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

Admin August 12, 2024

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.

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.

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