BASKETBALL PLAYER

Paul Westphal

1950 - 2021

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Paul Douglas Westphal (November 30, 1950 – January 2, 2021) was an American basketball player, head coach, and commentator. Westphal played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1972 to 1984. Playing the guard position, he won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics in 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Westphal has received more than 1,184,385 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Westphal is the 370th most popular basketball player (down from 277th in 2019), the 12,705th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,742nd in 2019) and the 196th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Paul Westphals by language

Over the past year Paul Westphal has had the most page views in the with 156,245 views, followed by Spanish (4,412), and Chinese (4,081). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (175.00%), Egyptian Arabic (69.13%), and Finnish (26.56%)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Paul Westphal ranks 370 out of 1,757. Before him are Hortência Marcari, Fernando Romay, Sidney Moncrief, Nicolas Batum, Adrian Smith, and Francis Johnson. After him are Alvin Robertson, Kšyštof Lavrinovič, Igor Rakočević, Sam Perkins, Evan Fournier, and Mike Bantom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Paul Westphal ranks 669. Before him are Fatoumata Coulibaly, Zdravka Yordanova, George Nelson, Zinaida Amosova, Tony Wilson, and Luisa Fernanda Rudi. After him are Vladimir Semenets, Aleksandr Klepikov, Jerry Heidenreich, Markku Aro, Karen Joy Fowler, and Jørgen Marcussen. Among people deceased in 2021, Paul Westphal ranks 650. Before him are Tuomo Ylipulli, Antonio de la Torre, Vladimir Vysotsky, Shashikala, Aleksandr Timoshinin, and Richard Lerner. After him are Mo Hayder, Aleksandr Klepikov, Tommy Troelsen, Keith Greene, Sally Ann Howes, and Johnny Isakson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Westphal ranks 12,705 out of 20,380. Before him are Hailey Baldwin (1996), Donald Faison (1974), Kyle Richards (1969), Celeste Yarnall (1944), Michael Pollan (1955), and Tommy Tuberville (1954). After him are Ray LaHood (1945), Henry Schoolcraft (1793), Alex Karras (1935), Craig Mazin (1971), Richard A. Muller (1944), and Gabriel Moore (1785).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Paul Westphal ranks 196. Before him are Andre Iguodala (1984), James Forbes (1952), Tom Gola (1933), Sidney Moncrief (1957), Adrian Smith (1936), and Francis Johnson (1910). After him are Alvin Robertson (1962), Sam Perkins (1961), Mike Bantom (1951), Chet Walker (1940), Bob Boozer (1937), and Greg Oden (1988).

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