FIBA Basketball World Cup records

List of records attained in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

General performances 1
- Performances of host countries 1.1
- By top four finishes 1.2
Most Valuable Players 2
Top scorer by tournament 3
- Total 3.1
- Average 3.2
Top 10 cumulative points scorers 4
Top 10 career scoring averages 5
Top scorers in a single game 6
Players with the most number of tournaments and games played 7
Top medalists 8
Players with the most total medals won 9
All-time team records 10
Notes and references 11

General performances

Performances of host countries

Map of countries' best results

From 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round, thus bypassing the preliminary round (group stages). As a result, the host's final rank would no worse than the number of teams in the final round (between six to eight); however from 1986 the host was made to compete in the preliminary round.

However, the success rate of hosts winning the tournament is rather low (19%, 3 of 16), as compared to the FIFA World Cup's success rate of 32% (6 of 19); furthermore, no host has won the championship since Yugoslavia won in 1970, and only one host since then has won any type of medal (Turkey with a silver medal in 2010).

Year	Host country	When hosting		When not hosting
Year	Host country	Performance	Stage	Performance	Stage
1950	Argentina	Champions	Final round (1st of 6)	Runner-up	Final
1954	Brazil	Runner-up	Final round (2nd of 8)	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)
1959	Chile	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)	Third place	Final round (3rd of 6)
1963	Brazil	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)
1967	Uruguay	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 7)	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)
1970	Yugoslavia	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)	Champions	Final
1974	Puerto Rico	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 8)	Fourth place	Semifinals
1978	Philippines	Eighth place	Final round (8th of 8)	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)
1982	Colombia	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 7)	Not applicable - only appearance is when they hosted
1986	Spain	Fifth place	5th-place playoffs	Champions	Final
1990	Argentina	Eighth place	Second round (4th of 4)	Runner-up	Final
1994	Canada	Seventh place	5th-place playoffs	Sixth place	Final round (6th of 8)
1998	Greece	Fourth place	Semifinals	Runner-up	Final
2002	United States	Sixth place	Quarterfinals	Champions	Final
2006	Japan	Seventeenth place	Preliminary round (5th of 6)	11th place	Classification round (4th of 6)
2010	Turkey	Runner-up	Final	Sixth place	Quarterfinals
2014	Spain	Fifth place	Quarterfinals	Champions	Final

By top four finishes

Rank	Nation	Number of appearances	Years in semifinals
1.	United States	14	(1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014)
2.	Yugoslavia^[1]	8	(1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
	Brazil	8	(1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1986)
	Soviet Union	8	(1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
5.	FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)/ Serbia^[2]	4	(1998, 2002, 2010, 2014)
6.	Greece	3	(1994, 1998, 2006)
6.	Argentina	3	(1950, 2002, 2006)
8.	Chile	2	(1950, 1959)
	France	2	(1954, 2014)
	Italy	2	(1970, 1978)
	Lithuania	2	(2010, 2014)
	Russia	2	(1994, 1998)
	Spain	2	(1982, 2006)
14.	Philippines	1	(1954)
	Formosa	1	(1959)
	Cuba	1	(1974)
	Puerto Rico	1	(1990)
	Croatia	1	(1994)
	Germany	1	(2002)
	New Zealand	1	(2002)
	Turkey	1	(2010)

Yugoslavia is officially credited with the World Basketball Cup appearances between 1950 and 1990 by FIBA.^[3]^[4] FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)/Serbia is not credited with these appearances.^[5]^[6]

Most Valuable Players

Tournament	MVP^[7]
1950	Oscar Furlong
1954	Kirby Minter
1959	Amaury Pasos
1963	Wlamir Marques
1967	Ivo Daneu
1970	Sergei Belov
1974	Dragan Kićanović
1978	Dražen Dalipagić
1982	Rolando Frazer
1986	Dražen Petrović
1990	Toni Kukoč
1994	Shaquille O'Neal
1998	Dejan Bodiroga
2002	Dirk Nowitzki
2006	Pau Gasol
2010	Kevin Durant
2014	Kyrie Irving

