PARIS (France) - The 2024 Olympics will be remembered for many reasons. One of them is a number of superstars continuing their Olympic legacy and climbing multiple all-time statistical leaderboards - topped off by LeBron James becoming the new steal king.
The USA superstar is just one of many who spent the Olympics moving up all-time lists with others being James' USA teammates Kevin Durant and Steph Curry; Spain legend Rudy Fernandez; Patty Mills of Australia; Rudy Gobert and Nicolas Batum of France; and Marcelinho Huertas of Brazil.
James came into his third Olympics looking for his third Olympic gold medal. In addition to taking home the gold, the 39-year-old also took over first place in steals along the way, passing Manu Ginobili, Chris Paul and Andrei Kirilenko for 44 steals.
The steals category saw the most changes with multiple players moving up the list. Mills jumped to third place with 40 steals, Fernandez moved to 38 and fourth place and Durant rose to eighth place with 33.
Most steals made all-time at the Olympics
Rank | Player | Team | Steals (since 1976) |
1 | LeBron James | USA | 44 |
2 | Andrei Kirilenko | Russia | 43 |
3 | Patty Mills | Australia | 40 |
4 | Rudy Fernandez | Spain | 38 |
- | Chris Paul | USA | 38 |
6 | Manu Ginobili | Argentina | 37 |
7 | Dwyane Wade | USA | 35 |
8 | Kevin Durant | USA | 33 |
- | Sarunas Jasikevicius | Lithuania | 33 |
- | Pablo Prigioni | Argentina | 32 |
LeBron wowed the fans all tournament with his playmaking skills, jumping from ninth place before the Olympics all the way to No. 2 with 139 assists - behind only Sarunas Jasikevicius' 160 dimes.
Brazilian veteran maestro Marcelinho Huertas worked his way into the top 10 with 89 for ninth place.
Most assists all-time at the Olympics
Rank | Player | Team | Assists (since 1976) |
1 | Sarunas Jasikevicius | Lithuania | 160 |
2 | LeBron James | USA | 139 |
3 | Sarunas Marciulionis | Soviet Union - Lithuania | 121 |
4 | Toni Kukoc | Yugoslavia-Croatia | 112 |
5 | Manu Ginobili | Argentina | 107 |
6 | Matthew Dellavedova | Australia | 101 |
7 | Shane Heal | Australia | 95 |
8 | Sun Fengwu | China | 94 |
9 | Marcelinho Huertas | Brazil | 89 |
- | Andrew Gaze | Australia | 89 |
There were only three triple-doubles in Olympics history since 1976 coming into Paris 2024. LeBron became the only player with two triple-doubles while Serbian superstar Nikola Jokic added his name to the exclusive club as well in the Bronze Medal Game.
Triple-doubles recorded all-time at the Olympics
Player | Team | Date | Opposition | Points | Rebounds | Assists |
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Sasha Belov | Soviet Union | July 27, 1976 | Canada | 23 | 14 | 10 |
LeBron James | USA | Aug 8, 2012 | Australia | 11 | 14 | 12 |
Luka Doncic | Slovenia | Aug 5, 2021 | France | 16 | 10 | 18 |
LeBron James | USA | Aug 8, 2024 | Serbia | 16 | 12 | 10 |
Nikola Jokic | Serbia | Aug 10, 2024 | Germany | 19 | 12 | 11 |
Durant's longevity of his fourth Olympics allowed him to rise into second place in all-time three-pointers made with 88 behind only the great Oscar Schmidt's 103. Mills was playing in his fifth Olympics and jumped to fourth place with 77 and Fernandez finished his career with 56 three-pointers - good for 10th.
Most three-pointers made all-time at the Olympics
Rank | Player | Team | Three-pointers made (since 1988) |
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1 | Oscar Schmidt | Brazil | 103 |
2 | Kevin Durant | USA | 88 |
3 | Andrew Gaze | Australia | 86 |
4 | Patty Mills | Australia | 77 |
5 | Shane Heal | Australia | 71 |
6 | Rimas Kurtinaitis | Soviet Union-Lithuania | 65 |
7 | Manu Ginobili | Argentina | 62 |
8 | Sarunas Jasikevicius | Lithuania | 60 |
9 | Carmelo Anthony | USA | 57 |
10 | Rudy Fernandez | Spain | 56 |
Curry will not appear on the all-time three-pointers made list because he was only playing in his first Olympics at age 36. But he showed why he's widely considered as the world's best shooter with 9 three-pointers in the Semi-Finals against Serbia and followed that with 8 triples in the Gold Medal Game versus France. Curry became just the fifth player to make 9+ three-pointers in an Olympic game.
