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Lauri Markkanen

1997 - Today

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Lauri Elias Markkanen ( LAO-ree MAR-kə-nen; born 22 May 1997) is a Finnish basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Finnisher", he is the son of Finnish basketball players Pekka and Riikka Markkanen, and the younger brother of footballer Eero Markkanen. Starting his career with HBA-Märsky in the Finnish second-tier league, Markkanen moved to the United States and played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, where he earned First-team All-Pac-12 honors in his lone year with the team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lauri Markkanen has received more than 3,182,715 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lauri Markkanen is the 501st most popular basketball player (up from 860th in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from Finland (up from 558th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lauri Markkanens by language

Over the past year Lauri Markkanen has had the most page views in the with 521,152 views, followed by Finnish (62,413), and Japanese (51,181). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lithuanian (967.84%), Ukrainian (180.00%), and Bulgarian (117.13%)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Lauri Markkanen ranks 501 out of 1,757. Before him are Darvin Ham, Jordi Villacampa, Hanno Möttölä, Alphonso Ford, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Kristaps Porziņģis. After him are Duane Swanson, Nikola Kalinić, Veljko Mršić, Jack Ragland, Belinda Snell, and Metta World Peace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Lauri Markkanen ranks 141. Before him are Kira Kosarin, Edson Álvarez, Suzuka Nakamoto, Gerson, Pedro, and Jaehyun. After him are Dika Mem, Ferdinand Zvonimir von Habsburg, Itzan Escamilla, Paula Badosa, Kieran Tierney, and Rasmus Kristensen.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Lauri Markkanen ranks 517 out of 751. Before him are Li Andersson (1987), Teemu Tainio (1979), Perttu Kivilaakso (1978), Risto Jussilainen (1975), Hanno Möttölä (1976), and Janne Wirman (1979). After him are Pirkko Määttä (1959), Mika Kallio (1982), Teppo Numminen (1968), Petri Lindroos (1980), Kari Arkivuo (1983), and Asko Parpola (1941).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Finland

Among basketball players born in Finland, Lauri Markkanen ranks 2. Before him are Hanno Möttölä (1976). After him are Petteri Koponen (1988), Sasu Salin (1991), and Teemu Rannikko (1980).

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