BASKETBALL PLAYER

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1947 - Today

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ( kə-REEM ab-DOOL jə-BAR; born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. al-SIN-dər, April 16, 1947) is an American former basketball player. He played professionally for 20 seasons for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins as a center. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has received more than 31,290,101 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the 3rd most popular basketball player (down from 2nd in 2019), the 397th most popular biography from United States (down from 306th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Basketball Player.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is most famous for being a professional basketball player and the all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Association.

Memorability Metrics

  • 31M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 78

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks 3 out of 1,757. Before him are Michael Jordan, and Shaquille O'Neal. After him are Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Dennis Rodman, Jerry West, Clyde Drexler, Dražen Petrović, and Larry Bird.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks 23. Before him are James Hunt, Shirin Ebadi, Mario Draghi, Paul Auster, Takeshi Kitano, and Megawati Sukarnoputri. After him are Paco de Lucía, Michael Porter, O. J. Simpson, France Gall, Iggy Pop, and Carlos Santana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks 397 out of 20,380. Before him are Brian De Palma (1940), Anthony Kiedis (1962), Martin Sheen (1940), Jimmy Wales (1966), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), and Joseph Henry (1797). After him are Barbara McClintock (1902), Dean Martin (1917), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), Sarah Palin (1964), James Hong (1929), and Man Ray (1890).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks 3. Before him are Michael Jordan (1963), and Shaquille O'Neal (1972). After him are Wilt Chamberlain (1936), Bill Russell (1934), Magic Johnson (1959), Kobe Bryant (1978), Dennis Rodman (1961), Jerry West (1938), Clyde Drexler (1962), Larry Bird (1956), and LeBron James (1984).

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