5 Best Countries in Basketball

3. Brazil

Total gold medals in World Cup / Olympics: 2

Total silver medals in World Cup / Olympics: 3

Total bronze medals in World Cup / Olympics: 6

Brazil may be close to the top among the best countries in basketball, but its actual dominance was over half a century ago, with its two gold medals coming in FIBA World Cups in 1959 and 1963. Its most recent achievement in the world of basketball was the Pan American championship in 2015, which was its sixth such triumph.