FIBA Basketball World Cup records

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 (14%, 3 of 18), as compared to the FIFA World Cup's success rate of 22% (6 of 21); 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		Better when hosting?	When not hosting
		Performance	Stage		Performance	Stage
1950	Argentina	Champions	Final round (1st of 6)	Yes	Runner-up	Final
1954	Brazil	Runner-up	Final round (2nd of 8)	No	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)
1959	Chile	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)	No	Third place	Final round (3rd of 6)
1963	Brazil	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)	No	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)
1967	Uruguay	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 7)	No	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)
1970	Yugoslavia	Champions	Final round (1st of 7)	No	Champions	Final
1974	Puerto Rico	Seventh place	Final round (7th of 8)	No	Fourth place	Semifinals
1978	Philippines	Eighth place	Final round (8th of 8)	No	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	No	Champions	Final
1990	Argentina	Eighth place	Second round (4th of 4)	No	Runner-up	Final
1994	Canada	Seventh place	5th-place playoffs	No	Sixth place	Final round (6th of 8)
1998	Greece	Fourth place	Semifinals	No	Runner-up	Final
2002	United States	Sixth place	Quarterfinals	No	Champions	Final
2006	Japan	Seventeenth place	Preliminary round (5th of 6)	No	11th place	Classification round (4th of 6)
2010	Turkey	Runner-up	Final	Yes	Sixth place	Quarterfinals
2014	Spain	Fifth place	Quarterfinals	No	Champions	Final
2019	China	Twenty-fourth place	Preliminary round (3rd of 4)	No	Eighth place	7th place classification game
2023	Philippines	TBA	TBA	TBD	Third place	Final round (3rd of 7)
	Indonesia			Not applicable - only appearance is when they hosted
	Japan			TBD	Eleventh place	Classification round (4th of 6)

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Year Player Scoring Average 1950 Álvaro Salvadores 13.8 1954 Oscar Moglia 18.7 1959 James T. L. Chen 20.1 1963 Ricardo Duarte 23.1 1967 Mieczysław Łopatka 19.7 1970 Shin Dong-pa 32.6 1974 Arturo Guerrero 27.0 1978 Kamil Brabenec 26.9 1982 Rolando Frazer 24.4 1986 Nikos Galis 33.7 1990 Oscar Schmidt 34.6 1994 Andrew Gaze 23.9 1998 Alberto Herreros 17.9 2002 Dirk Nowitzki 24.0 2006 Yao Ming 25.3 2010 Luis Scola 27.1 2014 J. J. Barea 22.0 2019 Ra Gun-ah 23.0 Total points scored Year Player Total Points Scored 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 202 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 Bogdan Bogdanović 183 FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team All-time top cumulative points scorers [4][5] # Player Games Played Points Scored Scoring Average 1. Oscar Schmidt 34 906 26.7 2. Luis Scola 41 716 17.5 3. Andrew Gaze 29 594 20.5 4. Dražen Dalipagić 35 563 16.1 5. José Rafael Ortiz 33 511 15.5 6. Marcel De Souza 37 494 13.4 7. Dragan Kićanović 25 491 19.7 8. Pau Gasol 24 482 20.1 9. Ubiratan Pereira Maciel 41 474 11.6 10. Panagiotis Giannakis 26 467 18.0 11. Juan Carlos Navarro 33 462 14.0 12. Kirk Penney 27 447 16.6 13. Wlamir Marques 31 437 10.7 14. Amaury Pasos 33 434 13.2 Antonello Riva 18 434 24.1 All time highest scoring averages [6] # Player Games Played Points Scored Scoring Average 1. Nikos Galis 10 337 33.7 2. Shin Dong-pa 8 261 32.6 3. Oscar Schmidt 34 906 26.7 4. Zhang Weiping 7 177 25.3 5. Ed Palubinskas 7 172 24.6 6. Antonello Riva 