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Oscar Robertson

1938 - Today

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Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938), nicknamed "the Big O", is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Robertson played point guard and was a 12-time All-Star, 11-time member of the All-NBA Team, and one-time winner of the MVP award in 14 seasons. In 1962, he became the first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season (the only player in history besides Russell Westbrook). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Robertson has received more than 4,469,934 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Oscar Robertson is the 11th most popular basketball player (up from 14th in 2019), the 1,355th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,491st in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Oscar Robertson ranks 11 out of 1,268Before him are Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Dennis Rodman, Larry Bird, and Clyde Drexler. After him are Jerry West, LeBron James, Scottie Pippen, Julius Erving, Dražen Petrović, and Radivoj Korać.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Oscar Robertson ranks 75Before him are Anthony James Leggett, J. J. Cale, Dean Reed, Kenny Rogers, Georg Baselitz, and Carlos Bilardo. After him are Ricardo Lagos, Wim Kok, Oliver Reed, Issey Miyake, Connie Francis, and Frank Langella.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oscar Robertson ranks 1,355 out of 18,182Before him are Ben Stiller (1965), Clyde Drexler (1962), Courtney Love (1964), Michael Connelly (1956), Stan Kroenke (1947), and Viola Davis (1965). After him are James Bond (1900), Susan Hayward (1917), Betty Ford (1918), Andie MacDowell (1958), Charles Ives (1874), and Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Oscar Robertson ranks 11Before him are Bill Russell (1934), Magic Johnson (1959), Kobe Bryant (1978), Dennis Rodman (1961), Larry Bird (1956), and Clyde Drexler (1962). After him are Jerry West (1938), LeBron James (1984), Scottie Pippen (1965), Julius Erving (1950), Karl Malone (1963), and Bob Cousy (1928).