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John Salley

1964 - Today

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John Thomas Salley ( SAL-ee; born May 16, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. He was the first player in NBA history to win championships with three franchises (since joined by Robert Horry, Danny Green, and LeBron James), as well as the first player in the NBA to win a championship in three different decades (since joined by Tim Duncan). After being drafted in the first round out of Georgia Tech in the 1986 NBA draft, the 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)-tall Salley played both power forward and center for the Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, Panathinaikos, and Los Angeles Lakers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Salley has received more than 3,296,290 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Salley is the 488th most popular basketball player (down from 379th in 2019), the 14,281st most popular biography from United States (down from 12,319th in 2019) and the 268th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, John Salley ranks 488 out of 1,757Before him are Yuta Watanabe, Yuta Tabuse, Hot Rod Hundley, Saulius Štombergas, Mindaugas Kuzminskas, and Karl-Anthony Towns. After him are Brittney Griner, Devin Booker, Tibor Pleiß, Anderson Varejão, Thomas Heurtel, and Vinnie Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, John Salley ranks 690Before him are Jonas Sjöstedt, Jordi Sànchez, Serafín Zubiri, Paul Caligiuri, Zahra Eshraghi, and David Kato. After him are Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Svilen Rusinov, Moses Sithole, Ian Tracey, Chieko Homma, and Tabitha St. Germain.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Salley ranks 14,281 out of 20,380Before him are Daniella Pineda (1987), Michael A. Baker (1953), Jessica Pegula (1994), Michael E. Fossum (1957), Anna Todd (1989), and William R. Moses (1959). After him are Emily Wickersham (1984), Ned Lamont (1954), Willow Smith (2000), Joan Birman (1927), Kenny Chesney (1968), and Jeff Nathanson (1965).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, John Salley ranks 268Before him are Medina Dixon (1962), Roy Tarpley (1964), Reggie Lewis (1965), Kris Humphries (1985), Hot Rod Hundley (1934), and Karl-Anthony Towns (1995). After him are Brittney Griner (1990), Devin Booker (1996), Vinnie Johnson (1956), Darvin Ham (1973), Alphonso Ford (1971), and Amar'e Stoudemire (1982).