BASKETBALL PLAYER

Shawn Bradley

1972 - Today

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Shawn Paul Bradley (born March 22, 1972) is a German-American former professional basketball player who played center for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, and Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is one of the tallest players in NBA history at 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m). Bradley was born in Landstuhl, West Germany, as his family was stationed at the U.S. military base medical facility, and grew up in Castle Dale, Utah. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shawn Bradley has received more than 3,487,820 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Shawn Bradley is the 271st most popular basketball player (down from 209th in 2019), the 5,585th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,678th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Basketball Player.

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  • 49.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Shawn Bradley ranks 271 out of 1,757Before him are Sabit Hadžić, Danko Cvjetićanin, George Karl, Joan Plaza, Marko Jarić, and Hedo Türkoğlu. After him are Vince Boryla, Gianmarco Pozzecco, Dwight Howard, Vincent Collet, Tomás Herrera Martínez, and Sam Lacey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Shawn Bradley ranks 350Before him are Andreas Goldberger, Darren Shahlavi, Ihor Klymenko, Daniel Elena, Carlos Ponce, and Raimondas Rumšas. After him are Devin Townsend, Erika Marozsán, Dave Williams, Jacinda Barrett, Gianmarco Pozzecco, and David Tua.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Shawn Bradley ranks 5,585 out of 7,253Before him are Jürgen Werner (1935), Gerd Zewe (1950), Leopold Löwenheim (1878), Jonas Hofmann (1992), Hannelore Anke (1957), and Lars Stindl (1988). After him are Christiane Paul (1974), Willi Heeks (1922), Leni Schmidt (1906), Lothar Kobluhn (1943), Franz Keller (1945), and Anett Pötzsch (1960).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Germany

Among basketball players born in Germany, Shawn Bradley ranks 4Before him are Dirk Nowitzki (1978), Detlef Schrempf (1963), and Dennis Schröder (1993). After him are Daniel Theis (1992), Tibor Pleiß (1989), Johannes Voigtmann (1992), Moritz Wagner (1997), Maodo Lô (1992), Franz Wagner (2001), Carlos Boozer (1981), and Kiki VanDeWeghe (1958).