1996 - Today
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.
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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.
1991 - Present
HPI: 32.92
Rank: 649
1956 - Present
HPI: 32.90
Rank: 650
1984 - Present
HPI: 32.89
Rank: 651
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.88
Rank: 652
1982 - Present
HPI: 32.87
Rank: 653
1982 - Present
HPI: 32.86
Rank: 654
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.86
Rank: 655
1993 - Present
HPI: 32.82
Rank: 656
1993 - Present
HPI: 32.79
Rank: 657
1978 - Present
HPI: 32.77
Rank: 658
1991 - Present
HPI: 32.75
Rank: 659
1990 - Present
HPI: 32.74
Rank: 660
1988 - Present
HPI: 32.72
Rank: 661
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.
1996 - Present
HPI: 33.03
Rank: 177
1996 - Present
HPI: 33.00
Rank: 178
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.99
Rank: 179
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.91
Rank: 180
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.89
Rank: 181
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.88
Rank: 182
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.86
Rank: 183
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.86
Rank: 184
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.85
Rank: 185
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.74
Rank: 186
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.74
Rank: 187
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.73
Rank: 188
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.59
Rank: 189
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).
1945 - Present
HPI: 33.10
Rank: 513
1971 - Present
HPI: 33.03
Rank: 514
1982 - Present
HPI: 33.02
Rank: 515
1960 - Present
HPI: 33.02
Rank: 516
1976 - Present
HPI: 32.90
Rank: 517
2003 - Present
HPI: 32.90
Rank: 518
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.86
Rank: 519
1959 - 2013
HPI: 32.84
Rank: 520
1991 - Present
HPI: 32.83
Rank: 521
1995 - Present
HPI: 32.83
Rank: 522
1994 - Present
HPI: 32.72
Rank: 523
1981 - Present
HPI: 32.68
Rank: 524
1930 - 2017
HPI: 32.60
Rank: 525
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).
1981 - Present
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 1
1992 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 2
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.24
Rank: 3
1984 - Present
HPI: 34.96
Rank: 4
1969 - Present
HPI: 34.53
Rank: 5
1996 - Present
HPI: 32.86
Rank: 6
1988 - Present
HPI: 32.14
Rank: 7
1987 - Present
HPI: 29.66
Rank: 8
1995 - Present
HPI: 28.92
Rank: 9
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.92
Rank: 10
1981 - Present
HPI: 26.83
Rank: 11
1990 - Present
HPI: 26.52
Rank: 12