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Nikos Galis

1957 - Today

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Nikolaos Georgalis (Greek: Νικόλαος Γεωργαλής; born July 23, 1957), commonly known as either Nikos Galis (Greek: Νίκος Γκάλης), or Nick Galis, is a Greek former professional basketball player. Galis, who during his playing days was nicknamed, "Nick The Greek", "The Gangster", and "The Iron Man", is widely regarded as Europe's greatest scorer to ever play the game, and as one of the all-time greatest players in FIBA international basketball history. In 1991, Galis was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikos Galis has received more than 701,425 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Nikos Galis is the 54th most popular basketball player (up from 68th in 2019), the 3,958th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,799th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Nikos Galis ranks 54 out of 1,757. Before him are Cēzars Ozers, Isiah Thomas, Patrick Ewing, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, David Robinson, and Alexander Gomelsky. After him are Aleksandar Đorđević, Allen Iverson, Robert Parish, Terry Dischinger, Muggsy Bogues, and Don Nelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Nikos Galis ranks 132. Before him are Kadim Al Sahir, Paul Reiser, Shirin Neshat, Susanna Tamaro, Bruce Grobbelaar, and Brad Bird. After him are Robert Harris, Bret Hart, Nikolaos Michaloliakos, José Coronado, Christian Berkel, and William Kaelin Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nikos Galis ranks 3,958 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Ewell (1909), John W. McCormack (1891), Gary Burton (1943), Scott Carpenter (1925), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), and Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844). After him are Jean Peters (1926), Mack Swain (1876), Marianne Williamson (1952), Frank Marshall (1946), David Wilkerson (1931), and Lepke Buchalter (1897).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Nikos Galis ranks 33. Before him are Moses Malone (1955), Stephen Curry (1988), Rick Barry (1944), Red Auerbach (1917), Isiah Thomas (1961), and David Robinson (1965). After him are Allen Iverson (1975), Robert Parish (1953), Terry Dischinger (1940), Muggsy Bogues (1965), Don Nelson (1940), and Pete Maravich (1947).

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