Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958), nicknamed Mão Santa (Holy Hand), is a Brazilian retired professional basketball player. Schmidt primarily played the power forward and small forward position, was 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall and weighed 109 kg (240 lbs). Along with his home country, Schmidt also played in Italy for JuveCaserta and Pavia , and Spain for Fórum Valladolid . He was born in Natal , Rio Grande do Norte , Brazil.
37-398: He was considered to be the all-time leading scorer in the history of basketball , with 49,973 career points scored (pro club league play, plus senior Brazilian national team play combined), until LeBron James broke this record on April 2, 2024. He is the record holder for the longest career span of a professional basketball player at 29 years. He is also the top scorer in the history of
74-428: A malignant tumor . At first, nobody knew about it except for his family. The press found out about the disease fifteen days after the surgery, at a dinner celebrating the 50th anniversary of the two-time FIBA World Champion senior men's Brazilian National Team . Schmidt did not appear at the event, as he was recuperating from daily chemotherapy sessions. The disease was later put into remission . In 2016, Schmidt
111-536: A 68–54 halftime deficit. However, Schmidt finished the game with 46 points, in a 120–115 win for Brazil. In 1996, at the age of 38, Schmidt retired from playing with the senior Brazilian national team as its all-time leading scorer. While representing Brazil, he scored a total of 7,693 points in 326 games played, for a career scoring average of 23.6 points per game. In 1997, Schmidt was given the Olympic Order award. In 2004, Schmidt started his career in management. He
148-503: A scoring average of 28.3 points per game. Schmidt returned to his native Brazil in 1995, to once again play in the Brazilian Basketball Championship . He was a member of S.C. Corinthians Paulista , from 1995 to 1997. He then played with Grêmio Barueri Bandeirantes / Mackenzie , from 1997 to 1999, and he finished his club career with C.R. Flamengo , where he played from 1999 to 2003. With Corinthians Paulista, he won
185-505: A total of 42,044 points, in 1,289 games played, for a career scoring average of 32.6 points per game. He also scored a total of 236 points in All-Star Games. However, those totals do not include all of the games that he played in during his pro club career, as the data for some of the national cup games, Pan-European games, and all-star games that he played in Europe are not available. Schmidt
222-456: A total of 569 points, for a scoring average of 18.4 points per game. With the senior Brazil national team , Schmidt played in five Summer Olympics (he was the second player to do so after Teófilo Cruz ) and was the top scorer in three of them. However, he never went past the tournament's quarterfinals. In the 1980 Summer Olympics , he played in seven games and scored 169 points, for a 24.1 average. He again scored 169 points in seven games in
259-524: Is an Italian professional basketball team based in Caserta , Campania . The team currently plays in the Serie B1, the third tier of Italian basketball. For past club sponsorship names, see sponsorship names . JuveCaserta was founded by a group of local enthusiasts in 1951. The name Sporting Club Juventus was chosen by Santino Piccolo, a fan of the homonymous Turin football team . The team started playing on
296-709: Is basketball's all-time top scorer with 50,260 points scored over his 21-year active career. Of these, 50,213 points were scored in official games, with the remaining 47 points coming from a pre-season match against international teams. He is also the NBA 's all-time leading scorer and the only player to have surpassed 40,000 regular-season points in the league. Oscar Schmidt held a record with 49,973 points. According to FIBA and Schmidt's official website , 236 of exhibition games' points are not counted, bringing his official total to 49,737 points. LeBron James broke Oscar Schmidt's record on April 2, 2024 . Other players who did not make
333-406: The 1984 Summer Olympics . His best Olympic performance was the 1988 Summer Olympics . At that tournament, he scored 338 points, for an average of 42.3 points per game. In 1992 , he scored 198 points in eight games, and in 1996 , he scored 219 points in 8 games. In 38 career Olympic basketball games, Schmidt scored a record of 1,093 points , for an average of 28.8 points per game. Schmidt is also
