Stephen Curry believes he has become the NBA's best player.

Curry is the reigning MVP and the early frontrunner this season.

"In my mind, yes," Curry said when asked by Time magazine, in an interview published Wednesday, whether he was the best player in the world. "That's how I have confidence out there that I can play at a high level every night."

Curry said it's simply a mindset he needs to be in to play at his peak.

"I don't get into debates, arguing with people about why I am versus somebody else," Curry said. "I feel like anybody who's at the level I'm trying to be at, if you don't think that when you're on the floor, then you're doing yourself a disservice."