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LeBron James

1984 - Today

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LeBron Raymone James Sr. ( lə-BRON; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "King James", he is widely recognized as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport and is often compared to Michael Jordan in debates over the greatest basketball player of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of LeBron James has received more than 80,453,872 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). LeBron James is the 13th most popular basketball player (up from 17th in 2019), the 1,754th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,732nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 80M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, LeBron James ranks 13 out of 1,268Before him are Kobe Bryant, Dennis Rodman, Larry Bird, Clyde Drexler, Oscar Robertson, and Jerry West. After him are Scottie Pippen, Julius Erving, Dražen Petrović, Radivoj Korać, Karl Malone, and Krešimir Ćosić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, LeBron James ranks 6Before him are Mark Zuckerberg, Andrés Iniesta, Scarlett Johansson, Fernando Torres, and Arjen Robben. After him are Avril Lavigne, Robinho, Wesley Sneijder, Basshunter, Bastian Schweinsteiger, and Alizée.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, LeBron James ranks 1,754 out of 18,182Before him are Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), Mahalia Jackson (1911), Glenn Frey (1948), W. I. Thomas (1863), Robert Loggia (1930), and Isamu Noguchi (1904). After him are Laura Dern (1967), John Carradine (1906), Thornton Wilder (1897), John Robert Schrieffer (1931), Richard Avedon (1923), and Cus D'Amato (1908).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, LeBron James ranks 13Before him are Kobe Bryant (1978), Dennis Rodman (1961), Larry Bird (1956), Clyde Drexler (1962), Oscar Robertson (1938), and Jerry West (1938). After him are Scottie Pippen (1965), Julius Erving (1950), Karl Malone (1963), Bob Cousy (1928), Elgin Baylor (1934), and John Stockton (1962).

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