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 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
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)
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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