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Nikola Jokić

1995 - Today

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Nikola Jokić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Јокић, pronounced [nǐkola jôkitɕ] ; born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is a center for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Joker", he is regarded as one of the greatest players and centers of all time, and is often considered the greatest draft steal in NBA history. A six-time NBA All-Star, Jokić has been named to the All-NBA Team on five occasions (including three first-team selections), and won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikola Jokić has received more than 14,307,137 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Nikola Jokić is the 165th most popular basketball player (up from 314th in 2019), the 291st most popular biography from Serbia (up from 317th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Serbian Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nikola Jokić by language

Over the past year Nikola Jokić has had the most page views in the with 6,834,288 views, followed by Spanish (666,186), and Portuguese (376,366). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lithuanian (1,377.20%), Slovenian (854.21%), and Greek (733.27%)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Nikola Jokić ranks 165 out of 1,757. Before him are K. C. Jones, Dell Curry, Lauren Jackson, Stojko Vranković, David Thompson, and Juan Carlos Navarro. After him are Mikheil Korkia, Tracy McGrady, Cesare Rubini, Gennadi Volnov, Jason Kidd, and Fernando Martín Espina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Nikola Jokić ranks 30. Before him are Mikaela Shiffrin, Dominik Livaković, Ferland Mendy, Milan Škriniar, Mike Maignan, and João Palhinha. After him are Presnel Kimpembe, Álvaro Odriozola, Hirving Lozano, Anthony Martial, Nayeon, and Ángel Correa.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Nikola Jokić ranks 291 out of 661. Before him are Zoran Živković (1945), Branka Katić (1970), Nikola Žigić (1980), Mira Alečković (1924), Lazăr Sfera (1909), and Slaviša Žungul (1954). After him are Dušan Vlahović (2000), Ljubiša Stevanović (1910), Ivica Brzić (1941), Stoja (1972), Jelena Janković (1985), and Blagoje Paunović (1947).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Serbia

Among basketball players born in Serbia, Nikola Jokić ranks 11. Before him are Dejan Bodiroga (1973), Zoran Slavnić (1949), Dragan Šakota (1952), Miloš Teodosić (1987), Vlade Divac (1968), and Saša Obradović (1969). After him are Željko Rebrača (1972), Mirsad Türkcan (1976), Bogdan Bogdanović (1992), Marko Jarić (1978), Igor Rakočević (1978), and Dejan Tomašević (1973).

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