  We prove the following statement, which has been conjectured since 1985:
There exists a constant $K$ such that for all natural numbers $d,g$ with $g\le
Kd^{3/2}$ there exists an irreducible component of the Hilbert scheme of
$\mathbb{P}^3$ whose general element is a smooth, connected curve of degree $d$
and genus $g$ of maximal rank.
