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Rik Smits

1966 - Today

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Rik Smits (born 23 August 1966), nicknamed "the Dunking Dutchman" is a Dutch former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rik Smits has received more than 895,815 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Rik Smits is the 245th most popular basketball player (down from 184th in 2019), the 877th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 710th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 900k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Rik Smits ranks 245 out of 1,268. Before him are Rajon Rondo, Andre Iguodala, DeMar DeRozan, Ratko Radovanović, Joakim Noah, and Terry Dischinger. After him are Chris Bosh, Dean Smith, Rick Adelman, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Tiit Sokk, and Ralph Sampson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Rik Smits ranks 343. Before him are Kyōko Koizumi, Alastair Reynolds, Maria Canals-Barrera, Gail Devers, Georg Hackl, and Paul Haarhuis. After him are Srđan Aleksić, Angela Visser, Sandy Lam, John van den Brom, Lucas Alcaraz, and Stone Gossard.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Rik Smits ranks 877 out of 1,427. Before him are Nathan Aké (1995), Paul Haarhuis (1966), Jan Poortvliet (1955), Wilfred Bouma (1978), Maxime Verhagen (1956), and Marianne Vos (1987). After him are Erik Breukink (1964), Angela Visser (1966), Guido Imbens (1963), John van den Brom (1966), Denzel Dumfries (1996), and Quincy Promes (1992).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among basketball players born in Netherlands, Rik Smits ranks 1. After him are Francisco Elson (1976).

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