18 434 24.1 7. Dirk Nowitzki 18 425 23.6 8. Dražen Petrović 17 399 23.5 9. Wilfredo Ruiz Bruno 7 164 23.4 10. Yao Ming 14 320 22.9 11. Kevin Durant 9 205 22.8 Player must have played at least 5 games to appear in this statistic Games with most overtimes [7] Year Round Rivals Extra Periods Ref. 2006 Preliminary Round  Angola 103–108  Germany 3 [8][9] 2019 Semi-finals  Spain 95–88  Australia 2 [10][11] 1970 Preliminary Round  Brazil 94 - 93  Italy 2 [12][13] 2002 Eighth-Final Round  Puerto Rico 89 - 87  Angola 2 [14][15] 2010 Preliminary Round  Serbia 81 - 82  Germany 2 [16][17] 1967 Classification Round  Puerto Rico 79 - 86  Japan 2 [18][19] 1950 Classification Round  Yugoslavia 43 - 46  Peru 2 [20][21] Age records Oldest [22] # Player Year Birthdate Age * 1. Eduardo Mingas 2019 (1979-01-29) 29 January 1979 40 years, 214 days 2. Alex Garcia 2019 (1980-03-04) 4 March 1980 39 years, 180 days 3. Marcelinho Machado 2014 (1975-04-12) 12 April 1975 39 years, 140 days 4. Luis Scola 2019 (1980-04-30) 30 April 1980 39 years, 123 days 5. José Rafael Ortiz 2002 (1963-10-25) 25 October 1963 38 years, 308 days 6. Moon Tae-jong 2014 (1975-12-01) 1 December 1975 38 years, 272 days 7. Miguel Lutonda 2010 (1971-12-24) 24 December 1971 38 years, 247 days 8. Víctor David Díaz 2006 (1968-02-04) 4 February 1968 38 years, 196 days 9. Mohamed Koné 2019 (1981-03-24) 24 March 1981 38 years, 160 days 10. Reggie Moore 2019 (1981-03-31) 31 March 1981 38 years, 153 days Youngest [23] # Player Year Birthdate Age * 1. Georges Lath 1986 (1970-04-15) 15 April 1970 16 years, 81 days 2. Guo Ailun 2010 (1993-11-14) 14 November 1993 16 years, 287 days 3. David Dias 1986 (1969-04-21) 21 April 1969 17 years, 75 days 4. Chen Jianghua 2006 (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 17 years, 160 days 5. Tiago Splitter 2002 (1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 17 years, 240 days 6. Roy Samaha 2002 (1984-09-12) 12 September 1984 17 years, 351 days *describes age on first day of the tournament Game score records Biggest game score [24] # Year Round Rivals Team score 1. 1978 Preliminary Round  Brazil 154 - 97  China 154 2. 1990 Preliminary Round  United States 146 - 67  Korea 146 3. 1982 Final Round  Colombia 76 - 143  Soviet Union 143 4. 1974 Preliminary Round  Soviet Union 140 - 48  Central African Republic 140 5. 1990 Preliminary Round  Brazil 138 - 95  China 138 Lowest game score [25] # Year Round Rivals Team score 1. 1950 Final Round  Egypt 19 - 38  Brazil 19 2. 1950 Repass Round I  Chile 40 - 24  Yugoslavia 24 3. 1950 Preliminary Round I  Peru 33 - 27  Yugoslavia 27 1950 Final Round  France 27 - 59  Brazil 27 5. 1950 Final Round  Egypt 31 - 28  France 28 1954 Final Round  United States 72 - 28  Formosa 28 Biggest margin [26] # Year Round Rivals Margin points 1. 1974 Preliminary Round  Soviet Union 140 - 48  Central African Republic 92 2. 1986 Preliminary Round  Canada 128 - 38  Malaysia 90 3. 1990 Preliminary Round  United States 146 - 67  Korea 79 4. 1986 Preliminary Round  Yugoslavia 131 - 61  Malaysia 70 5. 