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Doc Rivers

1961 - Today

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Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers (born October 13, 1961) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). An NBA player for 14 seasons, he was an NBA All-Star and was named one of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History. Rivers played college basketball for the Marquette Golden Eagles and was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the second round of the 1983 NBA draft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Doc Rivers has received more than 7,409,877 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Doc Rivers is the 131st most popular basketball player (down from 130th in 2019), the 7,138th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,215th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 7.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Doc Rivers ranks 131 out of 1,757Before him are Predrag Danilović, Tom Heinsohn, Valdemaras Chomičius, Marion Jones, Kevin McHale, and Jo Jo White. After him are Andro Knego, Otar Korkia, Detlef Schrempf, David Blatt, Zurab Sakandelidze, and Panagiotis Giannakis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Doc Rivers ranks 261Before him are Bill de Blasio, Jesper Olsen, Maggie Wheeler, Alber Elbaz, Ally Walker, and Yannick Dalmas. After him are Elpidia Carrillo, Frank De Winne, Calvin Smith, Anita Hegerland, Paolo Barilla, and Birol Ünel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Doc Rivers ranks 7,138 out of 20,380Before him are Gregory La Cava (1892), Katie Ledecky (1997), Alex Cord (1933), David Conrad (1967), James Rumbaugh (1947), and Gayle Hunnicutt (1943). After him are Alan Crosland (1894), Susan Kohner (1936), Dizzy Reed (1963), Gypsy Rose Lee (1911), William Jordan (1898), and Michael Badalucco (1954).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Doc Rivers ranks 74Before him are Bill Walton (1952), Dave Cowens (1948), Tom Heinsohn (1934), Marion Jones (1975), Kevin McHale (1957), and Jo Jo White (1946). After him are David Blatt (1959), Walt Bellamy (1939), Dave Bing (1943), Dennis Johnson (1954), Gary Payton (1968), and James Harden (1989).