Top scorer by tournament

Total

Year	Player	Total
1950	Rufino Bernedo	86
1954	Oscar Moglia	168
1959	Jerry Vayda	162
1963	Ricardo Duarte	163
1967	Bohdan Likszo	180
1970	Shin Dong-pa	261
1974	Wayne Brabender	207
1978	Dražen Dalipagić	200
1982	Dragan Kićanović	190
1986	Nikos Galis	337
1990	Oscar Schmidt	277
1994	Andrew Gaze	191
1998	Alberto Herreros	161
2002	Dirk Nowitzki	216
2006	Dirk Nowitzki	209
2010	Luis Scola	244
2014	Pau Gasol	140

Average

Year	Player	Average
1950	Alvaro Salvadores	13.7
1954	Oscar Moglia	18.6
1959	James Chen	20.1
1963	Ricardo Duarte	20.3
1967	Bohdan Likszo	20
1970	Shin Dong-pa	32.6
1974	Arturo Guerrero	27
1978	Kamil Brabenec	26.8
1982	Wilfredo Ruiz	24
1986	Nikos Galis	33.7
1990	Oscar Schmidt	34.6
1994	Andrew Gaze	23.8
1998	Alberto Herreros	17.8
2002	Dirk Nowitzki	24
2006	Yao Ming	25.3
2010	Luis Scola	27.1
2014	José Barea	22.0

Top 10 cumulative points scorers

^[8]

Player	Games Played	Points Scored	Scoring Average
Oscar Schmidt	35	843	24.1
Andrew Gaze	29	594	20.5
Dražen Dalipagić	36	563	15.6
José Ortiz	33	511	15.5
Dragan Kićanović	26	491	18.9
Panagiotis Giannakis	26	469	18.0
Luis Scola	27	456	16.9
Wlamir Marques	33	437	13.2
Antonello Riva	18	434	24.1
Dirk Nowitzki	18	425	23.6

Top 10 career scoring averages

^[9]

Player	Games Played	Points Scored	Scoring Average
Nikos Galis	10	337	33.7
Shin Dong-Pa	8	261	32.6
Zhang Weiping	7	177	25.3
Eddie Palubinskas	7	172	24.6
Antonello Riva	18	434	24.1
Oscar Schmidt	35	843	24.1
Dirk Nowitzki	18	425	23.6
Wilfredo Ruiz Bruno	7	164	23.4
Yao Ming	14	320	22.9
Kevin Durant	9	205	22.8

Top scorers in a single game

^[10]

Player	Points Scored	Opponent	Year
Hur Jae	62	Egypt	1990
Nikos Galis	53	Panama	1986
Oscar Schmidt	52	Australia	1990
Jordi Villacampa	48	Venezuela	1990
Dirk Nowitzki	47	Angola	2006
Dražen Petrović	47	Netherlands	1986
Lee Chung-Hee	45	Brazil	1986
Kamil Brabenec	44	Puerto Rico	1978
Ricardo Duarte	42	Japan	1963
Arturo Guerrero	42	Central African Republic	1974

Players with the most number of tournaments and games played

^[11]

Player	Number of World Cups	Games Played	Years Played
Jerome Alfred Mincy	5	38	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
Dražen Dalipagić	4	36	1974, 1978, 1982, 1986
Fabricio Oberto	4	36	1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
Aleksandar Belostenny	4	35	1978, 1982, 1986, 1990
Sergei Belov	4	35	1967, 1970, 1974, 1978
Andrés Jiménez	4	35	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994
Marcelo Gustavo Milanesio	4	35	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998
Oscar Schmidt	4	35	1978, 1982, 1986, 1990
Ruben Wolkowisky	4	35	1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
Philip Smyth	4	34	1978, 1982, 1990, 1994
Pereira Maciel Ubiratan	4	34	1963, 1967, 1970, 1978
João José Vianna	4	34	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998

Top medalists

^[12]

