Explanation
The ranking includes both global and continental championships, which are weighted differently according to their significance and performance on the world stage. The scoring for Olympic qualification is adapted to the competition format in each year. The ranking can be filtered to display only global competitions.
Scoring system
| Contest | Discipline | Category | Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | Global | Men | 1900-2026 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| World Cup | Global | Men | 1950-2025 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Eurobasket | Continental | Men | 1935-2025 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Pan American Games | Continental | Men | 1951-2023 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| AmeriCup | Continental | Men | 1980-2025 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Asian Games | Continental | Men | 1951-2025 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Olympic qualifications 1964-2012 | Global | Men | 1964-2012 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Olympic qualifications 1960 | Global | Men | 1960-1960 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| African Games | Continental | Men | 1965-2023 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| AfroBasket | Continental | Men | 1962-2025 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Asia Cup | Continental | Men | 1960-2025 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Centrobasket | Continental | Men | 1965-1977 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Oceania Championship | Continental | Men | 1971-2015 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Pacific Games | Continental | Men | 1963-2023 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| South American Championship | Continental | Men | 1930-2023 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Olympic qualifications 2016 | Global | Men | 2016-2016 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Olympic qualifications 2020-4 | Global | Men | 2020-2024 | 2 | |||||||
| Olympic Games | Global | Women | 1964-2026 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| World Cup | Global | Women | 1953-2025 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Eurobasket | Continental | Women | 1938-2025 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Pan American Games | Continental | Women | 1955-2023 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Asian Games | Continental | Women | 1962-2025 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| AmeriCup | Continental | Women | 1989-2025 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Asia Cup | Continental | Women | 1965-2025 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Olympic qualifications 1976-1988 | Global | Women | 1976-1988 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Oceania Championship | Continental | Women | 1974-2015 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Pacific Games | Continental | Women | 1966-2023 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Olympic qualifications 1992 | Global | Women | 1992-1992 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| African Games | Continental | Women | 1965-2023 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| AfroBasket | Continental | Women | 1966-2025 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Centrobasket | Continental | Women | 1971-1985 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| South American Championship | Continental | Women | 1946-2023 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Olympic qualifications 2008-24 | Global | Women | 2008-2024 | 2 |