1964 - Today
Arvydas Romas Sabonis (Lithuanian pronunciation: [ˈaːrviːdaːs ˈsaːboːnʲɪs]; born December 19, 1964) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and businessman. Recognized as one of the best European players of all time and one of the best big man passers in the history of the game, he won the Euroscar six times and the Mr. Europa Award twice. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arvydas Sabonis has received more than 3,487,831 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Arvydas Sabonis is the 20th most popular basketball player (up from 31st in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 54th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Basketball Player.
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Among basketball players, Arvydas Sabonis ranks 20 out of 1,268. Before him are Scottie Pippen, Julius Erving, Dražen Petrović, Radivoj Korać, Karl Malone, and Krešimir Ćosić. After him are Uljana Semjonova, Bob Cousy, Dražen Dalipagić, Sergei Belov, Elgin Baylor, and Hakeem Olajuwon.
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 14
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 15
1964 - 1993
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 16
1938 - 1969
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 17
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 18
1948 - 1995
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 19
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 20
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 21
1928 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 22
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 23
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 24
1934 - 2021
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 25
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 26
Among people born in 1964, Arvydas Sabonis ranks 64. Before him are Salvatore Schillaci, Gianluca Vialli, Don Cheadle, Tracy Chapman, Mark Dacascos, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. After him are Laura Linney, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, Martin Weinek, Maggie Cheung, Dokka Umarov, and Željko Komšić.
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 58
1964 - 2023
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 59
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 60
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 61
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 62
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 63
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 64
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 65
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 66
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 67
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 68
1964 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 69
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 70
Among people born in Lithuania, Arvydas Sabonis ranks 48 out of 287. Before him are Leopold Godowsky (1870), Augustinas Voldemaras (1883), Aaron Klug (1926), Janusz Radziwiłł (1612), Jonas Mekas (1922), and Moshe Arens (1925). After him are Bronius Kutavičius (1932), Uljana Semjonova (1952), Birutė (1317), Sophia of Lithuania (1371), Antanas Merkys (1887), and Antoni Radziwiłł (1775).
1870 - 1938
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 42
1883 - 1942
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 43
1926 - 2018
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 44
1612 - 1655
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 45
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 46
1925 - 2019
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 47
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 48
1932 - 2021
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 49
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 50
1317 - 1382
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 51
1371 - 1453
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 52
1887 - 1955
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 53
1775 - 1833
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 54
Among basketball players born in Lithuania, Arvydas Sabonis ranks 1. After him are Uljana Semjonova (1952), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (1976), Rimas Kurtinaitis (1960), Modestas Paulauskas (1945), Šarūnas Marčiulionis (1964), Jonas Kazlauskas (1954), Valdemaras Chomičius (1959), Stepas Butautas (1925), Sergejus Jovaiša (1954), Ramūnas Šiškauskas (1978), and Angelė Rupšienė (1952).
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 1
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 2
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 3
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 4
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 5
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 6
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 7
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 8
1925 - 2001
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 9
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 10
1978 - Present
HPI: 40.37
Rank: 11
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.29
Rank: 12