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K. C. Jones

1932 - 2020

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K. C. Jones (May 25, 1932 – December 25, 2020) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known for his association with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), with whom he won 11 of his 12 NBA championships (eight as a player, two as an assistant coach, and two as a head coach). As a player, he is tied for third for most NBA championships in a career, and is one of three NBA players with an 8–0 record in NBA Finals series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of K. C. Jones has received more than 1,226,358 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. K. C. Jones is the 159th most popular basketball player (down from 126th in 2019), the 7,910th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,013th in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of K. C. Jones by language

Over the past year K. C. Jones has had the most page views in the with 153,616 views, followed by Chinese (6,592), and Spanish (6,431). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (45.22%), Simple English (44.99%), and Basque (27.36%)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, K. C. Jones ranks 159 out of 1,757. Before him are Chuck Cooper, Rudy Tomjanovich, Jaak Lipso, Carlos Blixen, Hal Greer, and John Kundla. After him are Dell Curry, Lauren Jackson, Stojko Vranković, David Thompson, Juan Carlos Navarro, and Nikola Jokić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, K. C. Jones ranks 388. Before him are Katy Bødtger, Sidney Verba, Volodymyr Dakhno, Marcia Neugebauer, Douglas McIlroy, and Djibril Tamsir Niane. After him are Richard Herd, Henry Taylor, Jerzy Pawłowski, Rudolph Rummel, Sergei Slonimsky, and János Parti. Among people deceased in 2020, K. C. Jones ranks 490. Before him are Jonathan Sacks, Renato Corti, Slaven Zambata, Rodolfo Fischer, Aleksandr Aksinin, and Kazım Ayvaz. After him are Yehoshua Kenaz, José Luis Capón, Tatyana Prorochenko, Efraín Sánchez, Richard Herd, and Tim Severin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, K. C. Jones ranks 7,910 out of 20,380. Before him are Christy Walton (1949), Shelley Lubben (1968), Peter Tork (1942), Kevin Sussman (1970), Rick Hoffman (1970), and Lisa De Leeuw (1958). After him are Wilford Woodruff (1807), Carlos Bernard (1962), David Diamond (1915), Barry Van Dyke (1951), Michael Murphy (1938), and William Barton Rogers (1804).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, K. C. Jones ranks 90. Before him are Vince Carter (1977), Walter Davis (1954), Chuck Cooper (1926), Rudy Tomjanovich (1948), Hal Greer (1936), and John Kundla (1916). After him are Dell Curry (1964), David Thompson (1953), Tracy McGrady (1979), Jason Kidd (1973), Carmelo Anthony (1984), and Mark Eaton (1957).

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