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Trae Young

1998 - Today

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Rayford Trae Young (born September 19, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners, where in his one season in 2017–18, he tied the then National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I single-game assists record with 22 and became the only player to ever lead the NCAA in both points and assists in a single season. Nicknamed "Ice Trae", he was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2018 NBA draft with the fifth pick, and later traded to the Atlanta Hawks, along with a future first-round pick, for the draft rights to Luka Dončić. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Trae Young has received more than 6,926,787 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Trae Young is the 618th most popular basketball player (down from 598th in 2019), the 15,277th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,184th in 2019) and the 334th most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Trae Young ranks 618 out of 1,757. Before him are Marcus Camby, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Donovan Mitchell, Maodo Lô, Steve Smith, and Tiago Splitter. After him are Elton Brand, Stefan Jović, Franz Wagner, Erazem Lorbek, Kenny Atkinson, and Bruce Bowen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1998, Trae Young ranks 105. Before him are Omar Ayuso, Moussa Wagué, Jonathan Ikoné, Lee Seung-woo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Cheng Xiao. After him are Musa Barrow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Miltiadis Tentoglou, Orel Mangala, Altay Bayındır, and Amadou Haidara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Trae Young ranks 15,277 out of 20,380. Before him are Kathleen Beller (1956), T-Pain (1985), Steve Smith (1969), Bruce Cohen (1961), J Mascis (1965), and Jason Ritter (1980). After him are Aaron Krickstein (1967), Allison Williams (1988), Danielle Collins (1993), H. Jon Benjamin (1966), Elton Brand (1979), and Richard J. Terrile (1951).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Trae Young ranks 334. Before him are Dan Majerle (1965), Anthony Mason (1966), John Lucas II (1953), Marcus Camby (1974), Donovan Mitchell (1996), and Steve Smith (1969). After him are Elton Brand (1979), Kenny Atkinson (1967), Bruce Bowen (1971), Kyle Lowry (1986), Derek Harper (1961), and LaMelo Ball (2001).

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