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Ben Simmons

1996 - Today

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Benjamin David Simmons (born 20 July 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one season with the LSU Tigers, after which he was named a consensus first-team All-American and the USBWA National Freshman of the Year. Simmons was selected with the first overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Simmons has received more than 14,057,493 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ben Simmons is the 655th most popular basketball player (down from 528th in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from Australia (down from 462nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Australian Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Ben Simmons ranks 655 out of 1,268. Before him are Nemanja Nedović, Maurice Cheeks, Erazem Lorbek, Donovan Mitchell, Mickaël Piétrus, and Zoran Planinić. After him are Vincent Poirier, Bradley Beal, Shane Battier, Nicolò Melli, Lance Stephenson, and Petteri Koponen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Ben Simmons ranks 183. Before him are Ivo Grbić, Jack Griffo, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Josefine Frida Pettersen, Stefanie Scott, and Donovan Mitchell. After him are Ján Volko, Yosuke Ideguchi, Oh Ha-young, Junior Firpo, Luca Waldschmidt, and Agnes Chow.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Ben Simmons ranks 519 out of 925. Before him are Ralph Doubell (1945), Sam Michael (1971), Jade North (1982), John Fitzgerald (1960), Michael Petkovic (1976), and The Kid Laroi (2003). After him are Chrissy Amphlett (1959), Mitchell Duke (1991), Callan McAuliffe (1995), Catriona Gray (1994), Adam Hansen (1981), and Tony Madigan (1930).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Australia

Among basketball players born in Australia, Ben Simmons ranks 6. Before him are Lauren Jackson (1981), Kyrie Irving (1992), David Andersen (1980), Andrew Bogut (1984), and Luc Longley (1969). After him are Patty Mills (1988), Joe Ingles (1987), Dante Exum (1995), Aleks Marić (1984), Penny Taylor (1981), and Matthew Dellavedova (1990).

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