BASKETBALL PLAYER

Satch Sanders

1938 - Today

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Thomas Ernest "Satch" Sanders (born November 8, 1938) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played his entire professional career as a power forward for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Sanders won eight NBA championships and is tied for third for the most NBA championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Satch Sanders has received more than 476,333 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Satch Sanders is the 314th most popular basketball player (down from 304th in 2019), the 11,799th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,185th in 2019) and the 165th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Satch Sanders ranks 314 out of 1,757Before him are Connie Hawkins, Harry Gallatin, Ainars Bagatskis, Anthony Davis, Marco Belinelli, and Rudy Gobert. After him are Calvin Murphy, Jamaal Wilkes, Chris Bosh, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Robert Horry, and Teresa Edwards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Satch Sanders ranks 573Before him are Lagumot Harris, Yevgeni Mayorov, Péter Bakonyi, Gerry Byrne, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, and Steve Kuhn. After him are Rolando Serrano, B. Saroja Devi, Aldo Valentini, Eugene J. Martin, Ian St John, and Peter Westbury.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Satch Sanders ranks 11,799 out of 20,380Before him are Joe Paterno (1926), Karl Gordon Henize (1926), Charles Drake (1917), Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936), Bucky Pizzarelli (1926), and Goldust (1969). After him are Scott McCloud (1960), Roy Brown (1925), Jennifer Syme (1972), Leslie Feinberg (1949), Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Satch Sanders ranks 165Before him are Erik Spoelstra (1970), Mitch Kupchak (1954), Buddy Jeannette (1917), Connie Hawkins (1942), Harry Gallatin (1927), and Anthony Davis (1993). After him are Calvin Murphy (1948), Jamaal Wilkes (1953), Chris Bosh (1984), Robert Horry (1970), Teresa Edwards (1964), and Grant Hill (1972).