1944 - 2013
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.
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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.
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 18
1928 - Present
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 19
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 20
1963 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 21
1924 - 2005
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 22
1963 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 23
1944 - 2013
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 24
1948 - 1995
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 25
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 26
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 27
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 28
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 29
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 30
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.
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 131
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 132
1944 - 2014
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 133
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 134
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 135
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 136
1944 - 2013
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 137
1944 - 1988
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 138
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 139
1944 - 2020
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 140
1944 - 2019
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 141
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 142
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 143
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 95
1918 - 2013
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 96
1923 - 2013
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 97
1920 - 2013
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 98
1924 - 2013
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 99
1920 - 2013
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 100
1944 - 2013
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 101
1941 - 2013
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 102
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 103
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 104
1922 - 2013
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 105
1940 - 2013
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 106
1939 - 2013
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 107
Among people born in Russia, Sergei Belov ranks 598 out of 2,688. Before him are Olga Ladyzhenskaya (1922), Nikolai Ogarkov (1917), Matvei Zakharov (1898), Mykola Azarov (1947), Viktor Tsoi (1962), and Mukhtar Auezov (1897). After him are Naina Yeltsina (1932), Georges Gurvitch (1894), Fedor Tokarev (1871), Pavel Alexandrov (1896), Talabuga (1300), and Oleg Popov (1930).
1922 - 2004
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 592
1917 - 1994
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 593
1898 - 1972
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 594
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 595
1962 - 1990
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 596
1897 - 1961
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 597
1944 - 2013
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 598
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 599
1894 - 1965
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 600
1871 - 1968
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 601
1896 - 1982
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 602
1300 - 1291
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 603
1930 - 2016
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 604
Among basketball players born in Russia, Sergei Belov ranks 1. After him are Alexander Gomelsky (1928), Alexander Belov (1951), Vladimir Tkachenko (1957), Gennadi Volnov (1939), Andrei Kirilenko (1981), Tatyana Ovechkina (1950), Timofey Mozgov (1986), Sergei Bazarevich (1965), Alexey Shved (1988), Lazaros Papadopoulos (1980), and Yekaterina Lisina (1987).
1944 - 2013
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 1
1928 - 2005
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 2
1951 - 1978
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 4
1939 - 2008
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 5
1981 - Present
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 6
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 7
1986 - Present
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 8
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 9
1988 - Present
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 10
1980 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 11
1987 - Present
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 12