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A'ja Wilson

1996 - Today

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A'ja Riyadh Wilson ( AY-zhə; born August 8, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Wilson played for the South Carolina Gamecocks in college, and helped lead the Gamecocks to their first NCAA Women's Basketball Championship in 2017, and won the NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player award. In 2018, she won a record third straight SEC Player of the Year award, leading South Carolina to a record fourth straight SEC Tournament Championship, becoming the all-time leading scorer in South Carolina women's basketball history, and was a consensus first-team All-American for the third consecutive season. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of A'ja Wilson has received more than 3,027,506 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). A'ja Wilson is the 1,577th most popular basketball player (down from 1,464th in 2019), the 19,613th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,954th in 2019) and the 904th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 22.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, A'ja Wilson ranks 1,577 out of 1,757. Before her are Jock Landale, Damian Jones, Malik Allen, Cheryl Ford, Rodney Stuckey, and Brandon Rush. After her are Rebecca Lobo, Javaris Crittenton, Tyler Hansbrough, Reggie Bullock, Luke Kennard, and André Roberson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, A'ja Wilson ranks 733. Before her are Aníta Hinriksdóttir, Aurora Galli, Ryosuke Shindo, Stephen Williams, Hanna Sola, and Pang Qianyu. After her are Lucas Mineiro, Alice Sabatini, Luke Kennard, Lukas Klünter, Brianna Throssell, and Allisyn Ashley Arm.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, A'ja Wilson ranks 19,613 out of 20,380. Before her are Mary Wineberg (1980), Rodney Stuckey (1986), Karen Strassman (1966), Brandon Rush (1985), Lee Zeldin (1980), and Boosie Badazz (1982). After her are Bobby Convey (1983), Summer Sanders (1972), Hillary Scott (1986), Rebecca Lobo (1973), Chloe Bailey (1998), and Andrew Rock (1982).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, A'ja Wilson ranks 904. Before her are James Michael McAdoo (1993), Damian Jones (1995), Malik Allen (1978), Cheryl Ford (1981), Rodney Stuckey (1986), and Brandon Rush (1985). After her are Rebecca Lobo (1973), Javaris Crittenton (1987), Tyler Hansbrough (1985), Reggie Bullock (1991), Luke Kennard (1996), and André Roberson (1991).

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