370-524: The 1994–95 season with Valladolid. In that season, he averaged 24.0 points per game, in 38 games played. His single-game scoring high in the Spanish League, was in a game that season versus Málaga , in which he scored 47 points, and made all 8 of his 3-point field goal attempts. In two seasons in the Spanish ACB, Schmidt scored a total of 2,009 points in 71 games played (regular season and playoffs), for
407-752: The ABA , Antonello Riva with 14,397 in the Serie A , Vinko Jelovac with 7,351 points in the Yugoslav First Federal League , Alberto Herreros with 9,759 points in the Liga ACB , Edward Jurkiewicz , with 23,726 points in the Polish Premier Championship (1947–present), Eugeniusz Kijewski with 10,185 points in the Polish Premier League (1976–present), Jiří Zídek Sr. with 10,838 points in
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#1733085802192444-615: The Boston Celtics . (NBA: 26,668; Greece: 449; Italy: 450) (NBA: 106; Greece: 19) Houston Rockets (2012-2021), Brooklyn Nets (2020-2022), Philadelphia 76ers (2021-2023), Los Angeles Clippers (2023-present) (All-Star: 143; Rising Stars: 52) Selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder JuveCaserta Basket#Retired numbers Sporting Club JuveCaserta (sometimes spelled Juve Caserta), also known as Decò Caserta after its title sponsor,
481-494: The Brazilian Basketball Championship . However, the league folded a year later. Oscar is married since 1981 to Maria Cristina Victorino, and has a son Felipe, and a daughter, Stephanie. Felipe played with Oscar in his last season in Flamengo before deciding to be a director. His brother Tadeu Schmidt is a journalist, and his nephew Bruno Oscar Schmidt is a beach volleyballer. On May 13, 2013, Schmidt had brain surgery to excise
518-1006: The Czechoslovak Championship , Zhu Fangyu with 11,165 points in the Chinese Basketball Association , Willy Steveniers with 11,870 points in the Belgian league , Mike Jackel with 10,873 points in Germany's league , Doron Jamchi with 9,611 points in Israel's league , and Nick Galis with 12,864 points in the HBF Greek Championship (1963–1992). (combined Regular/Playoffs/Finals) (44,440 points officially) (All-Star: 290; Rising Stars: 31) (NBA: 262; Liga ACB Presentation Games : 37) (ABA: 11,662; NBA: 18,364) (ABA: 1,492; NBA; 3,088) (ABA: 100; NBA: 221) (All-Star: 268; Rising Stars Challenge: 69) Selected by
555-615: The FIBA Intercontinental Cup title in 1979. He scored 42 points in the 1979 FIBA Intercontinental Cup 's Final against the Yugoslav First Federal League club Bosna Sarajevo . Schmidt was the top scorer of the Brazilian Championship in both 1979 and 1980. In 1982, Schmidt joined the Brazilian club América do Rio . However, he only stayed with the club for a brief amount of time. For the 1982–83 season, Schmidt joined
592-585: The Italian 2nd Division club JuveCaserta . With JuveCaserta, he played in the first division level Italian League , for the first time in the 1983–84 season. That same season, Schmidt played in a Pan-European club competition for the first time, as he also played in Europe's third-tier level FIBA Korać Cup 's 1983–84 season . Schmidt played in Europe's 2nd-tier level competition, the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (later renamed to FIBA Saporta Cup ), for
629-644: The Seattle Supersonics (Regular: 28,596; Preseason: 45) (Regular: 28,289; Preseason: 852) (All-Star: 185; Rising Stars: 48) (Regular: 26,496; Preseason: 300) (ABA: 21,71; NBA: 27,409) (ABA: 136; NBA: 2,077) (ABA: 6; NBA: 128) Toronto Raptors ( 2001 – 2003 ) Denver Nuggets (NBA) 1975-1985 (ABA: 12,823; NBA: 14,659) (ABA: 1,029; NBA: 1,905) (ABA: 103; NBA: 0) Brooklyn Nets (2013-2014), Washington Wizards (2014-2015), Los Angeles Clippers (2015-2017) (Regular: 26,397; Preseason: 305) (All-Star: 96; Rising Stars: 18) Selected by
666-641: The all-time career leader in total points scored in the FIBA World Cup , having scored a total of 843 points in 33 games, for a scoring average of 25.5 points per game. He won the bronze medal and made the All-Tournament Team at the 1978 FIBA World Cup , and he also made the All-Tournament Teams of both the 1986 FIBA World Cup and the 1990 FIBA World Cup , which he also led in scoring, with an average of 34.6 points per game . Schmidt played in