Player	Gold Medals	Silver Medals	Bronze Medals	Total Medals
Wlamir Marques	2 (1959, 1963)	2 (1954, 1970)	0	4
Krešimir Ćosić	2 (1970, 1978)	2 (1967, 1974)	0	4
Amaury Pasos	2 (1959, 1963)	1 (1954)	1 (1967)	4
Sergei Belov	2 (1967, 1974)	1 (1978)	1 (1970)	4
Carmo De Souza	2 (1959, 1963)	1 (1970)	0	3
Jathyr Eduardo Schall	2 (1959, 1963)	0	1 (1967)	3
Modestas Paulauskas	2 (1967, 1974)	0	1 (1970)	3
Priit Tomson	2 (1967, 1974)	0	1 (1970)	3
Vlade Divac	2 (1990, 2002)	0	1 (1986)	3
Stephen Curry	2 (2010, 2014)	0	0	2
Rudy Gay	2 (2010, 2014)	0	0	2
Derrick Rose	2 (2010, 2014)	0	0	2
Dejan Bodiroga	2 (1998, 2002)	0	0	2
Predrag Drobnjak	2 (1998, 2002)	0	0	2
Dejan Tomašević	2 (1998, 2002)	0	0	2

Players with the most total medals won

Player	Gold Medals	Silver Medals	Bronze Medals	Total Medals
Wlamir Marques	2 (1959, 1963)	2 (1954, 1970)	0	4
Krešimir Ćosić	2 (1970, 1978)	2 (1967, 1974)	0	4
Amaury Pasos	2 (1959, 1963)	1 (1954)	1 (1967)	4
Sergei Belov	2 (1967, 1974)	1 (1978)	1 (1970)	4
Aleksandar Belostenny	1 (1982)	3 (1978, 1986, 1990)	0	4
Dražen Dalipagić	1 (1978)	1 (1974)	2 (1982, 1986)	4

