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Jim "Bad News" Barnes

1941 - 2002

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Velvet James Barnes (April 13, 1941 – September 14, 2002), also known as Jim "Bad News" Barnes, was an American basketball player, who was an Olympic Gold Medalist and the No. 1 overall pick of the 1964 NBA draft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim "Bad News" Barnes has received more than 50,037 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jim "Bad News" Barnes is the 295th most popular basketball player (up from 419th in 2019), the 11,413th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,782nd in 2019) and the 154th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 50k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jim "Bad News" Barnes ranks 295 out of 1,757. Before him are Damian Lillard, Sergio Llull, Edy Tavares, Jeremy Lin, Tom Thibodeau, and Bob Love. After him are Jim Loscutoff, Ron Harper, Nando de Colo, Don Meineke, Jason Williams, and Erik Spoelstra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Jim "Bad News" Barnes ranks 592. Before him are Alan Mullery, Luis Cruzado, Rubén Correa, Roger Taylor, Barrett Strong, and Javier Vargas. After him are David Walker, Twyla Tharp, Reg Presley, Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, Dr. Demento, and Frederick D. Gregory. Among people deceased in 2002, Jim "Bad News" Barnes ranks 332. Before him are Krishan Kant, Jürgen Werner, Dave Williams, Robert L. Forward, Pat Flaherty, and Jack Fairman. After him are Marcel Hansenne, Günther Ortmann, Kaifi Azmi, Shirley Scott, Lisa Lopes, and Nasir Hussain.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim "Bad News" Barnes ranks 11,413 out of 20,380. Before him are James Barbour (1775), Shari Headley (1964), Charles Rocket (1949), Richard Wilbur (1921), William Demarest (1892), and Fairuza Balk (1974). After him are Liz Cheney (1966), Angie Everhart (1969), Jonathan Dayton (1760), Dennis Kucinich (1946), Big L (1974), and Fred Ebb (1928).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Jim "Bad News" Barnes ranks 154. Before him are Joakim Noah (1985), Ralph Sampson (1960), Damian Lillard (1990), Jeremy Lin (1988), Tom Thibodeau (1958), and Bob Love (1942). After him are Jim Loscutoff (1930), Ron Harper (1964), Don Meineke (1930), Jason Williams (1975), Erik Spoelstra (1970), and Mitch Kupchak (1954).

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