1952 - Today
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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Among basketball players, George Gervin ranks 86 out of 1,268. Before 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.
1942 - 2023
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 80
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 81
1943 - 2022
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 82
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 83
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 84
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 85
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 86
1946 - 2020
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 87
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 88
1930 - 1994
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 89
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 90
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 91
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 92
Among people born in 1952, George Gervin ranks 273. Before 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.
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 267
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 268
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 269
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 270
1952 - 2023
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 271
1952 - 2021
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 272
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 273
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 274
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 275
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 276
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 277
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 278
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 279
Among people born in United States, George Gervin ranks 5,581 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1883 - 1953
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 5,575
1813 - 1861
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 5,576
1742 - 1807
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 5,577
1929 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 5,578
1915 - 2004
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 5,579
1929 - 2017
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 5,580
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 5,581
1884 - 1933
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 5,582
1940 - 2012
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 5,583
1920 - 1989
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 5,584
1828 - 1914
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 5,585
1883 - 1959
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 5,586
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 5,587
Among basketball players born in United States, George Gervin ranks 51. Before 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).
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 45
1942 - 2020
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 46
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 47
1942 - 2023
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 48
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 49
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 50
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 51
1946 - 2020
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 52
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 53
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 54
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 55
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 56
1928 - 2006
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 57