Basketball at the Mediterranean Games has been played consistently since 1951 for men, and 1987 for women. The Yugoslavia national team was the most successful men's team, while the Croatia women's national team being the most successful in the women's competition. Since 2018, the Mediterranean Games has exclusively featured 3x3 basketball.
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game (or third place) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold medalist
|
Score |  Silver medalist
|
 Bronze medalist
|
Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2018 Details |
 Tarragona |
 France |
16 − 14 (OT) |  Italy |
 Slovenia |
18 − 11 |  Greece | ||
| 2022 Details |
 Oran |
 France |
19 − 13 |  Serbia |
 Spain |
16 − 13 |  Turkey | ||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  Italy | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 |  Turkey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  France | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 |  Greece | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 |  Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Egypt | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Serbia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  FR Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medalist
|
Score | Silver medalist
|
Bronze medalist
|
Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1987 Details |
 Latakia |
 Albania |
88– 52[2] | 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 |
Turkey |
France |
85 – 63 | Greece | |||
| 2001 Details |
Tunis |
Croatia |
71 – 62[3] | Italy |
Spain |
72 – 71[4] | 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 | ||||||
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game (or third place) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medalist
|
Score | Silver medalist
|
Bronze medalist
|
Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2018 Details |
Tarragona |
France |
10 − 8 | Spain |
 Portugal |
21 − 20 | Serbia | ||
| 2022 Details |
Oran |
Spain |
12 − 11 | France |
Italy |
14 − 12 | Turkey | ||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Italy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
Updated with 2022 results.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 |  Spain | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 |  Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 |  France | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
 Turkey | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| 6 |  Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 |  Greece | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 |  Egypt | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Serbia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | FR Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 | |
