BASKETBALL PLAYER

Lauren Jackson

1981 - Today

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Lauren Elizabeth Jackson (born 11 May 1981) is an Australian former professional basketball player. Arguably the most notable Australian women's basketball player, Jackson has had a decorated career with the Australia women's national basketball team (the Opals) and has had multiple stints in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) between 1997 and 2024. Between 2001 and 2012, she played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). With the Australian Opals, Jackson played at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2024, winning three silver medals and two bronze medals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lauren Jackson has received more than 1,548,961 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Lauren Jackson is the 161st most popular basketball player (up from 183rd in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Australia (up from 251st in 2019) and the most popular Australian Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Lauren Jackson ranks 161 out of 1,757. Before her are Jaak Lipso, Carlos Blixen, Hal Greer, John Kundla, K. C. Jones, and Dell Curry. After her are Stojko Vranković, David Thompson, Juan Carlos Navarro, Nikola Jokić, Mikheil Korkia, and Tracy McGrady.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Lauren Jackson ranks 129. Before her are Alessandra Ambrosio, Ksenia Sobchak, Kunal Nayyar, Paolo Cannavaro, Andrés D'Alessandro, and Anja Pärson. After her are Michiel Huisman, Kaan Urgancıoğlu, Cho Yeo-jeong, Asuka, Miyavi, and Michelle Dockery.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Lauren Jackson ranks 242 out of 1,143. Before her are Tim Cahill (1979), Marjorie Jackson-Nelson (1931), Gregory Mathews (1876), Beryl Penrose (1930), Trudi Canavan (1969), and Harry Hopman (1906). After her are Peter Garrett (1953), Fleur Mellor (1936), Richard Bonynge (1930), Joseph Jacobs (1854), Patricia Wrightson (1921), and David Malet Armstrong (1926).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Australia

Among basketball players born in Australia, Lauren Jackson ranks 1. After her are Kyrie Irving (1992), Belinda Snell (1981), David Andersen (1980), Andrew Bogut (1984), Luc Longley (1969), Ben Simmons (1996), Joe Ingles (1987), Dante Exum (1995), Patty Mills (1988), Aleks Marić (1984), and Matthew Dellavedova (1990).

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