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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

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Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander ( SHAY GHIL-jəs; or SHY GHIL-jəs; born July 12, 1998), also known by his initials SGA, is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats and was selected 11th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2018 NBA draft before being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers that same night. In his rookie year, Gilgeous-Alexander was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team before being traded to the Thunder in July 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has received more than 5,500,232 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the 613th most popular basketball player (up from 1,119th in 2019), the 944th most popular biography from Canada (up from 1,120th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Basketball Player.

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  • 5.5M

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  • 44.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ranks 613 out of 1,757. Before him are Dan Majerle, Anthony Mason, John Lucas II, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Matjaž Smodiš, and Marcus Camby. After him are Donovan Mitchell, Maodo Lô, Steve Smith, Tiago Splitter, Trae Young, and Elton Brand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1998, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ranks 104. Before him are Jasper Philipsen, Paris Jackson, Omar Ayuso, Moussa Wagué, Jonathan Ikoné, and Lee Seung-woo. After him are Cheng Xiao, Trae Young, Musa Barrow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Miltiadis Tentoglou, and Orel Mangala.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ranks 944 out of 1,622. Before him are Anna Silk (1974), Dean DeBlois (1970), Julian de Guzman (1981), Emily Perkins (1977), Alan van Sprang (1971), and Harry Jerome (1940). After him are Andrew Crosby (1965), Yasmeen Ghauri (1971), Hooley Smith (1903), Karen Magnussen (1952), Manjul Bhargava (1974), and Blair Horn (1961).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Canada

Among basketball players born in Canada, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ranks 4. Before him are Bob Houbregs (1932), Rick Fox (1969), and Bill Wennington (1963). After him are Nik Stauskas (1993), Tristan Thompson (1991), Anthony Bennett (1993), Jamal Murray (1997), Andrew Wiggins (1995), Kevin Pangos (1993), Kelly Olynyk (1991), and Dillon Brooks (1996).

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