BASKETBALL PLAYER

Charles Barkley

1963 - Today

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Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player who is a television analyst on TNT and CBS Sports. Nicknamed "Sir Charles", "the Bread Truck", and "the Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Though shorter than the typical power forward, he used his strength and aggression to become one of the NBA's best rebounders and scorers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Barkley has received more than 17,822,801 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Charles Barkley is the 39th most popular basketball player (down from 33rd in 2019), the 3,293rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,008th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Charles Barkley ranks 39 out of 1,757. Before him are George Mikan, Ben Wallace, John Stockton, Dirk Nowitzki, Anatoli Polivoda, and Bob Pettit. After him are Toni Kukoč, Bogdan Tanjević, Moses Malone, Manute Bol, Stephen Curry, and Yao Ming.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Charles Barkley ranks 112. Before him are Rob Schneider, Pierre Woodman, Dermot Mulroney, Tatum O'Neal, Jensen Huang, and Jonathan Haidt. After him are Julian Lennon, Prince Laurent of Belgium, Khaltmaagiin Battulga, Fernando Villavicencio, Benjamin Bratt, and Hülya Avşar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Barkley ranks 3,293 out of 20,380. Before him are David Lee Roth (1954), Jim Thompson (1906), Joe Don Baker (1936), Trini Lopez (1937), Doris Hart (1925), and Ann Miller (1923). After him are Sung Kang (1972), Joe Pass (1929), Jean Smart (1951), Marlon Jackson (1957), Alvin Hansen (1887), and Judith Resnik (1949).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Charles Barkley ranks 26. Before him are Derrick Rose (1988), Bob Cousy (1928), George Mikan (1924), Ben Wallace (1974), John Stockton (1962), and Bob Pettit (1932). After him are Moses Malone (1955), Stephen Curry (1988), Rick Barry (1944), Red Auerbach (1917), Isiah Thomas (1961), and David Robinson (1965).

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