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 and 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
2019	China	TBD	TBD	Eighth place	7th place classification game
2023	Philippines	TBA	TBA	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)
	Indonesia			Not applicable - only appearance is when they hosted
	Japan			Eleventh place	Classification round (4th of 6)

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/ FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)	10	(1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002)
3.	Brazil	8	(1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1986)
3.	Soviet Union	8	(1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
5.	Greece	3	(1994, 1998, 2006)
5.	Argentina	3	(1950, 2002, 2006)
7.	Chile	2	(1950, 1959)
	France	2	(1954, 2014)
	Italy	2	(1970, 1978)
	Lithuania	2	(2010, 2014)
	Russia	2	(1994, 1998)
	Spain	2	(1982, 2006)
	Serbia	2	(2010, 2014)
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)

Most Valuable Players

Tournament	MVP^[1]
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
2019	TBA
2023	TBA
2027	TBA

FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team

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
2019	TBA	TBA
2023	TBA	TBA
2027	TBA	TBA

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
2019	TBA	TBA
2023	TBA	TBA
2027	TBA	TBA

Top 10 cumulative points scorers

^[2]

Player	Games Played	Points Scored	Scoring Average
Oscar Schmidt	35	843	24.1
Andrew Gaze	29	594	20.5
Luis Scola	33	573	17.4
Dražen Dalipagić	36	563	15.6
José Rafael Ortiz	33	511	15.5
Dragan Kićanović	26	491	18.9
Pau Gasol	24	482	20.1
Panagiotis Giannakis	26	469	18.0
Juan Carlos Navarro	33	462	14.0
Kirk Penney	27	447	16.6

Top 10 career scoring averages

^[3]

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

^[4]

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

^[5]

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
Juan Carlos Navarro	4	34	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
Felipe Reyes	4	34	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014

Top medalists

^[6]

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	Best finish
United States	149	122	27	.819	13,158	10,719	+2,439	1.228	+16.4	5 $\times$ winners
Brazil	133	81	52	.609	10,717	9,904	+813	1.082	+6.1	2 $\times$ winners
Yugoslavia*	87	66	21	.759	7,289	6,378	+911	1.143	+10.5	5 $\times$ winners
Argentina	103	58	45	.563	8,166	7,814	+352	1.045	+3.4	1 $\times$ winners
Soviet Union*	80	66	14	.825	7,157	5,666	+1,491	1.263	+18.6	3 $\times$ winners
Spain	90	61	29	.678	7,661	6,797	+864	1.127	+9.6	1 $\times$ winners
Canada	98	33	65	.337	7,518	7,817	−299	0.962	−3.1	Final round
Puerto Rico	90	37	53	.411	7,048	7,285	−237	0.967	−2.6	Final round
Italy	68	40	28	.588	5,480	5,217	+263	1.050	+3.9	Final round
Australia	79	35	44	.443	6,306	6,491	−185	0.971	−2.3	Final round
Greece	56	33	23	.589	4,439	4,301	+138	1.032	+2.5	Runners-up
China	58	15	43	.259	4,829	5,650	−821	0.855	−14.2	Round of 16
Uruguay	49	17	32	.347	3,238	3,617	−379	0.895	−7.7	Final round
France	53	26	27	.491	3,407	3,508	−101	0.971	−1.9	Third place
Russia	32	21	11	.656	2,547	2,421	+126	1.052	+3.9	Runners-up
Cuba	34	17	17	.500	2,695	2,676	+19	1.007	+0.6	Final round
Angola	44	13	31	.295	3,286	3,674	−388	0.894	−8.8	Round of 16
South Korea	45	8	37	.178	3,558	4,395	−837	0.810	−18.6	Preliminary round
Germany	29	18	11	.621	2,377	2,277	+100	1.044	+3.4	Third place
Czechoslovakia*	30	17	13	.567	2,703	2,618	+85	1.032	+2.8	Final round
Lithuania	34	23	11	.676	2,677	2,500	+177	1.071	+5.2	Third place
Philippines	35	13	22	.371	2,624	3,006	−382	0.873	−10.9	Third place
Egypt	41	6	35	.146	2,611	3,350	−739	0.779	−18.0	Final round
Serbia	33	20	13	.606	2,833	2,528	+305	1.121	+9.2	Runners-up
Mexico	33	14	19	.424	2,443	2,502	−59	0.976	−1.8	Final round
Turkey	29	19	10	.655	2,235	2,136	+99	1.046	+3.4	Runners-up
New Zealand	32	12	20	.375	2,397	2,707	−310	0.885	−9.7	Fourth place
Peru	25	8	17	.320	1,450	1,572	−122	0.922	−4.9	Final round
Panama	24	9	15	.375	2,018	2,145	−127	0.941	−5.3	Preliminary round
Japan	24	5	19	.208	1,510	1,819	−309	0.830	−12.9	Preliminary round
Chile	19	9	10	.474	1,025	1,071	−46	0.957	−2.4	Third place
Israel	19	7	12	.368	1,262	1,440	−178	0.876	−9.4	Final round
Chinese Taipei	18	7	11	.389	982	1,077	−95	0.912	−5.3	Fourth place
Croatia	20	12	8	.600	1,637	1,449	+188	1.130	+9.4	Third place
Slovenia	22	12	10	.545	1,796	1,786	+10	1.006	+0.5	Quarter-finals
Venezuela	16	5	11	.313	1,301	1,493	−192	0.871	−12.0	Preliminary round
Senegal	17	2	15	.118	1,185	1,400	−215	0.842	−13.0	Round of 16
Ivory Coast	17	1	16	.059	1,211	1,586	−375	0.764	−22.1	Preliminary round
Lebanon	13	3	10	.231	948	1,202	−254	0.789	−19.5	Preliminary round
Nigeria	11	4	7	.364	790	814	−24	0.971	−2.2	Round of 16
Paraguay	12	3	9	.250	678	888	−210	0.764	−17.5	Preliminary round
Bulgaria	9	5	4	.556	532	512	+20	1.039	+2.2	Final round
Poland	9	4	5	.444	666	676	−10	0.985	−1.1	Final round
Dominican Republic	13	4	9	.308	1,020	1,120	−100	0.911	−7.7	Round of 16
Netherlands	5	2	3	.400	422	405	+17	1.042	+3.4	Preliminary round
Ecuador	5	2	3	.400	222	232	−10	0.957	−2.0	Preliminary round
West Germany*	5	2	3	.200	382	397	−15	0.962	−3.0	Preliminary round
Central African Republic	7	0	7	.000	477	757	−280	0.630	−40.0	Preliminary round
Iran	10	2	8	.200	645	773	−128	0.834	−12.8	Preliminary round
Ukraine	5	2	5	.400	344	369	−25	0.932	−5.0	Preliminary round
Finland	5	1	4	.200	342	408	−66	0.838	−13.2	Preliminary round
Jordan	5	0	5	.000	361	446	−85	0.809	−17.0	Preliminary round
Tunisia	5	0	5	.000	300	407	−107	0.737	−21.4	Preliminary round
Qatar	5	0	5	.000	310	456	−146	0.680	−29.2	Preliminary round
Colombia	5	0	5	.000	394	549	−155	0.718	−31.0	Preliminary round
Malaysia	5	0	5	.000	313	539	−226	0.581	−45.2	Preliminary round
Algeria	3	0	3	.000	212	308	−96	0.688	−32.0	Preliminary round
Indonesia	1	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0	TBD
Total	1,005 games				229,338 points

