FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)

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FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) is the list of the 50 greatest players in the history of FIBA international basketball, as selected in the year 1991, by FIBA Magazine. The list was created in honor of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the sport of basketball, by James Naismith. FIBA had a group of international basketball experts, composed mainly of international basketball coaches, vote for the 50 greatest players list. Each expert voter was tasked with picking 25 players. The voting was tallied as, 25 points for a 1st place vote, 24 points for a 2nd place vote, and so on. There were 51 players selected, as a result of a tie in the vote totals. Players from all over the world were considered to be eligible for the voting, including NBA players.

Five European players that had played in the NBA up to that time made the list (Divac, Petrović, Marčiulionis, Volkov, Martín). However, no U.S.A. NBA players made the list, because they were not competing in major FIBA-organized tournaments until the 1992 Summer Olympics. Nonetheless, 5 players with U.S.A. citizenship that played in leagues other than the NBA, did make the list (Brabender, Luyk, Galis, Cruz, Morse).

List of inductees

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Key:

Also elected to the FIBA Hall of Fame
Inductee Nationality Pos. Achievements Ref.
Alexander Belov  Soviet Union
 Russia
Sergei Belov  Soviet Union
 Russia
Miki Berkovich  Israel
List of achievements
Jean-Paul Beugnot  France
List of achievements
Wayne Brabender  Spain
List of achievements
Francisco "Nino" Buscató  Spain
List of achievements
Stepas Butautas  Soviet Union
 Lithuania
List of achievements
Juan Antonio Corbalán  Spain
List of achievements
Krešimir Ćosić  Yugoslavia
 Croatia
List of achievements
Teófilo Cruz  Puerto Rico
List of achievements
Dražen Dalipagić  Yugoslavia
 Serbia
Ivo Daneu  Yugoslavia
 Slovenia
List of achievements
Mirza Delibašić  Yugoslavia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vlade Divac  Yugoslavia
 Serbia
Ricardo Duarte  Peru
List of achievements
Nikos Galis  Greece
Andrew Gaze  Australia
List of achievements
Alain Gilles  France
List of achievements
Atanas Golomeev  Bulgaria
C
List of achievements
Dragan Kićanović  Yugoslavia
 Serbia
List of achievements
Giorgos Kolokithas  Greece
List of achievements
Radivoj Korać  Yugoslavia
 Serbia
List of achievements
Otar Korkia  Soviet Union
 Georgia
List of achievements
Stano Kropilák  Czechoslovakia
 Slovakia
List of achievements
Toni Kukoč  Yugoslavia
 Croatia
Clifford Luyk  Spain
List of achievements
Bira Maciel  Brazil
List of achievements
Šarūnas Marčiulionis  Soviet Union
 Lithuania
Wlamir Marques  Brazil
List of achievements
Fernando Martín  Spain
List of achievements
Pierluigi Marzorati  Italy
List of achievements
Dino Meneghin  Italy
List of achievements
Massimo Masini  Italy
List of achievements
Bob Morse  United States
List of achievements
Ivan Mrázek  Czechoslovakia
 Czech Republic
List of achievements
Anatoly Myshkin  Soviet Union
 Russia
List of achievements
François Németh  Hungary
List of achievements
Modestas Paulauskas  Soviet Union
 Lithuania
Amaury Pasos  Brazil
List of achievements
Dražen Petrović  Yugoslavia
 Croatia
Dino Rađa  Yugoslavia
 Croatia
List of achievements
Emiliano Rodríguez  Spain
List of achievements
Arvydas Sabonis  Soviet Union
 Lithuania
List of achievements
Juan Antonio "Epi" San Epifanio  Spain
List of achievements
Oscar Schmidt  Brazil
List of achievements
Petar Skansi  Yugoslavia
 Croatia
Zoran Slavnić  Yugoslavia
 Serbia
List of achievements
Willy Steveniers  Belgium
List of achievements
Sasha Volkov  Soviet Union
 Ukraine
Viktor Zubkov  Soviet Union
 Russia
List of achievements

By nationality

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  • Player nationalities were selected by the national team eligibility of each player. Total is more than 50 because players of the former Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and the USSR are listed for multiple federations.
Country Player (current independent country)
 Yugoslavia
12
 Soviet Union
10
 Spain
7
 Croatia
5
 Serbia
5
 Brazil
4
 Italy
4
 Lithuania
4
 Russia
4
 Czechoslovakia
2
 France
2
 Greece
2
 Australia
1
 Belgium
1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
 Bulgaria
1
 Czech Republic
1
 Georgia
1
 Hungary
1
 Israel
1
 Peru
1
 Puerto Rico
1
 Slovakia
1
 Slovenia
1
 United States
1
 Ukraine
1

FIBA's 50 Greatest All-Time Players (1991) Top 10 Vote Results

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Rank Player Country Vote Total
1.
Sergei Belov  Soviet Union
311
2.
Dražen Petrović  Yugoslavia
280
3.
Arvydas Sabonis  Soviet Union
277
4.
Krešimir Ćosić  Yugoslavia
273
5.
Toni Kukoč  Yugoslavia
264
6.
Nikos Galis  Greece
251
7.
Radivoj Korać  Yugoslavia
246
8.
Dino Meneghin  Italy
221
9.
Dražen Dalipagić  Yugoslavia
209
10.
Oscar Schmidt  Brazil
205

See also

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Sources

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  • Bergum, Bob (2015). Basketball All Greats. pp. 67–68. ISBN 9788892508729.[permanent dead link]

References

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  1. ^ HALL OF FAMERS PLAYERS.
  2. ^ "Vlade DIVAC (2010 Class)". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Nikos GALIS (2007 Class)". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. ^ Bob Bergum (2015). Basketball All Greats. Bob Bergum. p. 67. ISBN 978-88-925-0872-9.[permanent dead link]