BASKETBALL PLAYER

Bill Walton

1952 - Today

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William Theodore Walton III (born November 5, 1952) is an American television sportscaster and former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for coach John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins, winning three consecutive national college player of the year awards (1972–1974), while leading UCLA to NCAA championships in 1972 and 1973 and an 88-game winning streak. After being selected as the first overall pick in the 1974 NBA draft, Walton led the Portland Trail Blazers to an NBA championship in 1977, earning the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award that season. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Walton has received more than 5,814,681 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Bill Walton is the 120th most popular basketball player (down from 109th in 2019), the 6,740th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,373rd in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bill Waltons by language

Over the past year Bill Walton has had the most page views in the with 953,775 views, followed by Spanish (22,206), and Italian (17,153). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Dutch (147.07%), Malagasy (137.55%), and Egyptian Arabic (123.39%)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Bill Walton ranks 120 out of 1,757. Before him are Kevin Garnett, Dolph Schayes, George Gervin, John Wooden, James Worthy, and Steve Nash. After him are Miloš Teodosić, Dave Cowens, Borislav Stanković, Vlade Divac, Predrag Danilović, and Tom Heinsohn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Bill Walton ranks 371. Before him are André Comte-Sponville, Ketil Bjørnstad, Merrick Garland, David Weber, Carol Ann Susi, and Jiří Paroubek. After him are Yousaf Raza Gillani, Henrique Mecking, Vittorio Sgarbi, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jean-Christophe Rufin, and Benny Hinn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Walton ranks 6,740 out of 20,380. Before him are Jill Tarter (1944), Harley Race (1943), Noah Baumbach (1969), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), Brian Schmidt (1967), and Nick Adams (1931). After him are José Graziano da Silva (1949), William M. Evarts (1818), Samuel Dexter (1761), Jenny Shimizu (1967), Abbey Lincoln (1930), and Teri Weigel (1962).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Bill Walton ranks 68. Before him are Walt Frazier (1945), Kevin Garnett (1976), Dolph Schayes (1928), George Gervin (1952), John Wooden (1910), and James Worthy (1961). After him are Dave Cowens (1948), Tom Heinsohn (1934), Marion Jones (1975), Kevin McHale (1957), Jo Jo White (1946), and Doc Rivers (1961).

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