All-time team records

FIBA Africa, FIBA Americas, FIBA Asia, FIBA Europe, FIBA Oceania

Team	Games played	Wins	Losses	Winning percentage	Points for	Points against	Point differential	Goal average	Margin/game
United States	149	122	27	.819	13,158	10,719	+2,439	1.228	+16.4
Brazil	133	81	52	.609	10,717	9,904	+813	1.082	+6.1
Yugoslavia*	87	66	21	.759	7,289	6,378	+911	1.143	+10.5
Argentina	103	58	45	.563	8,166	7,814	+352	1.045	+3.4
Soviet Union*	80	66	14	.825	7,157	5,666	+1,491	1.263	+18.6
Spain	90	61	29	.678	7,661	6,797	+864	1.127	+9.6
Canada	98	33	65	.337	7,518	7,817	−299	0.962	−3.1
Puerto Rico	90	37	53	.411	7,048	7,285	−237	0.967	−2.6
Italy	68	40	28	.588	5,480	5,217	+263	1.050	+3.9
Australia	79	35	44	.443	6,306	6,491	−185	0.971	−2.3
Greece	56	33	23	.589	4,439	4,301	+138	1.032	+2.5
China	58	15	43	.259	4,829	5,650	−821	0.855	−14.2
Uruguay	49	17	32	.347	3,238	3,617	−379	0.895	−7.7
France	53	26	27	.491	3,407	3,508	−101	0.971	−1.9
Russia	32	21	11	.656	2,547	2,421	+126	1.052	+3.9
Cuba	34	17	17	.500	2,695	2,676	+19	1.007	+0.6
Angola	44	13	31	.295	3,286	3,674	−388	0.894	−8.8
South Korea	45	8	37	.178	3,558	4,395	−837	0.810	−18.6
Germany	29	18	11	.621	2,377	2,277	+100	1.044	+3.4
Czechoslovakia*	30	17	13	.567	2,703	2,618	+85	1.032	+2.8
Lithuania	34	23	11	.676	2,677	2,500	+177	1.071	+5.2
Philippines	35	13	22	.371	2,624	3,006	−382	0.873	−10.9
Egypt	41	6	35	.146	2,611	3,350	−739	0.779	−18.0
Serbia	33	20	13	.606	2,833	2,528	+305	1.121	+9.2
Mexico	33	14	19	.424	2,443	2,502	−59	0.976	−1.8
Turkey	29	19	10	.655	2,235	2,136	+99	1.046	+3.4
New Zealand	32	12	10	.375	2,397	2,707	−310	0.885	−9.7
Peru	25	8	17	.320	1,450	1,572	−122	0.922	−4.9
Panama	24	9	15	.375	2,018	2,145	−127	0.941	−5.3
Japan	24	5	19	.208	1,510	1,819	−309	0.830	−12.9
Chile	19	9	10	.474	1,025	1,071	−46	0.957	−2.4
Israel	19	7	12	.368	1,262	1,440	−178	0.876	−9.4
Chinese Taipei	18	7	11	.389	982	1,077	−95	0.912	−5.3
Croatia	20	12	8	.600	1,637	1,449	+188	1.130	+9.4
Slovenia	22	12	10	.545	1,796	1,786	+10	1.006	+0.5
Venezuela	16	5	11	.313	1,301	1,493	−192	0.871	−12.0
Senegal	17	2	15	.118	1,185	1,400	−215	0.842	−13.0
Ivory Coast	17	1	16	.059	1,211	1,586	−375	0.764	−22.1
Lebanon	13	3	10	.231	948	1,202	−254	0.789	−19.5
Nigeria	11	4	7	.364	790	814	−24	0.971	−2.2
Paraguay	12	3	9	.250	678	888	−210	0.764	−17.5
Bulgaria	9	5	4	.556	532	512	+20	1.039	+2.2
Poland	9	4	5	.444	666	676	−10	0.985	−1.1
Dominican Republic	13	4	9	.308	1,020	1,120	−100	0.911	−7.7
Netherlands	5	2	3	.400	422	405	+17	1.042	+3.4
Ecuador	5	2	3	.400	222	232	−10	0.957	−2.0
West Germany*	5	2	3	.200	382	397	−15	0.962	−3.0
Central African Republic	7	0	7	.000	477	757	−280	0.630	−40.0
Iran	10	2	8	.200	645	773	−128	0.834	−12.8
Ukraine	5	2	5	.400	344	369	−25	0.932	−5.0
Finland	5	1	4	.200	342	408	−66	0.838	−13.2
Jordan	5	0	5	.000	361	446	−85	0.809	−17.0
Tunisia	5	0	5	.000	300	407	−107	0.737	−21.4
Qatar	5	0	5	.000	310	456	−146	0.680	−29.2
Colombia	5	0	5	.000	394	549	−155	0.718	−31.0
Malaysia	5	0	5	.000	313	539	−226	0.581	−45.2
Algeria	3	0	3	.000	212	308	−96	0.688	−32.0
Total	1,004 games				156,538 points

*Defunct country.

Source^[13]

Notes and references

^ FIBA considers this team to be a separate entity from any of the national teams from the area of former Yugoslavia following its initial breakup in 1991.
^ FIBA considers the current Serbia national team, which competed under that name for the first time in 2010, to be the same team as the FR Yugoslavia team that competed as Yugoslavia in the 1998 and 2002 Worlds and the Serbia and Montenegro team that competed in the 2006 Worlds.
^ FIBA.com Archive - Medal Count: FIBA World Championship.
^ FIBA.com Archive - Yugoslavia.
^ FIBA.com Archive - Medal Count: FIBA World Championship.
^ FIBA.com Archive - Serbia.
^ FIBA Archive - Most Valuable Player.
^ FIBA Archive - All time top scorers (Top 10).
^ FIBA Archive - All time highest scoring average (Top 10).
^ FIBA Archive - Most points scored in a game (Top 10).
^ FIBA Archive - Most participations & games played (Top 10).
^ FIBA Archive - All time medallist (Top 10).
^ "Men World Championship : Event statistics". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 2014-05-31.

International men's basketball

FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship World Rankings

Africa	FIBA Africa – FIBA Africa Championship U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Championship U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe – FIBA EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-18 U-16

Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Cup FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

FIBA Basketball World Cup

Tournaments

Qualification

Per tournament	1950 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Per confederation	Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Olympics

Finals

1950
1954
1959
1963
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014

Squads

There were no final matches from 1950 to 1974 as the title was disputed in the final group stage.

FIBA Basketball World Cup records