Most three-pointers in a single game all-time at the Olympics
Rank | Player | Team | Date | Opposition | Three-pointers made (since 1988) |
1 | Carmelo Anthony | USA | Aug 2, 2012 | Nigeria | 10 |
- | Oscar Schmidt | Brazil | July 20, 1996 | Puerto Rico | 10 |
- | Karl Tilleman | Canada | Sept 23, 1988 | Spain | 10 |
4 | Steph Curry | USA | Aug 8, 2024 | Serbia | 9 |
- | Carmelo Anthony | USA | Aug 10, 2016 | Australia | 9 |
- | Shane Heal | Australia | Aug 24, 2004 | New Zealand | 9 |
7 | Steph Curry | USA | Aug 10, 2024 | France | 8 |
- | Andres Nocioni | Argentina | Aug 13, 2016 | Brazil | 8 |
- | Chamberlain Oguchi | Nigeria | Aug 6, 2012 | France | 8 |
- | Kevin Durant | USA | Aug 6, 2012 | Argentina | 8 |
- | Giorgos Sigalas | Greece | Aug 2, 1996 | Brazil | 8 |
- | Juan Alberto Espil | Argentina | July 30, 1996 | Korea | 8 |
| Shane Heal | Australia | July 24, 1996 | Brazil | 8 |
- | Oscar Schmidt | Brazil | Sept 28, 1988 | Puerto Rico | 8 |
- | Zhang Yongjun | China | Sept 24, 1988 | Canada | 8 |
The Olympics started off with some illustrious history as Fernandez became the first men's player to appear in six Olympics. By appearing in three games, Rudy also moved into fourth place in games played with 37.
Most appearances all-time at the Olympics
Rank | Player | Team | Olympic appearances |
1 | Rudy Fernandez | Spain | 6 |
2 | Teofilo Cruz | Puerto Rico | 5 |
- | Andrew Gaze | Australia | 5 |
- | Joe Ingles | Australia | 5 |
- | Patty Mills | Australia | 5 |
- | Juan Carlos Navarro | Spain | 5 |
- | Oscar Schmidt | Brazil | 5 |
- | Luis Scola | Argentina | 5 |
Most games played all-time at the Olympics
Rank | Player | Team | Games |
1 | Andrew Gaze | Australia | 40 |
2 | Teofilo Cruz | Puerto Rico | 39 |
3 | Oscar Schmidt | Brazil | 38 |
4 | Rudy Fernandez | Spain | 37 |
5 | Juan Carlos Navarro | Spain | 34 |
- | Luis Scola | Argentina | 34 |
- | Pau Gasol | Spain | 34 |
8 | Gennadi Volnov | Soviet Union | 33 |
- | Sergei Belov | Soviet Union | 33 |
- | Wlamir Marques | Brazil | 33 |
Mills had a big tournament from an individual standpoint - though the Boomers will be disappointed about bowing out at the Quarter-Finals. FIBA Patty rose to No. 5 in scoring all-time - while Durant jumped to 8th.
Mills and Durant also rose the most field goals made leaderboard to fifth and ninth, respectively.
Most points scored all-time at the Olympics
Rank | Player | Team | Points |
1 | Oscar Schmidt | Brazil | 1093 |
2 | Andrew Gaze | Australia | 789 |
3 | Pau Gasol | Spain | 649 |
4 | Luis Scola | Argentina | 591 |
5 | Patty Mills | Australia | 567 |
6 | Wlamir Marques | Brazil | 537 |
7 | Manu Ginobili | Argentina | 523 |
8 | Kevin Durant | USA | 518 |
9 | Sergei Belov | Soviet Union | 475 |
10 | Drazen Petrovic | Yugoslavia-Croatia | 461 |
- | Drazen Dalipagic | Yugoslavia | 461 |
Most field goals made all-time at the Olympics
Rank | Player | Team | Field goals made |
1 | Oscar Schmidt | Brazil | 383 |
2 | Andrew Gaze | Australia | 260 |
3 | Pau Gasol | Spain | 238 |
4 | Luis Scola | Argentina | 236 |
5 | Patty Mills | Australia | 206 |
6 | Drazen Dalipagic | Yugoslavia | 193 |
7 | Sergei Belov | Soviet Union | 191 |
- | Ruperto Herrera Tabio | Cuba | 191 |
9 | Kevin Durant | USA | 173 |
10 | Jose Ortiz | Puerto Rico | 170 |
Durant also entered the top 10 in the blocks category but the biggest movers on that leaderboard were the French duo of Gobert and Batum. Gobert moved into a tie with China legend Yao Ming for third place while Batum is fifth all-time.
Most blocks all-time at the Olympics
Rank | Player | Team | Blocks (since 2000) |
1 | Pau Gasol | Spain | 47 |
2 | Andrei Kirilenko | Russia | 35 |
3 | Rudy Gobert | France | 26 |
- | Yao Ming | China | 26 |
5 | Nicolas Batum | France | 23 |
6 | Andres Nocioni | Argentina | 21 |
- | Yi Jianlian | China | 21 |
8 | Andrew Bogut | Australia | 19 |
9 | Hamed EHaddadi | Iran | 18 |
10 | Kevin Durant | USA | 17 |
- | Luis Scola | Argentina | 17 |
- | Salah Mejri | Tunisia | 17 |
By helping USA win the gold medal, James and Kevin Durant also moved up all-time games won list. James has helped USA to 27 wins - fourth place on the list - and Durant ranks fifth with 26 wins.
Most games won all-time at the Olympics
Rank | Player | Team | Games won |
1 | Gennadi Volnov | Soviet Union | 29 |
- | Sergei Belov | Soviet Union | 29 |
3 | Carmelo Anthony | USA | 28 |
4 | LeBron James | USA | 27 |
5 | Kevin Durant | USA | 26 |
6 | Kresimir Cosic | Yugoslavia | 25 |
7 | Rudy Fernandez | Spain | 23 |
- | David Robinson | USA | 23 |
- | Pau Gasol | Spain | 22 |
10 | Juan Carlos Navarro | Spain | 21 |
- | Felipe Reyes | Spain | 21 |
- | Andrew Gaze | Australia | 21 |
- | Wlamir Marques | Brazil | 21 |
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