver | | Jordan Poole (17) | Otto Porter (9) | Juan Toscano-Anderson (5) | Chase Center16,923 | 2–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | October 8 | L.A. Lakers | | Stephen Curry (30) | Galloway, Green, Porter (6) | Draymond Green (7) | Chase Center18,064 | 3–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | October 12 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Jordan Poole (18) | Lee, Wiggins (9) | Andre Iguodala (5) | Staples Center11,526 | 4–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | October 15 | Portland | | Stephen Curry (41) | Stephen Curry (9) | Draymond Green (7) | Chase Center18,064 | 5–0
Regular season
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 19 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Stephen Curry (21) | Nemanja Bjelica (11) | Stephen Curry (10) | Staples Center18,997 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | October 21 | L.A. Clippers | | Stephen Curry (45) | Stephen Curry (10) | Draymond Green (7) | Chase Center18,064 | 2–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | October 24 | @ Sacramento | | Stephen Curry (27) | Otto Porter (9) | Stephen Curry (10) | Golden 1 Center13,876 | 3–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | October 26 | @ Oklahoma City | | Stephen Curry (23) | Draymond Green (9) | Draymond Green (8) | Paycom Center15,717 | 4–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | October 28 | Memphis | | Stephen Curry (36) | Draymond Green (12) | Stephen Curry (8) | Chase Center18,064 | 4–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | October 30 | Oklahoma City | | Stephen Curry (20) | Draymond Green (11) | Draymond Green (8) | Chase Center18,064 | 5–1
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | November 3 | Charlotte | | Jordan Poole (31) | Draymond Green (10) | Stephen Curry (9) | Chase Center18,064 | 6–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | November 5 | New Orleans | | Jordan Poole (26) | Draymond Green (8) | Andre Iguodala (10) | Chase Center18,064 | 7–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | November 7 | Houston | | Jordan Poole (25) | Otto Porter (9) | Draymond Green (9) | Chase Center18,064 | 8–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | November 8 | Atlanta | | Stephen Curry (50) | Curry, Green (7) | Stephen Curry (10) | Chase Center18,064 | 9–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | November 10 | Minnesota | | Andrew Wiggins (35) | Kevon Looney (17) | Andre Iguodala (8) | Chase Center18,064 | 10–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 | November 12 | Chicago | | Stephen Curry (40) | Kevon Looney (10) | Draymond Green (7) | Chase Center18,064 | 11–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | November 14 | @ Charlotte | | Andrew Wiggins (28) | Kevon Looney (8) | Stephen Curry (10) | Spectrum Center19,559 | 11–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 | November 16 | @ Brooklyn | | Stephen Curry (37) | Stephen Curry (7) | Draymond Green (8) | Barclays Center17,732 | 12–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | November 18 | @ Cleveland | | Stephen Curry (40) | Lee, Payton II (6) | Draymond Green (14) | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse19,432 | 13–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | November 19 | @ Detroit | | Jordan Poole (32) | Kevon Looney (12) | Juan Toscano-Anderson (9) | Little Caesars Arena20,088 | 14–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 | November 21 | Toronto | | Jordan Poole (33) | Draymond Green (14) | Curry, Green (8) | Chase Center18,064 | 15–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | November 24 | Philadelphia | | Stephen Curry (25) | Draymond Green (9) | Stephen Curry (10) | Chase Center18,064 | 16–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 19 | November 26 | Portland | | Stephen Curry (32) | Green, Toscano-Anderson (8) | Draymond Green (12) | Chase Center18,064 | 17–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 | November 28 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Stephen Curry (33) | Otto Porter (10) | Draymond Green (7) | Staples Center19,068 | 18–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | November 30 | @ Phoenix | | Jordan Poole (28) | Draymond Green (11) | Draymond Green (5) | Footprint Center17,071 | 18–3
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | December 3 | Phoenix | | Stephen Curry (23) | Draymond Green (9) | Draymond Green (9) | Chase Center18,064 | 19–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | December 4 | San Antonio | | Stephen Curry (27) | Curry, Green (8) | Draymond Green (9) | Chase Center18,064 | 19–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | December 6 | Orlando | | Stephen Curry (31) | Green, Poole (7) | Stephen Curry (8) | Chase Center18,064 | 20–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 | December 8 | Portland | | Stephen Curry (22) | Draymond Green (10) | Draymond Green (8) | Chase Center18,064 | 21–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 | December 11 | @ Philadelphia | | Jordan Poole (23) | Stephen Curry (9) | Stephen Curry (5) | Wells Fargo Center21,016 | 21–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 | December 13 | @ Indiana | | Stephen Curry (26) | Draymond Green (9) | Stephen Curry (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse17,018 | 22–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 | December 14 | @ New York | | Stephen Curry (22) | Draymond Green (11) | Draymond Green (7) | Madison Square Garden19,812 | 23–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 | December 17 | @ Boston | | Stephen Curry (30) | Kevon Looney (10) | Draymond Green (8) | TD Garden19,156 | 24–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | December 18 | @ Toronto | | Jonathan Kuminga (26) | Juan Toscano-Anderson (10) | Chris Chiozza (7) | Scotiabank Arena7,988 | 24–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | December 20 | Sacramento | | Stephen Curry (30) | Draymond Green (11) | Draymond Green (10) | Chase Center18,064 | 25–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | December 23 | Memphis | | Stephen Curry (46) | Otto Porter (9) | Draymond Green (9) | Chase Center18,064 | 26–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 | December 25 | @ Phoenix | | Stephen Curry (33) | Kevon Looney (10) | Draymond Green (10) | Footprint Center17,071 | 27–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | December 28 | Denver | | Stephen Curry (23) | Bjelica, Wiggins (8) | Curry, Iguodala (4) | Chase Center18,064 | 27–7 |- style="background:#ccc;" | – | December 30 | @ Denver | colspan="6" | Postponed (Coronavirus) (Makeup date: March 7)
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 35 | January 1 | @ Utah | | Stephen Curry (28) | Iguodala, Looney, Porter (7) | Stephen Curry (9) | Vivint Arena18,306 | 28–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 36 | January 3 | Miami | | Jordan Poole (32) | Draymond Green (8) | Draymond Green (13) | Chase Center18,064 | 29–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 37 | January 5 | @ Dallas | | Andrew Wiggins (17) | Gary Payton II (11) | Stephen Curry (5) | American Airlines Center20,441 | 29–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 38 | January 6 | @ New Orleans | | Andrew Wiggins (21) | Kevon Looney (9) | Andre Iguodala (7) | Smoothie King Center15,986 | 29–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 39 | January 9 | Cleveland | | Stephen Curry (28) | Kevon Looney (18) | Curry, Iguodala (5) | Chase Center18,064 | 30–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 40 | January 11 | @ Memphis | | Stephen Curry (27) | Stephen Curry (10) | Stephen Curry (10) | FedExForum17,794 | 30–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 41 | January 13 | @ Milwaukee | | Andrew Wiggins (16) | Stephen Curry (8) | Stephen Curry (5) | Fiserv Forum17,848 | 30–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 42 | January 14 | @ Chicago | | Jonathan Kuminga (25) | Kevon Looney (12) | Nemanja Bjelica (7) | United Center21,174 | 31–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 43 | January 16 | @ Minnesota | | Jordan Poole (20) | Kevon Looney (12) | Porter, Wiggins (4)