<P> The Three - Point Contest (officially named the JBL Three - Point Contest and previously named the Three - Point Shootout) is a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest held on the Saturday before the annual All - Star Game as part of All - Star Weekend . </P> <P> From its introduction in 1986 to 2002, and again from 2017 onward, eight participants were selected to participate in each season's shootout . Between 2003 and 2016, the contest was open to just six competitors . Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns is the most recent winner of the event which was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California . </P> <P> In this contest, participants attempt to make as many three - point field goals as possible from five positions behind the three - point arc in one minute . Players begin shooting from one corner of the court, and move from station to station along the three point arc until they reach the other corner . At each shooting station is a rack with five basketballs . Out of the five balls, four are worth one point (the standard orange Spalding game balls) and the fifth one (a red / white / blue ABA - style ball; often nicknamed the "money ball") is worth two points . The goal of this contest is to score as many points as possible within one minute . A perfect score used to be 30 points . In the 2014 contest, a rack consisting only of "money balls" was added, and can be placed on any of the 5 spots of the player's choice, bringing up the maximum possible score to 34 points . </P>

Who won the three point contest last year