BASKETBALL PLAYER

Yao Ming

1980 - Today

Yao Ming

Yao Ming (Chinese: 姚明; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Yao was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yao Ming has received more than 12,765,905 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Yao Ming is the 45th most popular basketball player (up from 49th in 2019), the 699th most popular biography from China (down from 689th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

13M
Page Views (PV)
53.51
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
58
Languages Editions (L)
5.99
Effective Languages (L*)
4.41
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yao Mings by language

Over the past year Yao Ming has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 1,514,532 views, followed by Chinese (174,500), and Spanish (167,749). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kurdish (Sorani) (308.16%), Simple English (294.76%), and Uzbek (168.77%)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Yao Ming ranks 45 out of 1,757. Before him are Charles Barkley, Toni Kukoč, Bogdan Tanjević, Moses Malone, Manute Bol, and Stephen Curry. After him are Rick Barry, Red Auerbach, Cēzars Ozers, Isiah Thomas, Patrick Ewing, and Šarūnas Jasikevičius.

Most Popular Basketball Players in Wikipedia

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Charles Barkley
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 39
Toni Kukoč
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 40
Bogdan Tanjević
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 41
Moses Malone
1955 - 2015
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 42
Manute Bol
1962 - 2010
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 43
Stephen Curry
1988 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 44
Yao Ming
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 45
Rick Barry
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 46
Red Auerbach
1917 - 2006
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 47
Cēzars Ozers
1937 - 2023
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 48
Isiah Thomas
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 49
Patrick Ewing
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 50
Šarūnas Jasikevičius
1976 - Present
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 51

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Yao Ming ranks 26. Before him are Cansu Dere, Christina Ricci, Sibel Kekilli, Esteban Cambiasso, Marat Safin, and Martina Hingis. After him are Ri Sol-ju, Charlie Hunnam, David Garrett, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Martín Demichelis, and Akshata Murty.

Others Born in 1980

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Cansu Dere
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 20
Christina Ricci
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 21
Sibel Kekilli
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 22
Esteban Cambiasso
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 23
Marat Safin
TENNIS PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 24
Martina Hingis
TENNIS PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 25
Yao Ming
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 26
Ri Sol-ju
COMPANION
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 27
Charlie Hunnam
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 28
David Garrett
MUSICIAN
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 29
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
POLITICIAN
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 30
Martín Demichelis
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 31
Akshata Murty
BUSINESSPERSON
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 32