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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 for the Mets de Guaynabo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). 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. Howard, who plays center, spent his high school career at Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dwight Howard has received more than 14,545,776 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Dwight Howard is the 149th most popular basketball player (up from 171st in 2019), the 8,011th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,565th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dwight Howard ranks 149 out of 1,268. Before him are Zurab Sakandelidze, Rodolfo Choperena, Mark Eaton, Earl Monroe, Maigonis Valdmanis, and Cesare Rubini. After him are Dennis Johnson, Valdemaras Chomičius, Stojko Vranković, Horace Grant, Lamar Odom, and Michel Bonnevie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Dwight Howard ranks 95. Before him are Rosa Salazar, Joël Dicker, Viktor An, Chanel Preston, John Isner, and Nelson Piquet Jr.. After him are Troian Bellisario, Tomáš Berdych, Gaël Clichy, Talulah Riley, Pablo Zabaleta, and Damien Chazelle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dwight Howard ranks 8,011 out of 18,182. Before him are Joan Van Ark (1943), Gerald Guralnik (1936), Ed Begley Jr. (1949), Rudy Rucker (1946), Wayne Static (1965), and Larry Kramer (1935). After him are Lucy Hale (1989), June Gable (1945), Bobby Hutcherson (1941), Randy Pausch (1960), Dennis Johnson (1954), and Joseph Nicolosi (1947).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Dwight Howard ranks 92. Before him are Jo Jo White (1946), Tom Heinsohn (1934), Dave DeBusschere (1940), Jason Williams (1975), Mark Eaton (1957), and Earl Monroe (1944). After him are Dennis Johnson (1954), Horace Grant (1965), Lamar Odom (1979), Ben Wallace (1974), Rudy Tomjanovich (1948), and John Kundla (1916).

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