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Muggsy Bogues

1965 - Today

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Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues (born January 9, 1965) is an American former basketball player. The shortest player ever to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), the 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) Bogues played point guard for four teams during his 14-season career in the NBA. Although best known for his ten seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, he also played for the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Toronto Raptors. Bogues finished in the top seven in assists in six consecutive seasons (1989–1995), and in the top ten in steals in three of those seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muggsy Bogues has received more than 8,494,048 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Muggsy Bogues is the 59th most popular basketball player (down from 52nd in 2019), the 4,212th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,110th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Muggsy Bogues ranks 59 out of 1,757. Before him are Alexander Gomelsky, Nikos Galis, Aleksandar Đorđević, Allen Iverson, Robert Parish, and Terry Dischinger. After him are Don Nelson, Dragan Kićanović, Steve Kerr, Pete Maravich, Nate Thurmond, and Willis Reed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Muggsy Bogues ranks 114. Before him are E-Type, Gennady Zhidko, Ernesto Hoost, Uğur Şahin, Sherilyn Fenn, and Frédéric Beigbeder. After him are Ingo Schwichtenberg, Karin Kneissl, Aaron Kwok, Željko Petrović, Jon Cryer, and Steve Kerr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Muggsy Bogues ranks 4,212 out of 20,380. Before him are Jon Bernthal (1976), Harry Hopkins (1890), John Astin (1930), Richard Linklater (1960), Evelyn Berezin (1925), and Jack Nance (1943). After him are Jennifer Morrison (1979), Anthony McAuliffe (1898), Dakota Johnson (1989), Patrick Wayne (1939), John Kitzmiller (1913), and Samuel Jones (1880).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Muggsy Bogues ranks 37. Before him are Isiah Thomas (1961), David Robinson (1965), Nikos Galis (1957), Allen Iverson (1975), Robert Parish (1953), and Terry Dischinger (1940). After him are Don Nelson (1940), Pete Maravich (1947), Nate Thurmond (1941), Willis Reed (1942), Chuck Daly (1930), and Elvin Hayes (1945).

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