BASKETBALL PLAYER

Dražen Dalipagić

1951 - 2025

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Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дражен "Праја" Далипагић; 27 November 1951 – 25 January 2025) was a Serbian professional basketball player and head coach. He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugoslavian history. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dražen Dalipagić has received more than 319,398 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Dražen Dalipagić is the 23rd most popular basketball player, the 61st most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (down from 60th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Basketball Player.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dražen Dalipagić ranks 23 out of 1,757. Before him are Krešimir Ćosić, Arvydas Sabonis, Sergei Belov, Julius Erving, Oscar Robertson, and Mirza Delibašić. After him are Oscar Schmidt, Uljana Semjonova, Elgin Baylor, John Havlicek, Scottie Pippen, and Karl Malone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Dražen Dalipagić ranks 102. Before him are Carl Wieman, Christian Lacroix, Börje Salming, Treat Williams, Pierre Lemaitre, and Duncan Haldane. After him are Ernesto Zedillo, Roger Myerson, Dee Dee Ramone, Alexander Sokurov, Chen Chien-jen, and Jakaya Kikwete. Among people deceased in 2025, Dražen Dalipagić ranks 10. Before him are Sam Nujoma, Horst Köhler, Aga Khan IV, Denis Law, Ágnes Keleti, and Joan Plowright. After him are Costas Simitis, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Bertrand Blier, Richard Williamson, Oliviero Toscani, and David Lodge.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dražen Dalipagić ranks 61 out of 375. Before him are Kemal Monteno (1948), Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1550), Edin Džeko (1986), Aleksa Šantić (1868), Mirza Delibašić (1954), and Zlatko Dalić (1966). After him are Hadım Sinan Pasha (1459), Branko Stanković (1921), Dušan Bajević (1948), Jovan Dučić (1871), Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (1350), and Kuyucu Murad Pasha (1530).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among basketball players born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dražen Dalipagić ranks 2. Before him are Mirza Delibašić (1954). After him are Borislav Stanković (1925), Predrag Danilović (1970), Zoran Savić (1966), Ratko Radovanović (1956), Sabit Hadžić (1957), Emir Mutapčić (1960), Razija Mujanović (1967), Bojan Bogdanović (1989), Franjo Arapović (1965), and Džanan Musa (1999).

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