BASKETBALL PLAYER

Sergei Belov

1944 - 2013

Sergei Belov

Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team. He is considered to be one of the best European basketball players of all time, and was given the honour of lighting the Olympic Cauldron with the Olympic flame during the 1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, in Moscow. In 1991, Belov was named by FIBA as the Best FIBA Player ever. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Belov has received more than 174,317 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Sergei Belov is the 24th most popular basketball player (up from 33rd in 2019), the 598th most popular biography from Russia (up from 881st in 2019) and the most popular Russian Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

170k
Page Views (PV)
66.36
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
29
Languages Editions (L)
3.95
Effective Languages (L*)
3.16
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Sergei Belov ranks 24 out of 1,264. Before him are Karl Malone, Bob Cousy, John Havlicek, Charles Barkley, George Mikan, and Hakeem Olajuwon. After him are Krešimir Ćosić, Uljana Semjonova, Elgin Baylor, John Stockton, Bob Pettit, and Dražen Dalipagić.

Most Popular Basketball Players in Wikipedia

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Karl Malone
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 18
Bob Cousy
1928 - Present
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 19
John Havlicek
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 20
Charles Barkley
1963 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 21
George Mikan
1924 - 2005
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 22
Hakeem Olajuwon
1963 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 23
Sergei Belov
1944 - 2013
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 24
Krešimir Ćosić
1948 - 1995
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 25
Uljana Semjonova
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 26
Elgin Baylor
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 27
John Stockton
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 28
Bob Pettit
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 29
Dražen Dalipagić
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 30

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Sergei Belov ranks 137. Before him are Terry Brooks, Willem van Hanegem, Johnny Winter, Mordechai Spiegler, Chris Patten, and Brian Tracy. After him are Chico Mendes, Michel Polnareff, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Peter Mayhew, Marie-Christine Barrault, and Angela Winkler. Among people deceased in 2013, Sergei Belov ranks 101. Before him are Frederik Pohl, Bebo Valdés, Otfried Preußler, Ray Harryhausen, Ottmar Walter, and Marcel Reich-Ranicki. After him are Otto Sander, Joe Weider, Glafcos Clerides, José Froilán González, Taihō Kōki, and Karen Black.

Others Born in 1944

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Terry Brooks
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 131
Willem van Hanegem
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 132
Johnny Winter
1944 - 2014
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 133
Mordechai Spiegler
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 134
Chris Patten
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 135
Brian Tracy
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 136
Sergei Belov
1944 - 2013
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 137
Chico Mendes
1944 - 1988
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 138
Michel Polnareff
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 139
Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
1944 - 2020
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 140
Peter Mayhew
1944 - 2019
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 141
Marie-Christine Barrault
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 142
Angela Winkler
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 143