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Jeremy Lin

1988 - Today

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Jeremy Shu-How Lin (born August 23, 1988) is a Taiwanese-American professional basketball player for the New Taipei Kings of the P. League+ (PLG). He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 2011–12 season, sparking a cultural phenomenon known as "Linsanity". Lin was the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA, and is one of the few Asian Americans to have played in the league. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeremy Lin has received more than 11,994,027 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Jeremy Lin is the 227th most popular basketball player (down from 216th in 2019), the 9,671st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,919th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jeremy Lin ranks 227 out of 1,268. Before him are Ricky Rubio, Slater Martin, Christian Laettner, Saša Obradović, Don Meineke, and Emiliano Rodríguez. After him are Sam Bowie, Robert Horry, David Thompson, Alexander Belostenny, Rudy Gobert, and Grant Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Jeremy Lin ranks 121. Before him are Claire Holt, Taison, Adam Lallana, Candice Swanepoel, Marlos, and Colton Haynes. After him are Ivan Zaytsev, He Pingping, Jessie J, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Großkreutz, and Cody Fern.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeremy Lin ranks 9,671 out of 18,182. Before him are Junior Durkin (1915), Keith Szarabajka (1952), Bob Kerrey (1943), Leonard Wood (1860), LaVern Baker (1929), and David Leitch (1975). After him are Natasha Lyonne (1979), Dorothy Abbott (1920), Mindy Sterling (1953), Paul Feig (1962), Ronnie Ray Smith (1949), and Marguerite De La Motte (1902).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Jeremy Lin ranks 132. Before him are Penny Hardaway (1971), Jim Loscutoff (1930), Carl Knowles (1910), Slater Martin (1925), Christian Laettner (1969), and Don Meineke (1930). After him are Sam Bowie (1961), Robert Horry (1970), David Thompson (1953), Grant Hill (1972), Carl Shy (1908), and Ron Harper (1964).

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