703-563: The 1991–92 season. He was also a member of the FIBA European Selection in 1991. As a member of Pavia, Schmidt also had his highest scoring single game in the top division Italian League, as he scored 66 points in a 1991–92 season game versus Auxilium Torino , on 30 November 1991. Pavia eventually retired his #11 jersey . While playing club basketball in Italy , Schmidt earned a fan in future NBA star Kobe Bryant . At that time, Bryant
740-529: The Brazilian Championship in 1996. As a member of Grêmio Barueri Bandeirantes, he won the São Paulo State Championship in 1998. With Grêmio Barueri Bandeirantes, Schmidt, at the age of 39, scored 74 points in a São Paulo State Championship game on 28 November 1997. As a member of Flamengo, he won the Rio de Janeiro State Championship in 1999 and 2002. Flamengo eventually retired his #14 jersey . Schmidt
777-499: The Italian top division in scoring six times, while he was a member of JuveCaserta (1983–84, 1984–85, 2015, 1986–87, 1988–89, and 1989–90 seasons). JuveCaserta eventually retired Schmidt's #18 jersey . In 1990, Schmidt joined the Italian 2nd Division club Pavia . With Pavia, Schmidt led the Italian 2nd Division in scoring, in both the 1990–91 and 1992–93 seasons. With Pavia, he also led the first division Italian League in scoring, during
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#1733085802192814-604: The Summer Olympic Games , and the top scorer in the history of the FIBA World Cup . He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He received the Olympic Order in 1997. On August 20, 2010, Schmidt became a FIBA Hall of Fame player , in recognition of his play in international competitions. On September 8, 2013, Schmidt was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . He
851-651: The age of 16, with the Brazilian Championship club S.E. Palmeiras . As a member of Palmeiras, he won the São Paulo State Championship in 1974, and the Brazilian Championship in 1977. In 1978, he moved to the Brazilian club E.C. Sírio . As a member of Sírio, Schmidt won the São Paulo State Championship in both 1978 and 1979, and the Brazilian Championship in 1979. With Sírio, he also won the South American Club Championship , and
888-646: The clay courts of the Liceo Classico Pietro Giannone. The side played in the 1985–86 and 1986–87 finals of the first division Serie A before finally winning the competition in 1990–91, the first team from the south of Italy to do so. They had earlier won the Italian Cup in 1988 and reached the European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1989. Following the 1997–98 season, the club went bankrupt. In 2004, two lower-level Caserta-based teams merged under
925-517: The first time, in the 1984–85 season . With JuveCaserta, he won the Italian Cup title in 1988. In the European-wide secondary level 1988–89 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 's Final, Schmidt scored 44 points against the Spanish club Real Madrid . However, Real Madrid's star player Dražen Petrović , scored 62 points in the same game, and JuveCaserta lost the game, by a score of 117–113. Schmidt led
962-647: The gold-medal match of the 1987 Pan American Games , which was held in Indianapolis . The US national team , which was composed of NCAA Division I college basketball players at those games, featured two All-Americans in David Robinson ( Hall of Fame member ) and Danny Manning , two NCAA Championship Final Four MVPs , in Pervis Ellison and Keith Smart , and other future NBA players, such as Rex Chapman , Pooh Richardson , and Willie Anderson . Brazil faced
999-792: The list but have achieved the highest all-time scoring records in domestic leagues - other than NBA - are: Hervé Dubuisson with 19,013 points in the French league , Andrew Gaze with 18,908 points in the NBL , Ramon Fernandez with 18,996 points in the PBA , Wilfredo Ruiz with 18,512 in the Uruguayan Championship , Héctor Campana with 17,359 points in Argentina's league , George Torres with 15,863 pts in Puerto Rico's league , Louie Dampier with 13,276 points in
1036-628: The name of JuveCaserta. That side returned to the Serie A in 2008 after winning the LegaDue promotion playoffs. Finishing in second-place in the league during the 2009–10 season, Caserta reached the playoff semi-finals but lost the series against Armani Jeans Milano 2-3. The next season saw the side lose in the EuroLeague first qualifying round to Russian team Khimki, playing instead in the Eurocup where they reached
