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Chris Andersen

1978 - Today

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Christopher Claus Andersen (born July 7, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Birdman", Andersen was born in Long Beach, California, grew up in Iola, Texas, and played one year at Blinn College. Andersen began his professional career in the Chinese Basketball Association and the American minor leagues. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Andersen has received more than 4,726,631 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Chris Andersen is the 113th most popular basketball player (up from 339th in 2019), the 6,493rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,175th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 4.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Chris Andersen ranks 113 out of 1,268Before him are David Blatt, Dikembe Mutombo, Bill Walton, Modestas Paulauskas, James Harden, and Kevin McHale. After him are Russell Westbrook, Dave Bing, James Worthy, Dolph Schayes, Alexander Belov, and Vlade Divac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Chris Andersen ranks 83Before him are Matthew Goode, Virginia Raggi, Jelena Karleuša, Marko Pantelić, Jukka Nevalainen, and Lila Tretikov. After him are Louis Saha, Ginnifer Goodwin, Papa Bouba Diop, Jason Biggs, James Corden, and Ben McKenzie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Andersen ranks 6,493 out of 18,182Before him are Andrew Stanton (1965), Colleen Moore (1899), Nicole Aniston (1987), Lester Bowie (1941), Iwao Takamoto (1925), and Jennifer Capriati (1976). After him are Pat Torpey (1953), Richard Burgi (1958), Jay Gould (1836), Richard Powers (1957), Nathan Hale (1755), and Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Chris Andersen ranks 69Before him are Frank Lubin (1910), John Wooden (1910), David Blatt (1959), Bill Walton (1952), James Harden (1989), and Kevin McHale (1957). After him are Russell Westbrook (1988), Dave Bing (1943), James Worthy (1961), Dolph Schayes (1928), Carmelo Anthony (1984), and Dave Cowens (1948).