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James Worthy

1961 - Today

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James Ager Worthy (born February 27, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Big Game James", he played his entire professional career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Worthy was a seven-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA Team member who won three NBA championships and was voted the NBA Finals MVP in 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Worthy has received more than 3,393,777 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. James Worthy is the 116th most popular basketball player (down from 100th in 2019), the 6,743rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,331st in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, James Worthy ranks 116 out of 1,268Before him are Modestas Paulauskas, James Harden, Kevin McHale, Chris Andersen, Russell Westbrook, and Dave Bing. After him are Dolph Schayes, Alexander Belov, Vlade Divac, Carmelo Anthony, Dave Cowens, and Chris Paul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, James Worthy ranks 214Before him are Solveig Dommartin, Tom Byron, Paul McCrane, Nina Li Chi, Manuel Merino, and Kati Outinen. After him are Darryl Jones, Marc-André Hamelin, Jonathan Coe, Matjaž Kek, Abhijit Banerjee, and Larry Mullen Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Worthy ranks 6,743 out of 18,182Before him are George Jones (1931), Nils Lofgren (1951), SZA (1990), Zalman King (1941), Kathy Najimy (1957), and Alice Kober (1906). After him are Jack LaLanne (1914), Bebe Neuwirth (1958), Nick Jonas (1992), Duane Eddy (1938), Dolph Schayes (1928), and Missy Elliott (1971).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, James Worthy ranks 72Before him are Bill Walton (1952), James Harden (1989), Kevin McHale (1957), Chris Andersen (1978), Russell Westbrook (1988), and Dave Bing (1943). After him are Dolph Schayes (1928), Carmelo Anthony (1984), Dave Cowens (1948), Chris Paul (1985), Dwyane Wade (1982), and Jason Kidd (1973).