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Don Nelson

1940 - Today

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Donald Arvid Nelson (born May 15, 1940) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. Nelson is second all-time in regular season wins of any coach in NBA history, with 1,335 (he held the record for most wins for almost 12 years before he was surpassed by Gregg Popovich in 2022). He coached the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Golden State Warriors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Nelson has received more than 1,991,543 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Don Nelson is the 60th most popular basketball player (down from 45th in 2019), the 4,299th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,612th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Don Nelson ranks 60 out of 1,757. Before him are Nikos Galis, Aleksandar Đorđević, Allen Iverson, Robert Parish, Terry Dischinger, and Muggsy Bogues. After him are Dragan Kićanović, Steve Kerr, Pete Maravich, Nate Thurmond, Willis Reed, and Chuck Daly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Don Nelson ranks 246. Before him are Terry Dischinger, Jan Eliasson, John Mahoney, Helmut Jahn, Samuel Little, and Lill Lindfors. After him are Bruce Beresford, Peter C. Doherty, Michel Micombero, Andrey Piontkovsky, Margit Carstensen, and Valie Export.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Nelson ranks 4,299 out of 20,380. Before him are Gregg Allman (1947), Layne Staley (1967), India Summer (1975), Edmund Gettier (1927), Hugh McDonald (1950), and Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943). After him are Michael Johnson (1967), Billy Hayes (1947), John Tukey (1915), Lee Wallard (1910), Ray Dalio (1949), and Eve Meyer (1928).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Don Nelson ranks 38. Before him are David Robinson (1965), Nikos Galis (1957), Allen Iverson (1975), Robert Parish (1953), Terry Dischinger (1940), and Muggsy Bogues (1965). After him are Pete Maravich (1947), Nate Thurmond (1941), Willis Reed (1942), Chuck Daly (1930), Elvin Hayes (1945), and Sam Jones (1933).

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