FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)

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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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
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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]