BASKETBALL PLAYER

Jerry West

1938 - 2024

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Jerry Alan West (May 28, 1938 – June 12, 2024) was an American basketball player and executive. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His nicknames included "the Logo", in reference to his silhouette being the basis for the NBA logo; "Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry West has received more than 11,201,937 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Jerry West is the 9th most popular basketball player (up from 12th in 2019), the 1,166th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,629th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Basketball Player.

Jerry West is most famous for his career in the NBA. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors. He was a guard and won two NBA championships with the Lakers. He was also named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jerry West ranks 9 out of 1,757. Before him are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, and Dennis Rodman. After him are Clyde Drexler, Dražen Petrović, Larry Bird, Svetislav Pešić, LeBron James, and Pat Riley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jerry West ranks 64. Before him are Brian Dennehy, Marcello Gandini, István Szabó, Dean Reed, Bounnhang Vorachith, and Ed Lauter. After him are Jerzy Skolimowski, Leiji Matsumoto, Wim Kok, Mamadou Tandja, Carlos Bilardo, and Tomas Lindahl. Among people deceased in 2024, Jerry West ranks 59. Before him are Ira von Fürstenberg, Robin Warren, Richard Serra, Shelley Duvall, Bernard Hill, and Gena Rowlands. After him are Susan Wojcicki, Yahya Sinwar, Glynis Johns, Sandra Milo, Robert Badinter, and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry West ranks 1,166 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Winters (1918), Lloyd Austin (1953), Shia LaBeouf (1986), Tom Morello (1964), C. Wright Mills (1916), and Dennis Rodman (1961). After him are Robert S. Mulliken (1896), Roy O. Disney (1893), Susan Wojcicki (1968), Jackie Robinson (1919), Noah Gordon (1926), and Liliʻuokalani (1838).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Jerry West ranks 9. Before him are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947), Wilt Chamberlain (1936), Bill Russell (1934), Magic Johnson (1959), Kobe Bryant (1978), and Dennis Rodman (1961). After him are Clyde Drexler (1962), Larry Bird (1956), LeBron James (1984), Pat Riley (1945), Julius Erving (1950), and Oscar Robertson (1938).

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