FIBA Basketball World Cup records
Top scorers in a single game
Table:
Player
Points Scored
Opponent
Year

Hur Jae
54
Egypt
1990

Nikos Galis
53
Panama
1986

Oscar Schmidt
52
Australia
1990

Jordi Villacampa
48
Venezuela
1990

Dirk Nowitzki
47
Angola
2006

Dražen Petrović
47
Netherlands
1986

Lee Chung-Hee
45
Brazil
1986

Kamil Brabenec
44
Puerto Rico
1978

Ricardo Duarte
42
Japan
1963

Arturo Guerrero
42
Central African Republic
1974

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Hur Jae ( born September 28 , 1965 in Chuncheon ) is a South Korean basketball coach and former player who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-2000s ( decade ) . At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , he took the Athlete 's Oath with handball player Son Mi-na . He was the FIBA Asia Cup MVP in 1995 .
The Egyptian national basketball team is organized and run by the Egyptian Basketball Federation ( Arabic : الاتحاد المصري لكرة السلة ) . Team Egypt has a legacy of remarkable achievements . Winning the title of the EuroBasket 1949 is its most celebrated achievement . In addition its 5th-place finish at the 1950 FIBA World Championship as well as its 9th-place finish at the 1952 Summer Olympics , remain the best results ever of an African nation at each tournament . Further , the title of the EuroBasket 1949 , is the most prestigious basketball title of an African nation as well . At the FIBA Africa Championship , Egypt holds a record number of 17 medals ( alongside Angola ) . Egypt joined the International Federation of Basketball ( FIBA ) in 1934 and has Africa 's longest basketball tradition .
Nikolaos Georgalis ( Greek : Νικόλαος Γεωργαλής ; born July 23 , 1957 ) , commonly known as either Nikos Galis ( Greek : Νίκος Γκάλης ) , or Nick Galis , is a retired Greek professional basketball player . He was named one of FIBA 's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 , is an inaugural member of the FIBA Hall of Fame and was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008 . Galis is widely regarded as one of Europe 's greatest scorers to ever play the game , as well as one of the all-time greatest players in FIBA international basketball history . [ a ] In 2017 , he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . Galis played the point guard position during his college basketball years at Seton Hall University , but turned into a shooting guard as a professional . He spent most of his career in Aris , before having a late stint with Panathinaikos . He is the EuroLeague 's all-time leader in points per game ( counting both FIBA Europe and Euroleague Basketball Company era games 1958 season-present ) , leading the competition in scoring eight times . In the premier European club scene , he reached the EuroLeague Final Four on four occasions , three consecutive times with Aris ( 1988 , 1989 , and 1990 ) , and another one with Panathinaikos ( 1994 ) . An eight-time Greek league champion , Galis is the Greek Championship 's unofficial all-time leading scorer , in both career points scored and career scoring average , counting all league formats ( since the 1963-64 season , official stats are recognized since the 1992-93 season ) . Galis led the senior Greek national team to a EuroBasket gold medal in 1987 , as well as to a EuroBasket silver medal in 1989 , earning the tournament MVP honor in 1987 , and being elected to the All-EuroBasket Team four times . Among his myriad accomplishments , he holds the EuroBasket record for highest career scoring average ( 31.2 points per game ) , and was the leading scorer of four EuroBasket tournaments in 1983 , 1987 , 1989 , and 1991 . In addition to that , he holds the FIBA World Championship/Cup record for highest career scoring average ( 33.5 points per game ) , as well as for most points ever scored in a single tournament , which he set at the 1986 FIBA World Championship .
The Panama national basketball team participates in international competitions .
Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt ( born February 16 , 1958 ) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player . He is also known as Oscar Schmidt Bezerra in Spain , where he played for Fórum Valladolid for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons , and simply Oscar , or Mão Santa ( Holy Hand ) , in his homeland . Schmidt played the small forward position , was 2.05 m ( 6 ft 8​3⁄4 in ) tall and weighed 107 kg ( 236 lbs ) . He was born in Natal , Rio Grande do Norte , Brazil . He is considered to be the all-time leading scorer in the history of basketball , with 49,737 career points scored ( club play , plus national team play combined ) . He is also a record holder for the longest career span of a professional basketball player , and the top scorer in the history of the Summer Olympic Games . He was named one of FIBA 's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 . On August 20 , 2010 , Schmidt was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame , in recognition of his play in international competition . On September 8 , 2013 , Schmidt was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .
