The Most Famous
BASKETBALL PLAYERS from Uzbekistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Uzbekistani Basketball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,757 Basketball Players, 2 of which were born in Uzbekistan. This makes Uzbekistan the birth place of the 54th most number of Basketball Players behind Martinique, and Jamaica.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Uzbekistani Basketball Players of all time. This list of famous Uzbekistani Basketball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Valeri Tikhonenko (b. 1964)
With an HPI of 49.27, Valeri Tikhonenko is the most famous Uzbekistani Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Valeri Tikhonenko (Russian: Валерий Алексеевич Тихоненко; born 19 August 1964) is a retired Soviet and Russian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, he played at the small forward and power forward positions, with power forward being his main position. He represented both the Soviet Union and Russia in national team competitions. With the Soviet Union, he won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
2. Ömer Yurtseven (b. 1998)
With an HPI of 37.63, Ömer Yurtseven is the 2nd most famous Uzbekistani Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Ömer Faruk Yurtseven (born 19 June 1998) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack and the Georgetown Hoyas. Listed at 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m) and 275 pounds (125 kg), he plays the center position.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Uzbekistani basketball players born between 1964 and 1998. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Uzbekistani basketball players include Valeri Tikhonenko, and Ömer Yurtseven. As of April 2024, 1 new Uzbekistani basketball players have been added to Pantheon including Ömer Yurtseven.
