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Moses Malone

1955 - 2015

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Moses Eugene Malone Sr. (March 23, 1955 – September 13, 2015) was an American professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995. A center, he was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times, was a 12-time NBA All-Star and an eight-time All-NBA Team selection. Malone led the Philadelphia 76ers to an NBA championship in 1983, winning both the league and Finals MVP. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moses Malone has received more than 5,063,263 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Moses Malone is the 40th most popular basketball player (down from 37th in 2019), the 3,339th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,842nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 5.1M

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  • 53.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Moses Malone ranks 40 out of 1,268. Before him are Bob Pettit, Dirk Nowitzki, Patrick Ewing, Isiah Thomas, Toni Kukoč, and Pat Riley. After him are Stephen Curry, Manute Bol, Allen Iverson, Aleksandar Đorđević, Don Nelson, and Rick Barry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Moses Malone ranks 127. Before him are Matti Vanhanen, Thomas C. Südhof, Wayne Knight, Kevin Peter Hall, Lena Endre, and Rolf Lassgård. After him are Friedrich Merz, Gloria Guida, Steve Berry, Anatoly Chubais, Philippe Troussier, and Sándor Puhl. Among people deceased in 2015, Moses Malone ranks 132. Before him are Gene Amdahl, James Aldridge, Wim Ruska, Diana Douglas, Frances Oldham Kelsey, and Doris Hart. After him are E. L. Doctorow, Phil Taylor, André Glucksmann, Jørgen Ingmann, Halldór Ásgrímsson, and Franco Interlenghi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Moses Malone ranks 3,339 out of 18,182. Before him are La Toya Jackson (1956), Robert Monroe (1915), Al Green (1946), Virginia Hall (1906), Carmen Argenziano (1943), and Gordon Bunshaft (1909). After him are Julia Robinson (1919), Brian Weiss (1944), Harold Robbins (1916), McCoy Tyner (1938), Margaux Hemingway (1954), and Ruggiero Ricci (1918).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Moses Malone ranks 28. Before him are George Mikan (1924), Derrick Rose (1988), Charles Barkley (1963), Bob Pettit (1932), Isiah Thomas (1961), and Pat Riley (1945). After him are Stephen Curry (1988), Allen Iverson (1975), Don Nelson (1940), Rick Barry (1944), Red Auerbach (1917), and Reggie Miller (1965).

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