Schroder becomes second German to pass 500 points at EuroBasket | FIBA Basketball

TAMPERE (Finland) – The legend of Dennis Schroder continues to grow. Already a FIBA Basketball World Cup MVP, and now one of two German players to score 500 points at FIBA EuroBasket.

Germany’s point guard supremo passed the scoring milestone points during his side’s unbeaten battle against Lithuania on Saturday.

Schroder was already second on Germany’s all-time scoring list heading into the tournament – only trailing Dirk Nowitzki, who is among the top-three scorers in the competition’s history.

The Sacramento Kings guard was averaging 22.0 points and 5.5 assists per game through the first two outings.

Rank

Player

Games

Points

1

Dirk Nowitzki

49

1052

2

Dennis Schroder

23*

500*

3

Patrick Femerling

50

441

4

Ademola Okulaja

42

390

5

Hans-Joachim Flau

34

370

6

Herbert Kulik

39

365

7

Michael Jackel

16

347

8

Volkhardt Uhlig

33

338

9

Christian Welp

31

320

10

Detlef Schrempf

15

302

* Germany vs Lithuania still being played

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