1982 Final Round  Colombia 76 - 143  Soviet Union 67 Top scorers in a single game [27] Player Points Scored Opponent Year Hur Jae 54  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 tournaments and games played [28] Player Number of World Cups Games Played Years Played Ref. Ubiratan Pereira Maciel ("Bira") 5 41 1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 [29][30][31] Luis Scola 5 41 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 [32][33] Marcel De Souza 5 37 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 [34][35][36][37] Phil Smyth 5 36 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 [38][39] Jerome Mincy 5 36 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 [40][41] Alex Garcia 5 32 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 [42] Daniel Santiago 5 30 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 [43] Anderson Varejao 5 29 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 [44] Leandro Barbosa 5 27 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 [44] Marcelinho Machado 5 25 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 [45] Eduardo Mingas 5 23 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 [46][47] Dražen Dalipagić 4 35 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 [48] Alexander Belostenny 4 35 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 [49] Oscar Schmidt 4 34 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 [50] Rubén Wolkowyski 4 34 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 [51] Amaury Pasos 4 33 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967 [52][53] Andrés Jiménez Fernández 4 33 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 [54][55][56] José Rafael Ortiz 4 33 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 [57][58] Juan Carlos Navarro 4 33 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 [59] Rudy Fernandez 4 33 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 [60] Marcelo Milanesio 4 32 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 [61] Fabricio Oberto 4 32 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 [62][63] Marc Gasol 4 32 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 [64][65] Wlamir Marques 4 31 1954, 1959, 1963, 1970 [66][67] Sergei Belov 4 31 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 [68][69] Ray Borner 4 29 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 [70] Andrew Gaze 4 29 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 [71] João José Vianna 4 29 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 [72] Krešimir Ćosić 4 28 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 [73][74] Kirk Penney 4 27 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 [75][76] Tiago Splitter 4 26 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 [77][78] Felipe Reyes 4 23 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 [79] Top medalists [80] 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 Jatyr 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 Dejan Bodiroga 2 (1998, 2002) 0 0 2 Predrag Drobnjak 2 (1998, 2002) 0 0 2 Dejan Tomašević 2 (1998, 2002) 0 0 2 Rudy Fernández 2 (2006, 2019) 0 0 2 Marc Gasol 2 (2006, 2019) 0 0 2 Stephen Curry 2 (2010, 2014) 0 0 2 Rudy Gay 2 (2010, 2014) 0 0 2 Derrick Rose 2 (2010, 2014) 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 Alexander Belostenny 1 (1982) 3 (1978, 1986, 1990) 0 4 Ubiratan Pereira Maciel ("Bira") 1 (1963) 1 (1970) 2 (1967, 1978) 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 158 129 29 .816 13,928 11,354 +2,574 1.227 +16.3 5${\displaystyle \times }$winners  Brazil 140 84 56 .600 11.313 10,520 +793 1.075 +5.6 2${\displaystyle \times }$winners  Yugoslavia* 78 58 20 .744 6,591 5,847 +744 1.127 +9.5 5${\displaystyle \times }$winners  Argentina 112 65 47 .580 8,998 8,537 +461 1.054 +4.12 1${\displaystyle \times }$winners  