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One of the main reasons for the good dynamics of the Spanish national team in these last World Cup matches is the fluidity with which their starting base, Ricky Rubio , is leading the team. This is not only endorsed by the collective results, but can also be seen reflected in the individual statistics of the brand new signing of Phoenix Suns . In addition to being the leader of the team in scoring with 15.3 points per game, with the nine basket passes made today against Poland he has become the top assistant in the history of the World Cups, surpassing a whole myth of FIBA ​​basketball as the Argentine Pablo Prigioni .

Rubio has a total of 111 assists in his three World Cup participations (46 in Turkey 2010, 36 in Spain 2014 and 26 at the moment in China 2019). Prigioni , already retired, got 106 in the three World Cups in which he was. He is followed closely in this ranking by two other acquaintances of the ACB: the Brazilian Marcelinho Huertas and another representative of the Argentine Golden Generation , Pepe Sánchez , both with 95 . Keep in mind that this statistic is counted since the 1994 World Cup in Canada, therefore the records of other major pins prior to this date are not collected.

The performance of Ricky is being one of the most complete since Aito García Reneses decided to bet on him to participate in the 2008 Olympic Games. In addition to his offensive contribution, something that was required in this tournament in which Scariolo has not been able to Having heavyweight players, the Catalan playmaker remains one of the best defenders of the squad.

In fact, he has another absolute World Cup record, in this case the one with the highest number of steals . In this case, the record to beat is shown by his teammate Rudy Fernández , with a total of 48 steals . Ricky is two of the Balearic and Ginobili , already retired, is third with 44.

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