FIBA Basketball World Cup records

List of records attained in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

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
		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)
	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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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