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Pervis Ellison

1967 - Today

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Pervis Ellison (born April 3, 1967) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Nicknamed "Never Nervous Pervis" for his clutch play with the University of Louisville, after leading Louisville to a national championship, Ellison was the first overall pick in the 1989 NBA Draft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pervis Ellison has received more than 445,473 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Pervis Ellison is the 785th most popular basketball player (down from 697th in 2019), the 15,262nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,730th in 2019) and the 448th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Pervis Ellison ranks 785 out of 1,268Before him are Becky Hammon, Kostas Papanikolaou, Mike Miller, Gerald Wallace, Ben Gordon, and Nenad Krstić. After him are Beno Udrih, Jeff Turner, Ron Boone, Adrien Moerman, Jānis Timma, and Ty Lawson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Pervis Ellison ranks 695Before him are Kenny Atkinson, Dominic A. Antonelli, Masahiro Shimoda, Terry W. Virts, Kenji Oba, and Ann Brashares. After him are Hamzah Saleh, Andrey Pyatnitsky, NeNe Leakes, Terry Butler, Tommy Page, and Darko Milanič.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pervis Ellison ranks 15,262 out of 18,182Before him are Victor Davis Hanson (1953), Madison Pettis (1998), Travie McCoy (1981), Tony Campos (1973), Ann Brashares (1967), and Rick Gomez (1972). After him are Ambyr Childers (1988), Aron Eisenberg (1969), Barry Sanders (1968), Tim Walz (1964), Kelly Link (1969), and Thom Tillis (1960).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Pervis Ellison ranks 448Before him are Brian Scalabrine (1978), Victor Oladipo (1992), Jerome Kersey (1962), Becky Hammon (1977), Mike Miller (1980), and Gerald Wallace (1982). After him are Jeff Turner (1962), Ron Boone (1946), Ty Lawson (1987), Antoine Walker (1976), Theo Ratliff (1973), and Hassan Whiteside (1989).