BASKETBALL PLAYER

John Stockton

1962 - Today

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John Houston Stockton (born March 26, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player. Regarded as one of the greatest point guards of all time, he spent his entire NBA career (1984–2003) with the Utah Jazz, and the team made the playoffs in all of his 19 seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Stockton has received more than 6,877,444 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. John Stockton is the 35th most popular basketball player (down from 27th in 2019), the 3,074th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,688th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 6.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, John Stockton ranks 35 out of 1,757Before him are Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, Derrick Rose, Bob Cousy, George Mikan, and Ben Wallace. After him are Dirk Nowitzki, Anatoli Polivoda, Bob Pettit, Charles Barkley, Toni Kukoč, and Bogdan Tanjević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, John Stockton ranks 93Before him are Marie Trintignant, Marty Friedman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tommy Lee, Jordan Peterson, and Abdulla Aripov. After him are Anthony Edwards, Tomoyasu Asaoka, Shinya Yamanaka, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Hillel Slovak, and Danny Huston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Stockton ranks 3,074 out of 20,380Before him are Suzanne Pleshette (1937), Debra Paget (1933), R. Budd Dwyer (1939), Bob Dole (1923), Melinda Gates (1964), and Florence Owens Thompson (1903). After him are Tom Savini (1946), Jackie Stallone (1921), Walton Walker (1889), Lisa Niemi (1956), Chubby Checker (1941), and Mark Granovetter (1943).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, John Stockton ranks 24Before him are Scottie Pippen (1965), Karl Malone (1963), Derrick Rose (1988), Bob Cousy (1928), George Mikan (1924), and Ben Wallace (1974). After him are Bob Pettit (1932), Charles Barkley (1963), Moses Malone (1955), Stephen Curry (1988), Rick Barry (1944), and Red Auerbach (1917).