1073-477: The quarterfinals where they narrowly lost to UNICS . In July 2017, Juvecaserta Basket was excluded by CONI from the 2017–18 LBA season , due to financial issues. Vanoli Cremona was reprieved and took the place of Juvecaserta. In the 2017–18 season, the team would play in the Serie D, the fifth tier. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. To appear in this section
1110-447: The senior Brazilian national team . That was because until 1989, NBA players were not allowed to play for national teams . Schmidt played in the youth systems of Brazil's national federation program. He played in 15 games with the junior selection of São Paulo , with which he scored 393 points in 15 games, for a scoring average of 26.2 points per game. He also played in 31 games with Brazil's national junior selection, in which he scored
1147-708: Was a young child that was living in Italy, while his father, Joe Bryant , played professional basketball in the country. Bryant called Schmidt one of his childhood idols, and also stated that Schmidt could have been one of the greatest players in the NBA, if he had played in the league. Overall during his club career in Italy, Schmidt was the Top Scorer of the Italian First Division seven times (1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, and 1991–92 seasons). In 2017, Schmidt
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1184-468: Was drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the sixth round of the 1984 NBA draft , and he played with them in their 1984 NBA training camp and preseason. However, he declined the club's offer of a fully guaranteed contract, because it was for considerably less money than he made at the time playing in Italy, and also because to accept the team's contract offer would have meant that he could no longer represent
1221-520: Was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017. Schmidt played youth club basketball in the youth systems of S.E. Palmeiras and Mackenzie College . With Palmeiras' youth teams, he scored 2,114 points in 85 games, for a scoring average of 24.9 points per game. With Mackenzie's youth teams, he scored 1,332 points in 36 games, for a scoring average of 37.0 points per game. Schmidt began his professional club career in 1974, at
1258-542: Was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame . In 1993, Schmidt joined the Spanish ACB League club Valladolid . With Valladolid, Schmidt was the Spanish league's top scorer in the 1993–94 season , with a scoring average of 33.3 points per game, in 33 games played (regular season and playoffs). On 19 March 1994, Schmidt made 11 3-point field goals , in a Spanish League game against Murcia . Schmidt also spent
1295-704: Was one of the guests at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics , alongside other Brazilian celebrities, such as model Gisele Bündchen , actor Gustavo Goulart , and singer Caetano Veloso . List of basketball players with most career points The following is a list of basketball players by total professional career points scored. It includes points scored in national league and cup games, national team games, international club games, All-Star basketball games (according to Dal - NBA beginner analyst), and any other games played for professional or national teams. (High school/college games are not counted due to being amateur leagues). American LeBron James
1332-405: Was the Brazilian Championship's top scorer in each of his last eight seasons playing in the competition (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003). That was in addition to the two times that he had previously led the same competition in scoring, in 1979 and 1980. Schmidt retired from his club basketball playing career on May 26, 2003, at the age of 45. During his club playing career, he scored
1369-526: Was the CEO of "Telemar Rio de Janeiro", a Brazilian professional basketball team which won the "Campeonato Carioca" ( Rio de Janeiro State Championship ) in 2004, and the Brazilian Championship in 2005. In 2006, Schmidt, along with other Brazilian basketball greats such as Paula and Hortência , (another Hall of Fame member ), led the NLB: Nossa Liga de Basquete ("our basketball league"), an attempted rival to
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