The Most Famous
BASKETBALL PLAYERS from Republic of the Congo
This page contains a list of the greatest Congolese Basketball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,268 Basketball Players, 1 of which were born in Republic of the Congo. This makes Republic of the Congo the birth place of the 53rd most number of Basketball Players behind Jamaica and South Africa.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Congolese Basketball Players of all time. This list of famous Congolese Basketball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Serge Ibaka (1989 - )
With an HPI of 39.29, Serge Ibaka is the most famous Congolese Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 39 different languages on wikipedia.
Serge Jonás Ibaka Ngobila (; born 18 September 1989) is a Congolese-Spanish professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. Ibaka was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 24th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft. Ibaka is a three-time NBA All-Defensive First Team selection and has twice led the league in blocks. Although born in the Republic of the Congo, Ibaka is also a Spanish citizen and has played for the Spain national team. In 2019, he won an NBA championship as a key member of the Toronto Raptors.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as basketball players born between 1989 and 1989. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living basketball players include Serge Ibaka.
