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Otar Korkia

1923 - 2005

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Otar Korkia (Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, Russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; 10 May 1923 – 15 March 2005) was a Georgian professional basketball player and coach. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, in 1991. He was also named the Best Georgian Basketball Player of the 20th Century, and the Best Georgian Sportsman of the 20th Century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otar Korkia has received more than 34,004 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Otar Korkia is the 96th most popular basketball player (up from 115th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 155th in 2019) and the most popular Georgian Basketball Player.

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  • 34k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Otar Korkia ranks 96 out of 1,268. Before him are Gary Payton, Larry Brown, Kevin Garnett, Velimir Perasović, Nate Archibald, and Aleksandar Petrović. After him are Paul Arizin, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Walt Frazier, Vince Carter, Bob McAdoo, and Dejan Bodiroga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Otar Korkia ranks 266. Before him are William Guarnere, Richard Herrmann, Ruth Williams Khama, Norman Smith, Inger Jacobsen, and Eugene Sledge. After him are Juan Arza, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Thad Jones, Stefan Bozhkov, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, and Harold Gould. Among people deceased in 2005, Otar Korkia ranks 203. Before him are Elisabeth Domitien, Gordon Gould, Giuseppe Caprio, Natalya Meklin, Maclyn McCarty, and Mario David. After him are Netti Witziers-Timmer, Cliff Allison, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Kihachi Okamoto, Shirley Chisholm, and Larry Collins.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Otar Korkia ranks 157 out of 342. Before him are Ramaz Shengelia (1957), Boris Paichadze (1915), Haykanoush Danielyan (1893), Joseph Orbeli (1887), Davit Guramishvili (1705), and Merab Kostava (1939). After him are Otar Chiladze (1933), Vasily Abaev (1900), Givi Javakhishvili (1912), Marlen Khutsiev (1925), Benjamin Markarian (1913), and Nani Bregvadze (1938).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Georgia

Among basketball players born in Georgia, Otar Korkia ranks 1. After him are Zurab Sakandelidze (1945), Mikheil Korkia (1948), Zaza Pachulia (1984), Tornike Shengelia (1991), Giorgi Shermadini (1989), Jake Tsakalidis (1979), Viktor Sanikidze (1986), and Nikoloz Tskitishvili (1983).

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