BASKETBALL PLAYER

Walt Frazier

1945 - Today

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Walter "Clyde" Frazier Jr. (born March 29, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As their floor general and top perimeter defender, he led the New York Knicks to the franchise's only two championships (1970 and 1973), and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walt Frazier has received more than 2,090,579 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Walt Frazier is the 113th most popular basketball player (down from 99th in 2019), the 6,437th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,942nd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 2.1M

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  • 55.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Walt Frazier ranks 113 out of 1,757Before him are Vinko Jelovac, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Mike Krzyzewski, Alexander Belov, Isaiah Thomas, and Bill Sharman. After him are Kevin Garnett, Dolph Schayes, George Gervin, John Wooden, James Worthy, and Steve Nash.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Walt Frazier ranks 404Before him are Vladimir Nazlymov, Tobias Wolff, Karol Jokl, Patrick Malahide, Jean-Marie Poiré, and Randy Brecker. After him are Brian Doyle-Murray, Ken Livingstone, Anna Enquist, Henrik Nordbrandt, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, and Saharon Shelah.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walt Frazier ranks 6,437 out of 20,380Before him are Eugene Burton Ely (1886), William Henry Conley (1840), Damon Knight (1922), Bobo Brazil (1924), Charles Bolden (1946), and Audrey Munson (1891). After him are Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), Virginia Hall (1906), Roscoe Lockwood (1875), Aaron Sorkin (1961), William Dwight Whitney (1827), and Earl Tupper (1907).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Walt Frazier ranks 62Before him are Mike D'Antoni (1951), Joe Bryant (1954), Spencer Haywood (1949), Mike Krzyzewski (1947), Isaiah Thomas (1989), and Bill Sharman (1926). After him are Kevin Garnett (1976), Dolph Schayes (1928), George Gervin (1952), John Wooden (1910), James Worthy (1961), and Bill Walton (1952).