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Lenny Wilkens

1937 - Today

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Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937) is an American former basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first in 1989 as a player, as a coach in 1998, and in 2010 as part of the 1992 United States Olympic "Dream Team" for which he was an assistant coach. In 1996, Wilkens was named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team, and in 2021 he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lenny Wilkens has received more than 1,532,449 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Lenny Wilkens is the 80th most popular basketball player (down from 58th in 2019), the 5,013th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,360th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Lenny Wilkens ranks 80 out of 1,757. Before him are Petar Skansi, Tim Duncan, Velimir Perasović, Ettore Messina, Sam Jones, and Len Bias. After him are Pau Gasol, Kevin Durant, Dino Rađa, Paul Arizin, Jānis Krūmiņš, and Modestas Paulauskas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Lenny Wilkens ranks 277. Before him are Richard Petty, Ken Ogata, Manoj Kumar, Gary Hocking, Coen Moulijn, and Francisco Xavier do Amaral. After him are Cheng Yen, Shirley Eaton, Kader Khan, Márta Rudas, Alfredo Rojas, and José Sacristán.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lenny Wilkens ranks 5,013 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael C. Hall (1971), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), Martin Brest (1951), Len Bias (1963), Sylvia Beach (1887), and William Smith (1933). After him are Bradley Whitford (1959), Frank J. Tipler (1947), Boz Scaggs (1944), Yvette Mimieux (1942), John Templeton (1912), and James Coco (1930).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Lenny Wilkens ranks 46. Before him are Nate Thurmond (1941), Willis Reed (1942), Chuck Daly (1930), Elvin Hayes (1945), Sam Jones (1933), and Len Bias (1963). After him are Kevin Durant (1988), Paul Arizin (1928), Wes Unseld (1946), Nate Archibald (1948), Bob McAdoo (1951), and Reggie Miller (1965).

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