Olympic games basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 1952-1953 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 USA USA 100.0 8 8 0 562 406 70.3 50.8 19.5 98.9
2 Soviet Union Soviet Union 75.0 8 6 2 468 431 58.5 53.9 4.6 75.9
3 Argentina Argentina 62.5 8 5 3 600 523 75.0 65.4 9.6 87.1
4 Uruguay Uruguay 62.5 8 5 3 486 471 60.8 58.9 1.9 60.7
5 Philippines Philippines 60.0 5 3 2 297 303 59.4 60.6 -1.2 43.1
6 Bulgaria Bulgaria 60.0 10 6 4 582 620 58.2 62.0 -3.8 29.3
7 Brazil Brazil 50.0 8 4 4 469 436 58.6 54.5 4.1 73.4
8 Italy Italy 50.0 4 2 2 221 210 55.3 52.5 2.8 67.0
9 Canada Canada 50.0 6 3 3 404 385 67.3 64.2 3.1 66.2
10 France France 50.0 8 4 4 468 460 58.5 57.5 1.0 56.0
11 Egypt Egypt 50.0 6 3 3 363 391 60.5 65.2 -4.7 26.2
12 Chile Chile 50.0 8 4 4 447 508 55.9 63.5 -7.6 14.4
13 Mexico Mexico 33.3 3 1 2 172 171 57.3 57.0 0.3 52.0
14 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 33.3 3 1 2 161 164 53.7 54.7 -1.0 43.6
15 Belgium Belgium 33.3 3 1 2 173 179 57.7 59.7 -2.0 38.4
16 Cuba Cuba 33.3 6 2 4 335 353 55.8 58.8 -3.0 32.6
17 Hungary Hungary 33.3 6 2 4 300 329 50.0 54.8 -4.8 21.7
18 Greece Greece 33.3 3 1 2 136 174 45.3 58.0 -12.7 3.1
19 Israel Israel 0.0 2 0 2 99 111 49.5 55.5 -6.0 16.9
20 Switzerland Switzerland 0.0 2 0 2 107 128 53.5 64.0 -10.5 7.6
21 Finland Finland 0.0 3 0 3 147 178 49.0 59.3 -10.3 6.5
22 Turkey Turkey 0.0 2 0 2 82 113 41.0 56.5 -15.5 1.1
23 Romania Romania 0.0 2 0 2 90 125 45.0 62.5 -17.5 1.0

Standings glossary

Stats abbreviations

  • Rk: rank
  • % Victory: number of win / number of games played
  • Gp: number of games played
  • Gw: number of games won
  • GL: number of games lost
  • Pts+: total number of points scored by the team
  • Pts-: total number of points scored by opposing teams
  • Pts+ /g: total number of points scored by the team per game
  • Pts- /g: total number of points scored by opposing teams per game
  • Diff: difference between points scored and received per game
  • Expected Winning %: through our basketball statistical database and the use of advanced stats, we are able to project a team’s win percentage which then allows us to project how many wins a team is expected to have. These projections are a unique way to understand whether a team has played better or worse than their record indicates.