*Defunct country.

Source^[7]

Notes and references

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[1] FIBA Archive - Most Valuable Player.

[2] FIBA Archive - All time top scorers (Top 10).

[3] FIBA Archive - All time highest scoring average (Top 10).

[4] FIBA Archive - Most points scored in a game (Top 10).

[5] FIBA Archive - Most participations & games played (Top 10).

[6] FIBA Archive - All time medallist (Top 10).

[7] "Men World Championship : Event statistics". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 2014-05-31.

International men's basketball
FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-18 World Cup U-17 World Cup U-16 World Cup World Rankings
Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16 African Games
Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA AmeriCup U-18 U-16 CBC Championship Centrobasket COCABA Championship Marchand Cup Pan American Games South American Championship
Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup (includes Oceania) U-18 U-16 Asian Games FIBA Asia Challenge Stanković Cup East Asian Championship East Asian Games SABA Championship SEABA Championship South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Championship West Asian Games William Jones Cup
Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Belgrade Trophy FIBA European Championship for Small Countries Games of the Small States of Europe World Cup (Turkey)
Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship (defunct) U-20 U-18 U-16 Pacific Games
Other tournaments	Arab Nations Basketball Championship Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan Arab Games
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

FIBA Basketball World Cup
History Records Naismith Trophy
Tournaments	Argentina 1950 Brazil 1954 Chile 1959 Brazil 1963 Uruguay 1967 Yugoslavia 1970 Puerto Rico 1974 Philippines 1978 Colombia 1982 Spain 1986 Argentina 1990 Canada 1994 Greece 1998 United States 2002 Japan 2006 Turkey 2010 Spain 2014 China 2019 Philippines / Japan / Indonesia 2023
Qualification	1950 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019 2023
Finals	1950 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019
Squads	1950 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Team appearances All-Tournament Team Most Valuable Player Winning head coaches