FIBA Basketball World Cup records
FIBA Basketball World Cup records are the records attained throughout the history of the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
General performances
Performances of host countries
From 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round, thus bypassing the preliminary round. As a result, the host's final rank would no worse than the number of teams in the final round ; however, from 1986 the host was made to compete in the preliminary round.However, the success rate of hosts winning the tournament is rather low, as compared to the FIFA World Cup's success rate of 22% ; furthermore, no host has won the championship since Yugoslavia won in 1970, and only one host since then has won any type of medal.
By top four finishes
Most Valuable Players
| Year | MVP | National Team |
| 1950 |  Oscar Furlong | |
| 1954 |  Kirby Minter | |
| 1959 |  Amaury Pasos | |
| 1963 |  Wlamir Marques | |
| 1967 |  Ivo Daneu | |
| 1970 |  Sergei Belov | |
| 1974 | Dragan Kićanović | |
| 1978 | Dražen Dalipagić | |
| 1982 |  Rolando Frazer | |
| 1986 | Dražen Petrović | |
| 1990 | Toni Kukoč | |
| 1994 |  Shaquille O'Neal | |
| 1998 |  Dejan Bodiroga | FR Yugoslavia |
| 2002 |  Dirk Nowitzki | |
| 2006 |  Pau Gasol | |
| 2010 | Kevin Durant | |
| 2014 | Kyrie Irving | |
| 2019 | Ricky Rubio |
Top scorer by tournament
Points per game
| Year | Player | Scoring Average |
 Álvaro Salvadores | ||
 Oscar Moglia | ||
 James T. L. Chen | ||
 Ricardo Duarte | ||
 Mieczysław Łopatka | ||
 Shin Dong-pa | ||
 Arturo Guerrero | ||
 Kamil Brabenec | ||
| Rolando Frazer | ||
 Nikos Galis | ||
 Oscar Schmidt | ||
 Andrew Gaze | ||
| Alberto Herreros | ||
| Dirk Nowitzki | ||
 Yao Ming | ||
| Luis Scola | ||
 J. J. Barea | ||
 Ra Gun-ah |
Total points scored
| Year | Player | Total Points Scored |
 Rufino Bernedo | ||
| Oscar Moglia | ||
| Jerry Vayda | ||
| Ricardo Duarte | ||
| Bohdan Likszo | ||
| Shin Dong-pa | ||
| Wayne Brabender | ||
| Dražen Dalipagić | ||
| Dragan Kićanović | ||
| Nikos Galis | ||
| Oscar Schmidt | ||
| Andrew Gaze | ||
| Alberto Herreros | ||
| Dirk Nowitzki | ||
| Dirk Nowitzki | ||
| Luis Scola | ||
| Pau Gasol | ||
 Bogdan Bogdanović |
FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team
All-time top cumulative points scorers
| # | Player | Games Played | Points Scored | Scoring Average |
| 1. |  Oscar Schmidt | 34 | 906 | 26.7 |
| 2. |  Luis Scola | 41 | 716 | 17.5 |
| 3. |  Andrew Gaze | 29 | 594 | 20.5 |
| 4. |  Dražen Dalipagić | 35 | 563 | 16.1 |
| 5. |  José Rafael Ortiz | 33 | 511 | 15.5 |
| 6. | Marcel De Souza | 37 | 494 | 13.4 |
| 7. | Dragan Kićanović | 25 | 491 | 19.7 |
| 8. |  Pau Gasol | 24 | 482 | 20.1 |
| 9. | Ubiratan Pereira Maciel | 41 | 474 | 11.6 |
| 10. |  Panagiotis Giannakis | 26 | 467 | 18.0 |
| 11. | Juan Carlos Navarro | 33 | 462 | 14.0 |
| 12. |  Kirk Penney | 27 | 447 | 16.6 |
| 13. | Wlamir Marques | 31 | 437 | 10.7 |
| 14. | Amaury Pasos | 33 | 434 | 13.2 |
| 14. |  Antonello Riva | 18 | 434 | 24.1 |
All time highest scoring averages
| # | Player | Games Played | Points Scored | Scoring Average |
| 1. | Nikos Galis | 10 | 337 | 33.7 |
| 2. |  Shin Dong-pa | 8 | 261 | 32.6 |
| 3. | Oscar Schmidt | 34 | 906 | 26.7 |
| 4. |  Zhang Weiping | 7 | 177 | 25.3 |
| 5. | Ed Palubinskas | 7 | 172 | 24.6 |
| 6. | Antonello Riva | 18 | 434 | 24.1 |
| 7. |  Dirk Nowitzki | 18 | 425 | 23.6 |
| 8. | Dražen Petrović | 17 | 399 | 23.5 |
| 9. |  Wilfredo Ruiz Bruno | 7 | 164 | 23.4 |
| 10. | Yao Ming | 14 | 320 | 22.9 |
| 11. |  Kevin Durant | 9 | 205 | 22.8 |
- Player must have played at least 5 games to appear in this statistic
Games with most overtimes
| Year | Round | Rivals | Extra Periods | Ref. |
| 2006 | Preliminary Round | 103–108 ' | 3 | |
| 2019 | Semi-finals | ' 95–88 | 2 | |
| 1970 | Preliminary Round | ' 94 - 93 | 2 | |
| 2002 | Eighth-Final Round | ' 89 - 87 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Preliminary Round | 81 - 82 ' | 2 | |
| 1967 | Classification Round | 79 - 86 ' | 2 | |
| 1950 | Classification Round | 43 - 46 | 2 |
Age records
Oldest
| # | Player | Year | Birthdate | Age * |
| 1. |  Eduardo Mingas | 2019 | ||
| 2. |  Alex Garcia | 2019 | ||
| 3. | Marcelinho Machado | 2014 | ||
| 4. | Luis Scola | 2019 | ||
| 5. |  José Rafael Ortiz | 2002 | ||
| 6. | Moon Tae-jong | 2014 | ||
| 7. | Miguel Lutonda |  2010 | ||
| 8. |  Víctor David Díaz |  2006 | ||
| 9. |  Mohamed Koné | 2019 | ||
| 10. | Reggie Moore | 2019 |
Youngest
| # | Player | Year | Birthdate | Age * |
| 1. | Georges Lath | 1986 | ||
| 2. | Guo Ailun | 2010 | ||
| 3. | David Dias | 1986 | ||
| 4. | Chen Jianghua | 2006 | ||
| 5. | Tiago Splitter | 2002 | ||
| 6. |  Roy Samaha | 2002 |
*describes age on first day of the tournament
Game score records
Biggest game score
| # | Year | Round | Rivals | Team score |
| 1. |  1978 | Preliminary Round | ' 154 - 97 | 154 |
| 2. | 1990 | Preliminary Round | ' 146 - 67 | 146 |
| 3. |  1982 | Final Round | 76 - 143 ' | 143 |
| 4. | 1974 | Preliminary Round | 140 - 48 | 140 |
| 5. | 1990 | Preliminary Round | ' 138 - 95 | 138 |
Lowest game score
| # | Year | Round | Rivals | Team score |
| 1. | 1950 | Final Round | 19 - 38 ' | 19 |
| 2. | 1950 | Repass Round I | ' 40 - 24 | 24 |
| 3. | 1950 | Preliminary Round I | ' 33 - 27 | 27 |
| 3. | 1950 | Final Round | 27 - 59 ' | 27 |
