BASKETBALL PLAYER

Dražen Petrović

1964 - 1993

Dražen Petrović

Dražen Petrović (Croatian pronunciation: [drǎʒen pětroʋitɕ]; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s, before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1989. A star on multiple stages, Petrović earned two silver medals and one bronze in Olympic basketball, a gold and a bronze in the FIBA World Cup, a gold and a bronze in the FIBA EuroBasket, and two EuroLeague titles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dražen Petrović has received more than 2,392,671 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 11th most popular basketball player.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dražen Petrović ranks 11 out of 925. Before him are Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Dennis Rodman, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, and Larry Bird. After him are Radivoj Korać, Krešimir Ćosić, Julius Erving, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Karl Malone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Dražen Petrović ranks 49. Before him are Edi Rama, Marisa Tomei, Matt Dillon, Ronnie Coleman, C. C. Catch, and Edith González. After him are Robert Fico, Jean Alesi, Eazy-E, Teri Hatcher, Bridget Fonda, and Don Cheadle. Among people deceased in 1993, Dražen Petrović ranks 57. Before him are Hervé Villechaize, C. Northcote Parkinson, Ishirō Honda, Leonid Gaidai, E. P. Thompson, and Don Ameche. After him are Luciano Leggio, Dinmukhamed Kunaev, Eddie Constantine, Bill Bixby, Bruno Pontecorvo, and Jimmy Doolittle.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Dražen Petrović ranks 61 out of 376. Before him are Milka Planinc (1924), Francesco Laurana (1430), Archduke Wilhelm of Austria (1895), Branko Zebec (1929), Vladimir Beara (1928), and Franciscus Patricius (1529). After him are Fausto Veranzio (1551), Vlaho Bukovac (1855), Ante Starčević (1823), Benedetto Cotrugli (1416), Tuone Udaina (1821), and Roberto Ferruzzi (1853).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Croatia

Among basketball players born in Croatia, Dražen Petrović ranks 1. After him are Krešimir Ćosić (1948), Toni Kukoč (1968), Dino Rađa (1967), Stojko Vranković (1964), Velimir Perasović (1965), Peja Stojaković (1977), Žan Tabak (1970), Arijan Komazec (1970), Marko Popović (1982), Ante Tomić (1987), and Mario Kasun (1980).

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