Basketball - Men's Olympic Games - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1936

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  United States of America	17	1936	2024
  Soviet Union	2	1972	1988
  Argentina	1	2004	2004
  Yugoslavia	1	1980	1980

• Winners and finalists since 1936

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  United States of America	17	1
  Soviet Union	2	4
  Yugoslavia	1	4
  Argentina	1	0
  France		4
  Spain		3
  Italy		2
  Serbia		1
  Croatia		1
  Canada		1
  Lithuania
  Brazil
  Uruguay
  Russia
  Australia
  Cuba
  Mexico

• Various statistics since 1936
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	United States of America	20
  2	Australia	16
  3	Brazil	16
  4	Spain	15
  5	Italy	13
  6	China	11
  7	France	11
  8	Canada	10
  9	Puerto-Rico	10
  10	Yugoslavia	10

  Number of matches

  1	United States of America	149
  2	Brazil	112
  3	Australia	112
  4	Spain	98
  5	Italy	96
  6	Yugoslavia	80
  7	Soviet Union	74
  8	Puerto-Rico	71
  9	China	69
  10	Canada	66

  Games per appearance

  1	Morocco	9
  2	Panama	9
  3	Bulgaria	8.3
  4	West Germany	8.3
  5	Soviet Union	8.2
  6	Community of Independent S.	8
  7	Poland	8
  8	Senegal	8
  9	Taiwan	8
  10	Uruguay	8

  ---

  Wins

  1	United States of America	142
  2	Brazil	64
  3	Soviet Union	61
  4	Yugoslavia	60
  5	Australia	57
  6	Italy	56
  7	Spain	53
  8	Canada	37
  9	France	37
  10	Puerto-Rico	34

  Number of wins in games played

  1	United States of America	95 %
  2	Soviet Union	82 %
  3	Yugoslavia	75 %
  4	Slovenia	67 %
  5	Community of Independent S.	63 %
  6	Lithuania	63 %
  7	Taiwan	63 %
  8	Argentina	58 %
  9	Italy	58 %
  10	Brazil	57 %

  ---

  Losses

  1	Australia	55
  2	China	51
  3	Brazil	48
  4	Spain	45
  5	Italy	40
  6	Republic of Korea	39
  7	Egypt	38
  8	Puerto-Rico	37
  9	Japan	33
  10	Canada	29

  Number of losses in games played

  1	India	100 %
  2	Iraq	100 %
  3	Ireland	100 %
  4	Israel	100 %
  5	Morocco	100 %
  6	Romania	100 %
  7	Thailand	100 %
  8	Tunisia	100 %
  9	Turkiye	100 %
  10	Senegal	92 %

• All time table since 1936

  (Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	United States of America	20	1936	1st	291	149	142	7	13344	9208	+4136
  2	Brazil	16	1936	3rd	176	112	64	48	8474	8015	+459
  3	Australia	16	1956	3rd	169	112	57	55	9025	8965	+60
  4	Italy	13	1936	2nd	152	96	56	40	6722	6449	+273
  5	Spain	15	1936	1st	151	98	53	45	7912	7736	+176
  6	Yugoslavia	10	1960	1st	140	80	60	20	6639	5876	+763
  7	Soviet Union	9	1952	1st	135	74	61	13	6171	5001	+1170
  8	Puerto-Rico	10	1960	4th	105	71	34	37	5413	5494	-81
  9	France	11	1936	2nd	103	66	37	29	4666	4443	+223
  10	Canada	10	1936	2nd	103	66	37	29	4637	4432	+205
  11	Argentina	8	1948	1st	90	57	33	24	4324	4176	+148
  12	China	11	1936	-	87	69	18	51	4653	5678	-1025
  13	Lithuania	7	1992	3rd	85	52	33	19	4392	4082	+310
  14	Uruguay	7	1936	3rd	85	56	29	27	3399	3575	-176
  15	Philippines	7	1936	-	76	52	24	28	3200	3474	-274
  16	Mexico	7	1936	3rd	75	49	26	23	3069	2945	+124
  17	Poland	6	1936	4th	71	48	23	25	3228	3272	-44
  18	Czechoslovakia	7	1936	-	69	46	23	23	2996	2884	+112
  19	Cuba	6	1948	3rd	67	45	22	23	3254	3066	+188
  20	Republic of Korea	6	1948	-	55	47	8	39	3129	3686	-557
  21	Japan	8	1936	-	55	44	11	33	2844	3529	-685
  22	Egypt	7	1936	-	50	44	6	38	2170	3041	-871
  23	Bulgaria	4	1952	-	49	33	16	17	1965	2030	-65
  24	Hungary	5	1936	-	47	33	14	19	1596	1657	-61
  25	Croatia	4	1992	2nd	44	28	16	12	2288	2225	+63
  26	Chile	4	1936	-	38	26	12	14	1400	1388	+12
  27	Greece	5	1952	-	35	23	12	11	1756	1703	+53
  28	Angola	5	1992	-	34	31	3	28	1991	2518	-527
  29	West Germany	3	1972	-	33	25	8	17	1854	2017	-163
  30	Peru	3	1936	-	31	22	9	13	987	985	+2
  31	Russia	3	2000	3rd	30	20	10	10	1530	1482	+48
  32	Senegal	3	1968	-	26	24	2	22	1433	1929	-496
  33	Serbia	3	2004	2nd	20	14	6	8	1127	1077	+50
  34	Belgium	3	1936	-	19	13	6	7	503	462	+41
  35	Switzerland	3	1936	-	17	13	4	9	376	508	-132
  36	Iran	3	1948	-	17	15	2	13	727	1113	-386
  37	Finland	2	1952	-	16	12	4	8	674	779	-105
  38	Germany	4	1936	4th	16	13	3	10	701	860	-159
  39	Venezuela	2	1992	-	15	12	3	9	888	1063	-175
  40	Nigeria	3	2012	-	15	13	2	11	958	1160	-202
  41	Great-Britain	2	1948	-	15	13	2	11	572	828	-256
  42	New Zealand	2	2000	-	14	12	2	10	856	987	-131
  43	Community of Independent States	1	1992	4th	13	8	5	3	660	606	+54
  44	Taiwan	1	1956	-	13	8	5	3	582	590	-8
  45	Panama	1	1968	-	11	9	2	7	739	798	-59
  46	Slovenia	1	2021	4th	10	6	4	2	605	535	+70
  47	Sweden	1	1980	-	10	7	3	4	511	504	+7
  48	Central African Republic	1	1988	-	9	7	2	5	490	582	-92
  49	Singapore	1	1956	-	9	7	2	5	446	551	-105
  50	Morocco	1	1968	-	9	9	0	9	450	762	-312
  51	Thailand	1	1956	-	7	7	0	7	331	540	-209
  52	India	1	1980	-	7	7	0	7	458	797	-339
  53	Iraq	1	1948	-	7	7	0	7	141	623	-482
  54	Ireland	1	1948	-	6	6	0	6	103	382	-279
  55	Tunisia	1	2012	-	5	5	0	5	320	411	-91
  56	Latvia	1	1936	-	4	3	1	2	66	79	-13
  57	Estonia	1	1936	-	4	3	1	2	84	120	-36
  58	Czech Republic	1	2021	-	4	3	1	2	245	294	-49
  59	Turkiye	2	1936	-	4	4	0	4	121	176	-55
  60	Israel	1	1952	-	2	2	0	2	99	111	-12
  61	Romania	1	1952	-	2	2	0	2	90	125	-35

General Informations

• First edition : 1936
• Editions : 21 (including 2024)
• First winner : United States of America
• Most wins : United States of America (17)
• Most recent winner : United States of America