Soviet Union* 80 66 14 .825 7,141 5,652 +1,489 1.263 +18.6 3${\displaystyle \times }$winners  Spain 100 71 29 .710 8,519 7,499 +1,020 1.136 +10.2 2${\displaystyle \times }$winners  Canada 107 39 68 .364 8,340 8,551 −211 0.975 −2.0 Final round  Puerto Rico 98 40 58 .444 7,668 7,933 −265 0.959 −2.9 Final round  Italy 74 43 31 .581 5,973 5,661 +312 1.055 +4.2 Final round  Australia 88 41 47 .466 7,072 7,231 −159 0.978 −1.8 Fourth place  Greece 61 36 25 .590 4,842 4,683 +159 1.034 +2.6 Runners-up  China 65 17 48 .261 5,354 6,205 −851 0.863 −13.1 Round of 16  Uruguay 50 17 33 .340 3,309 3,690 −381 0.897 −7.6 Final round  France 63 34 29 .540 4,215 4,224 −9 0.998 −0.1 Third place  Russia 39 25 14 .641 3,083 2,943 +140 1.048 +3.6 Runners-up  Cuba 35 18 17 .514 2,772 2,751 +21 1.007 +0.6 Final round  Angola 51 15 36 .294 3,798 4,270 −472 0.899 −9.2 Round of 16  South Korea 51 10 41 .196 4,016 4,902 −886 0.819 −17.4 Preliminary round  Germany 36 21 15 .583 2,921 2,793 +128 1.046 +3.6 Third place  Czechoslovakia* 30 17 13 .567 2,713 2,618 +95 1.036 +3.2 Final round  Lithuania 41 27 14 .658 3,262 2,993 +269 1.090 +6.6 Third place  Philippines 40 13 27 .325 2,953 3,495 −542 0.845 −13.5 Third place  Egypt 42 6 36 .143 2,691 3,456 −765 0.779 −18.2 Final round  Serbia 50 34 16 .680 4,284 3,689 +595 1.161 +11.9 Runners-up  Mexico 35 17 18 .486 2,578 2,618 −40 0.985 −1.1 Final round  Turkey 38 24 14 .632 3,005 2,883 +122 1.042 +3.2 Runners-up  New Zealand 37 15 22 .405 2,894 3,177 −283 0.908 −7.6 Fourth place  Peru 27 10 17 .370 1,585 1,671 −106 0.948 −3.9 Final round  Panama 25 9 16 .360 2,089 2,232 −143 0.896 −5.7 Preliminary round  Japan 31 5 26 .161 2,024 2,488 −464 0.813 −15.0 Preliminary round  Chile 19 9 10 .474 1,025 1,069 −44 0.959 −2.3 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 23 8 15 .348 1,851 2,040 −189 0.907 −8.2 Preliminary round  Senegal 28 4 24 .143 1,919 2,330 −411 0.824 −14.7 Round of 16  Ivory Coast 22 1 21 .045 1,537 1,986 −449 0.774 −20.4 Preliminary round  Lebanon 15 3 12 .200 1,063 1,390 −327 0.765 −21.8 Preliminary round  Nigeria 16 7 9 .438 1,225 1,195 +30 1.025 +1.9 Round of 16  Paraguay 13 3 10 .231 733 953 −220 0.769 −16.9 Preliminary round  Bulgaria 9 5 4 .556 532 512 +20 1.039 +2.2 Final round  Poland 17 8 9 .471 1,285 1,320 −35 0.973 −2.1 Final round  Dominican Republic 18 6 12 .300 1,357 1,510 −153 0.899 −8.5 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 .400 382 397 −15 0.962 −3.0 Preliminary round  Central African Republic 7 0 7 .000 477 757 −280 0.630 −40.0 Preliminary round  Iran 15 4 11 .267 1,024 1,145 −121 0.894 -8.07 Preliminary round  Ukraine 5 2 3 .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 10 1 9 .100 713 928 −215 0.768 −21.5 Preliminary round  Tunisia 10 3 7 .300 677 793 −116 0.854 −11.6 Preliminary round  Qatar 5 0 5 .000 310 456 −146 0.680 −29.2 Preliminary round  Colombia 5 0 5 .000 473 656 −183 0.721 −36.6 Preliminary round  Malaysia 5 0 5 .000 313 539 −226 0.581 −45.2 Preliminary round  Algeria 5 1 4 .200 395 476 −81 0.830 −16.2 Preliminary round  Indonesia 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 TBD  Czech Republic 8 4 4 .500 662 651 +11 1.017 +1.4 Sixth place  Montenegro 5 1 4 .200 370 406 -36 0.911 +7.2 Preliminary round Total 1,121 games 175,241 points *Defunct country Source[81] update after 2019 World Cup Notes and references FIBA Archive - Most Valuable Player. 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