The Australian men 's national basketball team , known as the Boomers after the slang for a male kangaroo , represents Australia in international basketball competition . Australia is a regional power in basketball . Placed in the relatively weak FIBA Oceania region , the Boomers 's qualification for the Summer Olympic Games and FIBA World Cup is often a three-match competition against the other regional power , the New Zealand Tall Blacks . Before the formation of the National Basketball League ( NBL ) in 1979 , Boomers players were selected from state leagues around the country , with Victoria , South Australia , and to a lesser extent New South Wales the dominant states . After the formation of the NBL , players began to be selected almost exclusively from that competition during the 1980s and 1990s . Occasionally players were selected from outside the NBL . Mark Bradtke made his Boomers debut in 1987 while attending the Australian Institute of Sport ( AIS ) before he entered the NBL . Luc Longley made his debut in 1988 while playing college basketball in the United States . Other Australian players enter the Euroleague and the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) in the U.S . The Boomers 's roster for the 2014 World Cup included five NBA players : Cameron Bairstow with the Chicago Bulls , Aron Baynes with the Boston Celtics , Matthew Dellavedova with the Milwaukee Bucks , and Dante Exum and Joe Ingles with the Utah Jazz . Three other players were ruled out of the World Cup due to injury play in the NBA , namely Andrew Bogut of the Los Angeles Lakers , rookie Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers and Patty Mills of the San Antonio Spurs . Several players on youth national teams are student athletes at the AIS or in the US college basketball system .
Jordi Villacampa Amorós ( born October 11 , 1963 in Reus , Spain ) is a retired professional basketball player of Joventut Badalona , and former chairman of the club . At 1.96 m ( 6 ft. 5 in . ) tall , he played as a shooting guard-small forward . His main skills and attributes as a player were his speed and a good long-distance shot . Villacampa is widely considered one of the best European swingmen of his generation .
The Venezuela national basketball team is organized and run by the Venezuelan Basketball Federation ( FVB ) . ( Spanish : Federación Venezolana de Baloncesto ) They won the 2015 FIBA AmeriCup . Venezuela qualified for two Summer Olympiads : 1992 , and the 2016 . Venezuela hosted the 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament , the country 's most prestigious basketball event ever . Later , the country also hosted the 2013 FIBA AmeriCup . Venezuela has participated in international competitions : International Basketball Federation ( FIBA ) , Summer Olympic Games , the FIBA World Cup , the South American Championship , the Pan American Games and the Bolivarian Games .
Dirk Werner Nowitzki ( German pronunciation : [ ˈdɪʁk ˈvɛʁnɐ noˈvɪtski ] ) ( born June 19 , 1978 ) is a German retired professional basketball player . An alumnus of the DJK Würzburg basketball club , Nowitzki was chosen as the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and was immediately traded to the Dallas Mavericks , where he played his entire 21-year National Basketball Association ( NBA ) career . Listed at 7 ft 0 in ( 2.13 m ) , Nowitzki is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and he is considered by many to be the greatest European player of all time . Nowitzki led the Mavericks to 15 NBA playoff appearances ( 2001-2012 ; 2014-2016 ) , including the franchise 's first Finals appearance in 2006 and its only NBA championship in 2011 . Known for his scoring ability , his versatility , his accurate outside shooting , and his trademark fadeaway jump shot , Nowitzki won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2007 and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in 2011 . Nowitzki is the only player ever to play for a single NBA franchise for 21 seasons . He is a 14-time All-Star , a 12-time All-NBA Team member , the first European player to start in an All-Star Game , and the first European player to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player Award . Nowitzki is the highest-scoring foreign-born player in NBA history . He is the first Maverick voted onto an All-NBA Team and holds several all-time Mavericks franchise records . On December 10 , 2012 , he became the first non-American player to receive the Naismith Legacy Award . Following his retirement , Nowitzki stood sixth on the list of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders . In international play , Nowitzki led the German national basketball team to a bronze medal in the 2002 FIBA World Championship and silver in EuroBasket 2005 , and was the leading scorer and MVP in both tournaments .
The Angolan national basketball team is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Basquetebol . Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979 . Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings , Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa , and a regular competitor at the Summer Olympic Games and the FIBA World Cup .
Dražen Petrović ( pronounced [ drǎʒen pětroʋitɕ ] ; 22 October 1964 - 7 June 1993 ) was a Croatian professional basketball player . A shooting guard , he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s , before joining the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) in 1989 . A star on multiple stages , Petrović earned two silver medals and one bronze in Olympic basketball , a gold and a bronze in the FIBA World Cup , a gold and a bronze in the FIBA EuroBasket , and two EuroLeague titles . He represented Yugoslavia 's national team and , later , Croatia 's national team . He earned four Euroscars , and was named Mr. Europa twice . In 1985 , he received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia . Seeking a bigger arena after his career start in Europe , Petrović joined the NBA in 1989 , as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers . After playing mostly off the bench that year , Petrović experienced a breakthrough following a trade to the New Jersey Nets . While starting for the Nets , he became one of the league 's best shooting guards . Petrović 's career and life were cut short after he died in a car accident at the age of 28 . He received the Olympic Order in 1993 . Petrović is considered the crucial part of the vanguard to the present-day mass influx of European players into the NBA .
