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 236,858 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Sergei Belov is the 24th most popular basketball player, the 742nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 597th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Basketball Player.
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Among basketball players, Sergei Belov ranks 24 out of 1,268. Before him are Karl Malone, Krešimir Ćosić, Arvydas Sabonis, Uljana Semjonova, Bob Cousy, and Dražen Dalipagić. After him are Elgin Baylor, Hakeem Olajuwon, John Stockton, Mirza Delibašić, Sam Jones, and John Havlicek.
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
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 27
1954 - 2001
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 28
1933 - 2021
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 29
1940 - 2019
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 30
Among people born in 1944, Sergei Belov ranks 178. Before him are Oqil Oqilov, Karen Armstrong, Francisco Sagasti, Marie-France Pisier, Christian de Portzamparc, and Steve Fossett. After him are Adrian Smith, John Newcombe, Rosalía Mera, Rick Davies, Dennis Farina, and Billy Cobham. Among people deceased in 2013, Sergei Belov ranks 115. Before him are Frederik Pohl, Ali Kafi, Rossana Podestà, Eleanor Parker, Masao Uchino, and Marcel Reich-Ranicki. After him are Bruno Metsu, Hilary Koprowski, Rosalía Mera, Dokka Umarov, Dennis Farina, and Nguyễn Khánh.
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 172
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 173
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 174
1944 - 2011
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 175
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 176
1944 - 2007
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 177
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 178
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 179
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 180
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 181
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 182
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 183
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 184
1919 - 2013
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 109
1928 - 2013
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 110
1934 - 2013
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 111
1922 - 2013
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 112
1934 - 2013
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 113
1920 - 2013
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 114
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 115
1954 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 116
1916 - 2013
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 117
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 118
1964 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 119
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 120
1927 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 121
Among people born in Russia, Sergei Belov ranks 742 out of 3,262. Before him are Alexander Yakovlev (1923), Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (1896), Alexander Gradsky (1949), Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia (1886), Georgy Sviridov (1915), and Lev Pontryagin (1908). After him are Princess Olga Paley (1865), Yuriy Yekhanurov (1948), Sergei Lyapunov (1859), Dokka Umarov (1964), Volin (1882), and Vyacheslav von Plehve (1846).
1923 - 2005
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 736
1896 - 1958
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 737
1949 - 2021
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 738
1886 - 1918
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 739
1915 - 1998
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 740
1908 - 1988
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 741
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 742
1865 - 1929
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 743
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 744
1859 - 1924
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 745
1964 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 746
1882 - 1945
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 747
1846 - 1904
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 748
Among basketball players born in Russia, Sergei Belov ranks 1. After him are Alexander Gomelsky (1928), Vladimir Tkachenko (1957), Alexander Belov (1951), Gennadi Volnov (1939), Tatyana Ovechkina (1950), Andrei Kirilenko (1981), Alexey Shved (1988), Sergei Bazarevich (1965), Timofey Mozgov (1986), Lazaros Papadopoulos (1980), and Yekaterina Lisina (1987).
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 1
1928 - 2005
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 3
1951 - 1978
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 4
1939 - 2008
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 5
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 6
1981 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 7
1988 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 8
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 9
1986 - Present
HPI: 36.38
Rank: 10
1980 - Present
HPI: 33.90
Rank: 11
1987 - Present
HPI: 33.15
Rank: 12