Who is the greatest Basketball athlete of all time based on Olympic Games performances? We have used a weighted total medal count of each male and female Basketball athlete from all modern Olympic Games to rank their overall performance, using data from all Olympics including the Tokyo 2020 Games.
The best all-time performing basketball players at the Olympic Games are US female players Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi who have won five gold medals between 2004 and 2020. Only two male players have won three gold medals, Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant. See the table below to see how other top players are ranked.
See also the best athlete from each sport, and the best overall.
Top Olympic Games Basketball Players
Here are the top-ranked athletes from the sport of Basketball for performances at all Olympiads, using the Topend Sports Weighted Ranking System to order the athletes, awarding points for both gold (6 points) and other medals (silver 2 pts, bronze 1 pt).
Table: The Top Ranked Athletes from Basketball at the Olympic Games (including 2021)
rank | name | country | gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | total medals |
rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
=1 | Sue Bird | USA | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 |
=1 | Diana Taurasi | USA | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 |
3 | Teresa Edwards | USA | F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
=4 | Lisa Leslie | USA | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
=4 | Tamika Catchings | USA | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
6 | Carmelo Anthony | USA | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
=7 | Sheryl Swoopes | USA | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
=7 | Dawn Staley | USA | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
=7 | Katie Smith | USA | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
=7 | Seimone Augustus | USA | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
=7 | Sylvia Fowles | USA | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
=7 | Kevin Durant | USA | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
Related Pages
- List of the best athlete from each Olympic sport
- The greatest ever Olympic athlete
- About Olympic Medal Ranking Systems
- medal tables from all Olympic Games
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