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Dwight Howard

1985 - Today

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Dwight David Howard II (born December 8, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Taoyuan Leopards of T1 League. He began his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was an NBA champion, eight-time All-Star, eight-time All-NBA Team honoree, five-time All-Defensive Team member, and three-time Defensive Player of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dwight Howard has received more than 15,264,112 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Dwight Howard is the 274th most popular basketball player (down from 149th in 2019), the 11,164th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,996th in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dwight Howard ranks 274 out of 1,757. Before him are Joan Plaza, Marko Jarić, Hedo Türkoğlu, Shawn Bradley, Vince Boryla, and Gianmarco Pozzecco. After him are Vincent Collet, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Sam Lacey, Ralph Bishop, Roger Grimau, and Jimmy Butler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Dwight Howard ranks 178. Before him are Jonathan Soriano, Silvestre Varela, Artur Beterbiev, Allyson Felix, Vasilis Torosidis, and Karim El Ahmadi. After him are Anita Włodarczyk, Madeline Zima, Joakim Noah, Nesta Carter, Max Minghella, and Alyssa Diaz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dwight Howard ranks 11,164 out of 20,380. Before him are John Mulcahy (1876), Susan Glaspell (1876), Leo Goodwin (1883), George R. Price (1922), Richard A. Knaak (1961), and Frank Ferrer (1966). After him are Carrie Preston (1967), Barbara Jordan (1936), Charles Dierkop (1936), Isidore Mankofsky (1931), Richard Myers (1942), and John Adams Dix (1798).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Dwight Howard ranks 141. Before him are Vern Mikkelsen (1928), Michael Cooper (1956), Doug Collins (1951), Andy Phillip (1922), George Karl (1951), and Vince Boryla (1927). After him are Sam Lacey (1948), Ralph Bishop (1915), Jimmy Butler (1989), Larry Johnson (1969), Bobby Wanzer (1921), and Sam Balter (1909).

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