LeBron James just is not slowing down

    LeBron James will turn 40 years old later this year, but the USA superstar is not slowing down. He jumped to second place in steals and third in assists.

    PARIS (France) - LeBron James and Kevin Durant climbed the all-time Olympics leaderboards of various stats throughout the group stage. The two United States veterans just kept rising in the Quarter-Finals including James pulling to number two in steals and third in assists.

    James collected 12 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals in USA's convincing 122-87 victory over Brazil. And Durant contributed 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

    With his 11 points, the 35-year-old Durant, who is shooting for his fourth Olympic gold, became the USA's all-time leading scorer in the Olympics, men's or women's, moving past Lisa Leslie's 488 points.

    James is close to becoming the all-time steals king of the Olympics as his 3 steals pushed into sole possession of second place with 41 - just two behind leader Andrei Kirilenko. Durant meanwhile pulled even with Pablo Prigioni of Argentina for ninth place.

    Most steals made all-time at the Olympics

    Rank

    Player

    Team

    Steals

    1

    Andrei Kirilenko

    Russia

    43

    2

    LeBron James*

    USA

    41

    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

    Sarunas Jasikevicius

    Lithuania

    33

    9

    Kevin Durant*

    USA

    32

    -

    Pablo Prigioni

    Argentina

    32

    *Active players

    The steal was introduced as a statistic for the Olympics in 1996.

    James has really impressed in France with his playmaking and he dished out a team-high 9 assists - the third game he was tops on the USA team in dimes - for 119 all-time. That gives the 39-year-old third place, moving past Toni Kukoc of Yugoslavia and Croatia. Sarunas Marciulionis of Soviet Union and Lithuania is next on James' march up the leaderboard at 121 assists.

    Most assists all-time at the Olympics

    Rank

    Player

    Team

    Assists

    1

    Sarunas Jasikevicius

    Lithuania

    160

    2

    Sarunas Marciulionis

    Soviet Union - Lithuania

    121

    3

    LeBron James*

    USA

    119

    4

    Toni Kukoc

    Yugoslavia-Croatia

    112

    5

    Manu Ginobili

    Argentina

    107

    6

    Matthew Dellavedova*

    Australia

    100

    7

    Shane Heal

    Australia

    95

    8

    Sun Fengwu

    China

    94

    9

    Marcelinho Huertas

    Brazil

    89

    -

    Andrew Gaze

    Australia

    89

    *Active players

    The assist was introduced as a statistic for the Olympics in 1976.

    Durant also moved into the top 10 in field goals made as he hit 4 shots for 164 all-time, pulling him with Manu Ginobili and Drazen Petrovic for 10th place.

    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

    Jose Ortiz

    Puerto Rico

    170

    10

    Kevin Durant*

    USA

    164

    -

    Manu Ginobili

    Argentina

    164

    -

    Drazen Petrovic

    Yugoslavia-Croatia

    164

    *Active players

    The duo of James and Durant together moved up additional spots in the all-time games won list. James has helped USA to 25 wins - tied for fourth place - and Durant ranks sixth with 24 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

    25

    -

    Kresimir Cosic

    Yugoslavia

    25

    6

    Kevin Durant*

    USA

    24

    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

    *Active players

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