Basketball at theMediterranean Games has been played consistently since 1951 for men, and 1987 for women. TheYugoslavia national team, which disbanded in 1992, was the most successful men's team, while theCroatia women's national team has been the most successful in the women's competition. Since 2018, the Mediterranean Games has exclusively featured3x3 basketball.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  Italy | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 |  Spain | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 |  Turkey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  Greece | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 |  Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Egypt | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 |  France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  FR Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold medalist | Score |  Silver medalist |  Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1987 Details |  Latakia |  Albania | 88– 52[4] | Turkey | Syria |  Lebanon | |||
| 1991 Details | Athens | Spain |  France | Greece | 66 – 61 | Italy | |||
| 1993 Details | Languedoc-Roussillon |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Italy | Spain |  Slovenia | ||||
| 1997 Details | Bari | Croatia | 74 − 69[5] | Turkey | France | 85 – 63 | Greece | ||
| 2001 Details | Tunis | Croatia | 71 – 62[6] | Italy | Spain | 72 – 71[7] | Turkey | ||
| 2005 Details | Almería | Turkey | 68 – 66 | Croatia | Spain | 68 – 51 | Greece | ||
| 2009 Details | Pescara | Italy | 70 – 54 |  Serbia | Croatia | 77 – 62 | Greece | ||
| 2013 Details | Mersin | Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Turkey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Updated with 2013 results.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Spain | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Greece | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | France | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Serbia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | FR Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | |
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