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George Gervin

1952 - Today

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George Gervin ( GHUR-vin; born April 27, 1952), nicknamed "the Iceman", is an American former professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs, and Chicago Bulls. Gervin averaged at least 14 points per game in all 14 of his ABA and NBA seasons, and finished with an NBA career average of 26.2 points per game. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Gervin has received more than 1,954,467 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). George Gervin is the 86th most popular basketball player (down from 77th in 2019), the 5,581st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,635th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 48.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, George Gervin ranks 86 out of 1,268Before him are Willis Reed, Manu Ginóbili, Petar Skansi, Marion Jones, Vladimir Tkachenko, and Ray Allen. After him are Wes Unseld, Ettore Messina, Jānis Krūmiņš, Gary Payton, Larry Brown, and Kevin Garnett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, George Gervin ranks 273Before him are Moya Brennan, Michael Dorn, Muhtar Kent, William Boyd, Vyacheslav Zaytsev, and Mansour Ojjeh. After him are Quim Monzó, Mustafa Cerić, Sandra Kalniete, Tony Plana, Ketil Bjørnstad, and Lee Ritenour.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Gervin ranks 5,581 out of 18,182Before him are Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Joseph Brant (1742), Bonnie Bartlett (1929), John Randolph (1915), and Hubert Dreyfus (1929). After him are Sara Teasdale (1884), Richard Lynch (1940), Richard Quine (1920), Joshua Chamberlain (1828), Edith Clarke (1883), and David Proval (1942).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, George Gervin ranks 51Before him are Nikos Galis (1957), Jerry Sloan (1942), Jerry Lucas (1940), Willis Reed (1942), Marion Jones (1975), and Ray Allen (1975). After him are Wes Unseld (1946), Gary Payton (1968), Larry Brown (1940), Kevin Garnett (1976), Nate Archibald (1948), and Paul Arizin (1928).