More rooted in the American culture of the NBA, individual records do not remain numerous in basketball more broadly international, and in particular in the World Cup, created in 1950 for basketball
Three days before the start of the 2023 edition, the 19th in history which takes place in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia, here is a brief summary of the main individual records in the history of the World Basketball, theater, at over the years, some memorable performances by players of very high caliber, of all nationalities.
It should also be noted that no one has yet achieved a triple-double in competition. In 2019 in China, Joe Ingles (17 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists) and Dennis Schröder (21 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists) had come close to it, and the Australian winger and the German leader will be in Asia again at the end of the week. To achieve this first triple-double in history, we will rely instead on Luka Doncic or Josh Giddey.
Best point average
These are averages from another time with two of the greatest attackers in the history of international basketball. Common to Schmidt and Galis, they have never played in the NBA! The two chained the cards before the globalization of the NBA, and we remember that certain franchises forced the Brazilian to pass tests…
— Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) / 34.6 points / 1990
— Nick Galis (Greece) / 33.7 points / 1986
— Shin Dong-pa (South Korea) / 32.6 points / 1970
— Luis Scola (Argentina) / 27.1 points / 2010
— Arthur Guerrero (Mexico) / 27 points / 1974
Highest point total
We take the same with, again, totals that are difficult to reach. Even Scola and Nowitzki, in 2010, remained at a distance.
— Nick Galis (Greece) / 337 points / 1986
— Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) / 277 points / 1990
— Shin Dong-pa (South Korea) / 261 points / 1970
— Luis Scola (Argentina) / 244 points / 2010
— Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) / 216 points / 2010
Most points in one game
Even if no player has reached the 50 point mark for 33 years, these are accessible records. A freewheeling Doncic, a Clarkson fired up in front of his fans or an ebullient Edwards can reach this bar.
— Hur Jae (South Korea) / 54 points against Egypt / 1990
— Nick Galis (Greece) / 53 points against Panama / 1986
— Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) / 52 points v Australia / 1990
— Jordi Villacampa (Spain) / 48 points against Venezuela / 1990
— Dirk Nowitzki And Drazen Petrovic (Germany and Croatia) / 47 points against Angola and the Netherlands / 2006 and 1986
Best passing average
The records are fresh since they date from the last edition. There are some big passers this year, like Tyrese Haliburton, Josh Giddey or even Doncic, and maybe one of those three can break the 10-average mark.
— Dennis Schröder (Germany) / 9.4 assists / 2019
— Tomas Satoransky (Czech Republic) / 8.5 assists / 2019
— Facundo Campazzo (Argentina) / 7.8 assists / 2019
— Marcelo Gustavo Milanesio (Argentina) / 6.9 assists / 1994
— Toni Kukoc (Croatia) / 6.8 assists / 1994
Passing records in one game
Faced with weak Egypt, Galakteros had feasted, and his record seems unreachable. Like Scott Skiles’ 30 assists in the NBA.
— Athanasios Galakteros (Greece) / 22 assists v Egypt / 1994
— Toni Kukoc (Croatia) / 15 assists v China / 1994
— Xane Dalmeida (Senegal) / 14 assists against the Philippines / 2014
— Tomas Satoransky And Scottie Wilbekin (Czech Republic and Turkey) / 13 assists v Australia and Montenegro / 2019
Best rebound average
Who could have answered Andray Blatche, the former interior of the Wizards? Naturalized, he had reigned over the Philippine racket.
— Andray Blatche (Philippines) / 13.8 rebounds / 2014
— Guna Ra (South Korea) / 12.8 rebounds / 2019
— Richard Lugo (Venezuela) / 12.2 rebounds / 2002
— Richard Lugo And Hamed Haddadi (Venezuela and Iran) / 11.4 rebounds / 2006 and 2014
— Hamed Haddadi (Iran) / 10.8 rebounds / 2019
Record rebounds in one game
No Turkey this year at the World Cup, while the record is co-held, 12 years apart, by Turks.
— Mirsad Turkcan And Omer Asik (Turkey) / 20 rebounds against Russia and Ukraine / 2002 and 2014
— Daniel Santiago (Puerto Rico) / 18 rebounds vs. USA / 2002
— Greg Newton (Canada) / 17 rebounds against Australia / 1998
Other records…
Record 3-pointers in one game
— Weidong Hu (China) and Larry Ayuso (Puerto Rico) / 9 3-point shots / 1994 and 2002
— Reggie Miller (USA), Kyung-Eun Moon (South Korea), Nan Li (China) and Nicholas Batum (France) / 8 3-point shots / 1994, 1994, 2002 and 2014
Most steals in one game
— Sinan Guler (Türkiye) / 8 interceptions / 2010
— Joel David Vickery (Canada), Souleyman Diabate (Ivory Coast) and Ricky Rubio (Spain) / 7 interceptions / 1994, 2010 and 2014
Most blocks in one match
— Yao Ming (China) and Salah Mejri (Tunisia) / 8 against / 2002 and 2019
— Darko Milicic (Serbia) / 6 against / 2006
Records of matches played
— Luis Scola (Argentina) and Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil) / 41 matches played and 5 World Cups
— Marcel de Souza (Brazil) / 37 matches played and 5 World Cups
— Phil Smith (Australia) and Jerome Mincy (Puerto Rico) / 36 matches played and 5 World Cups
— Alex Garcia (Brazil) / 32 matches played and 5 World Cups
— Daniel Santiago (Puerto Rico) / 30 matches played and 5 World Cups