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Michael Cooper

1956 - Today

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Michael Jerome Cooper (born April 15, 1956) is an American basketball coach and former player. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers during his entire career in the National Basketball Association, winning five NBA championships with the Lakers during their Showtime era. Regarded as one of the greatest defensive players of his generation, he was an eight-time selection to the NBA All-Defensive Team, including five times on the first team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Cooper has received more than 1,309,924 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Cooper is the 260th most popular basketball player (up from 365th in 2019), the 10,766th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,097th in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Michael Cooper ranks 260 out of 1,757. Before him are Bogdan Bogdanović, Rajko Žižić, Joe Dumars, Pierluigi Marzorati, Vern Mikkelsen, and André Buffière. After him are Petar Naumoski, Doug Collins, Andy Phillip, Aleksandr Salnikov, Sabit Hadžić, and Danko Cvjetićanin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Michael Cooper ranks 504. Before him are Nenad Stojković, Mike Godwin, Susan Solomon, Roger Michell, Patrick Leonard, and Terry Chimes. After him are Peter Maurer, Patricio Hernández, Larry Myricks, Hiroshi Sowa, Stefan Majewski, and Sheila McCarthy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Cooper ranks 10,766 out of 20,380. Before him are Len Wiseman (1973), Elena Kagan (1960), Enrique Peñalosa (1954), Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807), Jackson C. Frank (1943), and Henry M. Jackson (1912). After him are James M. Bardeen (1939), Kenyon Cox (1856), Richard O. Covey (1946), Barbara Dare (1963), William Eustis (1753), and Bill Thompson (1913).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Michael Cooper ranks 136. Before him are Rick Adelman (1946), Bob Lanier (1948), Shawn Kemp (1969), Donald Piper (1911), Joe Dumars (1963), and Vern Mikkelsen (1928). After him are Doug Collins (1951), Andy Phillip (1922), George Karl (1951), Vince Boryla (1927), Dwight Howard (1985), and Sam Lacey (1948).

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