Patty Mills keeps climbing: No. 6 all-time in scoring

Admin July 30, 2024

LILLE (France) – Patty Mills was somewhat bottled up by Canada in Australia’s second Gameday loss, but the Boomers’ star still managed to move up a number of all-time Top 10s in Olympics history – including becoming the sixth leading scorer in the competition’s record books.

Mills finished the game with eight points on two field goals made with one three-pointer to go with two rebounds, one assist and two steals in Australia’s 93-83 defeat against Canada.

Mills jumped one spot in the all-time leading scorer list to sixth place with 528 points, passing Manu Ginobili. Next up on the list is Brazilian Wlamir Marques with 537 points.

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	Wlamir Marques	Brazil	537
6	Patty Mills*	Australia	528
7	Manu Ginobili	Argentina	523
8	Sergei Belov	Soviet Union	475
9	Drazen Petrovic	Yugoslavia-Croatia	461
10	Drazen Dalipagic	Yugoslavia	461

Mills’ one three-pointer gave him sole possession of fourth place for triples with 72, one ahead of fellow Australian legend Shane Heal and seven behind Kevin Durant of USA.

Most three-pointers made all-time at the Olympics

Rank	Player	Team	Three-pointers made
1	Oscar Schmidt	Brazil	103
2	Andrew Gaze	Australia	86
3	Kevin Durant*	USA	79
4	Patty Mills*	Australia	72
5	Shane Heal	Australia	71
6	Rimas Kurtinaitis	Soviet Union-Lithuania	65
7	Manu Ginobili	Argentina	62
8	Sanrunas Jasikevicius	Lithuania	60
9	Carmelo Anthony	USA	57
10	Rudy Fernandez*	Spain	56

*Active players

The three-pointer was introduced as a statistic for the Olympics in 1988.

Mills moved into a tie for second place in career steals with 38 – even with Rudy Fernandez of Spain who reached the milestone earlier today and Chris Paul of USA. The all-time leader is Andrei Kirilenko with 43.

Most steals all-time at the Olympics

Rank	Player	Team	Steals
1	Andrei Kirilenko	Russia	43
2	Patty Mills*	Australia	38
–	Rudy Fernandez*	Spain	38
–	Chris Paul	USA	38
4	Manu Ginobili	Argentina	37
–	LeBron James*	USA	37
7	Dwyane Wade	USA	35
8	Sarunas Jasikevicius	Lithuania	33
9	Pablo Prigioni	Argentina	32
10	Facundo Campazzo	Argentina	28
–	Ricky Rubio	Spain	28

*Active players

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

By having made just two field goals, Mills remains in eighth place with 190 – one behind the pair of Sergei Belov of Soviet Union and Cuba’s Ruperto Herrera Tabio.

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	Drazen Dalipagic	Yugoslavia	193
6	Sergei Belov	Soviet Union	191
–	Ruperto Herrera Tabio	Cuba	191
8	Patty Mills*	Australia	190
9	Jose Ortiz	Puerto Rico	170
10	Drazen Petrovic	Yugoslavia-Croatia	164
–	Manu Ginobili	Argentina	164