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    LeBron the new Olympic steals king and other all-time top 10 movers and shakers

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    LeBron James had a magical 2024 Olympics, winning the gold medal while also jumping to No. 1 as the all-time steals king. A number of other stars moved up the all-time leaderboards.

    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 King is 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.

    The new king of steals.

    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.

    LeBron is now second in assists.

    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.

    Jokic and James both recorded triple-doubles in Paris.

    Triple-doubles recorded all-time at the Olympics

    Player

    Team

    Date

    Opposition

    Points

    Rebounds

    Assists

    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.

    Durant is second all-time in three-pointers made.

    Most three-pointers made all-time at the Olympics

    Rank

    Player

    Team

    Three-pointers made (since 1988)

    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.

    Curry knocked down 17 three-pointers in the Semi-Finals and Gold Medal 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.

    Rudy Fernandez has played in six Olympic Games.

    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.

    Mills is now 5th all-time in scoring.

    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.

    Gobert is now third all-time in blocks.

    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.

    Winners.

    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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