| 5. | 1950 | Final Round | ' 31 - 28 | 28 |
| 5. | 1954 | Final Round | ' 72 - 28 | 28 |
Biggest margin
| # | Year | Round | Rivals | Margin points |
| 1. | 1974 | Preliminary Round | 140 - 48 | 92 |
| 2. | 1986 | Preliminary Round | ' 128 - 38 | 90 |
| 3. | 1990 | Preliminary Round | ' 146 - 67 | 79 |
| 4. | 1986 | Preliminary Round | 131 - 61 | 70 |
| 5. | 1982 | Final Round | 76 - 143 | 67 |
Top scorers in a single game
| Player | Points Scored | Opponent | Year |
 Hur Jae | 54 | 1990 | |
| Nikos Galis | 53 | 1986 | |
 Oscar Schmidt | 52 | 1990 | |
| Jordi Villacampa | 48 | 1990 | |
| Dirk Nowitzki | 47 | 2006 | |
| Dražen Petrović | 47 | 1986 | |
| Lee Chung-Hee | 45 | 1986 | |
 Kamil Brabenec | 44 | 1978 | |
 Ricardo Duarte | 42 | 1963 | |
 Arturo Guerrero | 42 | 1974 |
Players with the most number of tournaments and games played
| Player | Number of World Cups | Games Played | Years Played | Ref. |
| Ubiratan Pereira Maciel | 5 | 41 | 1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 | |
| Luis Scola | 5 | 41 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | |
| Marcel De Souza | 5 | 37 | 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 | |
| Phil Smyth | 5 | 36 | 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 | |
| Jerome Mincy | 5 | 36 | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 | |
| Alex Garcia | 5 | 32 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | |
| Anderson Varejao | 5 | 29 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | |
| Leandro Barbosa | 5 | 27 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | |
| Marcelinho Machado | 5 | 25 | 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | |
 Eduardo Mingas | 5 | 23 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | |
| Dražen Dalipagić | 4 | 35 | 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 | |
 Alexander Belostenny | 4 | 35 | 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 | |
| Oscar Schmidt | 4 | 34 | 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 | |
| Rubén Wolkowyski | 4 | 34 | 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 | |
| Amaury Pasos | 4 | 33 | 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967 | |
| Andrés Jiménez Fernández | 4 | 33 | 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 | |
| José Rafael Ortiz | 4 | 33 | 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 | |
| Juan Carlos Navarro | 4 | 33 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | |
| Rudy Fernandez | 4 | 33 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | |
| Marcelo Milanesio | 4 | 32 | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 | |
| Fabricio Oberto | 4 | 32 | 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 | |
| Marc Gasol | 4 | 32 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019 | |
| Wlamir Marques | 4 | 31 | 1954, 1959, 1963, 1970 | |
| Sergei Belov | 4 | 31 | 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 | |
| Andrew Gaze | 4 | 29 | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 | |
| João José Vianna | 4 | 29 | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 | |
| Krešimir Ćosić | 4 | 28 | 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 | |
| Kirk Penney | 4 | 27 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | |
| Felipe Reyes | 4 | 23 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 |
Top medalists
| Player | Gold Medals | Silver Medals | Bronze Medals | Total Medals |
| Wlamir Marques | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Krešimir Ćosić | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Amaury Pasos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Sergei Belov | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Carmo De Souza | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Jatyr Eduardo Schall | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Modestas Paulauskas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Priit Tomson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| / Vlade Divac | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dejan Bodiroga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Predrag Drobnjak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dejan Tomašević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rudy Fernández | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marc Gasol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stephen Curry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rudy Gay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Derrick Rose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Players with the most total medals won
| Player | Gold Medals | Silver Medals | Bronze Medals | Total Medals |
| Wlamir Marques | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Krešimir Ćosić | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Amaury Pasos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Sergei Belov | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Alexander Belostenny | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Ubiratan Pereira Maciel | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Dražen Dalipagić | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
All-time team records
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- Source
- update after 2014 World Cup