LeBron not slowing down: James now 2nd in steals, 3rd in assists

Admin August 6, 2024

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