Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 50 | |
| 1965 | 56 | |
| 1966 | 62 | |
| 1967 | 68 | |
| 1968 | 74 | |
| 1969 | 79 | |
| 1970 | 85 | |
| 1971 | 91 | |
| 1972 | 97 | |
| 1973 | 91 | |
| 1974 | 84 | |
| 1975 | 78 | |
| 1976 | 71 | |
| 1977 | 65 | |
| 1978 | 58 | |
| 1979 | 52 | |
| 1980 | 45 |
Data sources
- NBA.com official statistics
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sergei Belov ranks #19 in Basketball
Sergei Belov ranks 19th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 87th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 92, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 276 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1964–1980 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 1, world championship titles 2, eurobasket titles 4, soviet league titles 11.
Immediately ahead sits John Havlicek on 90.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Don Nelson on 90.2. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Sergei Belov GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Belov stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Belov comparisons
Sergei Belov — frequently asked
- Is Sergei Belov the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sergei Belov ranks 19th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 90.4, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Sergei Belov's GOAT Score?
- 90.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sergei Belov rank all time?
- 87th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 19th within Basketball.
- Sergei Belov vs John Havlicek: who ranks higher?
- John Havlicek, on 90.5 against Sergei Belov's 90.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.