The Greatest Basketball Athlete at the Olympic Games
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 Paris 2024 Games.
The best all-time performing basketball players at the Olympic Games are US female player Diana Taurasi who has won six gold medals between 2004 and 2024. The top male is Kevin Durant with four gold medals. 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 2024)
| rank | name | country | gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | total medals |
rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diana Taurasi | USA | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 |
| 2 | Sue Bird | USA | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 |
| 3 | Teresa Edwards | USA | F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| =4 | Kevin Durant | USA | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| =4 | Sylvia Fowles | USA | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| =4 | Lisa Leslie | USA | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| =4 | Tamika Catchings | USA | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| =8 | Carmelo Anthony | USA | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| =8 | LeBron James | USA | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| =10 | Sheryl Swoopes | USA | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| =10 | Dawn Staley | USA | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| =10 | Katie Smith | USA | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| =10 | Breanna Stewart | USA | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| =10 | Seimone Augustus | USA | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| =10 | Tina Charles | USA | F | 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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