1940 - Today
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 1,860,982 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Don Nelson is the 45th most popular basketball player (up from 59th in 2019), the 3,622nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,816th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Basketball Player.
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Among basketball players, Don Nelson ranks 45 out of 1,268. Before him are Pat Riley, Moses Malone, Stephen Curry, Manute Bol, Allen Iverson, and Aleksandar Đorđević. After him are Rick Barry, Red Auerbach, Svetislav Pešić, Yao Ming, Reggie Miller, and Pau Gasol.
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 39
1955 - 2015
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 40
1988 - Present
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 41
1962 - 2010
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 42
1975 - Present
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 43
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 44
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 45
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 46
1917 - 2006
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 47
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 48
1980 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 49
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 50
1980 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 51
Among people born in 1940, Don Nelson ranks 204. Before him are Graham McRae, Angela Carter, Marie-José Nat, Gloria Leonard, Louis Pilot, and Charles Robert Jenkins. After him are Sharad Pawar, Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Jana Brejchová, Christoph Blocher, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., and Isdal Woman.
1940 - 2021
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 198
1940 - 1992
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 199
1940 - 2019
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 200
1940 - 2014
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 201
1940 - 2016
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 202
1940 - 2017
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 203
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 204
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 205
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 206
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 207
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 208
1940 - 2011
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 209
1940 - 1970
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 210
Among people born in United States, Don Nelson ranks 3,622 out of 18,182. Before him are Friz Freleng (1906), Halton Arp (1927), John Petrucci (1967), Burl Ives (1909), James Edward Keeler (1857), and Charles Robert Jenkins (1940). After him are R. A. Salvatore (1959), Gore Verbinski (1964), Michael Jai White (1967), Michael Gazzaniga (1939), Crawford Long (1815), and John Mearsheimer (1947).
1906 - 1995
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 3,616
1927 - 2013
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 3,617
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 3,618
1909 - 1995
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 3,619
1857 - 1900
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 3,620
1940 - 2017
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 3,621
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 3,622
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 3,623
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 3,624
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 3,625
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 3,626
1815 - 1878
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 3,627
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 3,628
Among basketball players born in United States, Don Nelson ranks 31. Before him are Bob Pettit (1932), Isiah Thomas (1961), Pat Riley (1945), Moses Malone (1955), Stephen Curry (1988), and Allen Iverson (1975). After him are Rick Barry (1944), Red Auerbach (1917), Reggie Miller (1965), Muggsy Bogues (1965), Kevin Durant (1988), and Robert Parish (1953).
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 25
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 26
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 27
1955 - 2015
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 28
1988 - Present
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 29
1975 - Present
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 30
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 31
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 32
1917 - 2006
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 33
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 34
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 35
1988 - Present
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 36
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 37