The Netherlands national basketball team ( Dutch : Het Nederlands Elftal ) represents the Netherlands in international basketball matches . The national team is governed by Basketball Nederland . The Dutch have reached the European Basketball Championship on 15 occasions . Their best results at the event came in 1983 , where they finished in fourth place . They have also qualified for the FIBA World Cup once , in 1986 . In recent years though , the national team has struggled to maintain consistency to reach major international tournaments . The team represents itself as the Orange Lions .
Lee Chung-Hee ( Hangul : 이충희 ) ( born November 7 , 1959 in Cheolwon , Gangwon Province , South Korea ) is a retired South Korean basketball player . He played as a shooting guard . Widely considered [ by whom ? ] as the best Asian perimeter shooter of all time , [ citation needed ] Lee Chung Hee was named the Most Valuable Player of the 14th Asian Basketball Championship , albeit South Korea lost to China at the final in 1987 . He is 182 cm ( 5 ft 11 in ) tall . He competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games , where the South Korean team finished in ninth position . His former teams include Hyundai Electronics and Hung Kuo Elephants .
The Brazil national basketball team is governed by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation ( Portuguese : Confederação Brasileira de Basketball ) , abbreviated as CBB . They have been a member of the International Federation of Basketball ( FIBA ) , since 1935 . Brazil 's national basketball team remains among the most successful in the Americas . It is the only team besides the United States , that has appeared at every FIBA Basketball World Cup , since it was first held in 1950 . Throughout its history , the Brazilian national team has won two FIBA World Cup gold medals ( 1959 and 1963 ) , three Summer Olympic Games bronze medals ( in 1948 , 1960 and 1964 ) , four FIBA AmeriCup gold medals ( 1984 , 1988 , 2005 and 2009 ) , and six Pan American Games gold medals ( 1971 , 1987 , 1999 , 2003 , 2007 , and 2015 ) .
Kamil Brabenec ( born 4 February 1951 ) is a retired Czech professional basketball player . At 6 ' 4 ( 1.93 m ) tall , he was a small forward . He is considered to be one of the best Czech basketball players of all time .
The Puerto Rico national basketball team ( Spanish : Selección de Baloncesto de Puerto Rico ) is governed by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation ( Spanish : Federación de Baloncesto de Puerto Rico ) . Since joining FIBA in 1957 , the Puerto Rican national team has been mostly composed by Puerto Rican-born players and players of Puerto Rican descent born in the United States such as Raymond Gause , Rick Apodaca , Georgie Torres , Héctor Blondet , Renaldo Balkman , Ramón Clemente , Maurice Harkless , Tyler Davis and many others .
Ricardo Duarte Mungi ( born February 9 , 1940 ) is a Peruvian former professional basketball player . Standing at 2.03 m ( 6 ' 8 ) tall , Duarte played at the center position . He was named one of FIBA 's 50 Greatest Players , in 1991 .
The Japan national basketball team is administered by the Japan Basketball Association ( JBA ) . ( Japanese : 日本バスケットボール協会 ) A 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia , Japan has one of Asia 's longest basketball traditions . Japan has one of the most successful basketball teams in Asia . It has won the Asian Basketball Championships twice and is the second leading nation in qualifications to the event . The team qualified for the Olympic Games six times and for the FIBA World Cup four times . Japan has traditionally brought forth several of Asia 's elite basketball players who competed in the NBA and in Europe . These players include Yuta Tabuse , J.R. Sakuragi , Takuya Kawamura , Takumi Ishizaki and others . However , for about two decades , they rarely played for the national team , which caused Team Japan to fall behind Asia 's elite competition from Iran , South Korea , the Philippines and China . In 2014 , Yuta Tabuse and several of Japan 's top players returned to the national team and helped to reach its best finish in almost 20 years .
Arturo Guerrero Moreno ( born 30 August 1948 ) is a Mexican former basketball player and coach . With Mexico 's senior national team , he played at two Summer Olympic Games ( 1968 Mexico City and 1976 Montreal ) . Due to his shooting ability , he was nicknamed Mano Santa ( Holy Hand ) . Along with Manolo Raga , he is generally considered to be one of the two best Mexican basketball players of all time .
The Central African Republic national basketball team is administered by the Fédération Centrafricaine de Basketball . The team won the African Basketball Championship twice . It became the first Sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the Basketball World Cup .