SAITAMA, Japan Kevin Durant is the current leading men's scorer in U.S. Olympic Basketball history.Durant scored a 3-pointer against the Czech Republic in the second quarter to make it 337 points for his Olympic career. He passed Carmelo Anthony.Anthony scored 336 points during his four Olympics. Durant is participating for the third consecutive time.He was the American's leading scorer in 2012 and 2016, scoring 30 in the gold-medal match. He was not off to a strong start in Japan, but he was up to 11 points by the end of the second quarter.Durant has been a double figure performer in all 19 of his Olympic appearances.Durant is still far from the Olympic record for top scorers. Oscar Schmidt from Brazil scored 1,093 points, while Andrew Gaze from Australia had 789. Both appeared in five Olympics.Pau Gasol from Spain and Luis Scola from Argentina are currently in their fifth spot and hold the third and fourth spots.The Brief. Register to get the best stories right now. Enter valid email address. * Your request was unsuccessful and time expired. Please sign up again. Sign up now! An error occurred during your registration. Please try again later. If you don't wish to receive promotional emails from TIME, please check the box. You may unsubscribe at anytime. Signing up means you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policies. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA. The Google Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Terms of Service also apply. We are grateful! We have sent you a confirmation email for your security. To confirm your subscription, click the link and you will start receiving our newsletters. Please check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation in 10 minutes.Write to us at letters@time.com
