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Toronto Raptors

National Basketball Association team in Toronto, Ontario
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Summary

Toronto Raptors is a basketball team[1]. It ranks in the top 0.11% of basketball team entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,428 views/month, #2 of 1,798).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Canada[3]
  • Home venue: Scotiabank Arena[4]
  • League or competition: National Basketball Association[5]
  • Owned by: Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment[6]
  • Named after: Velociraptor[7]
  • Headquarters location: Toronto[8]
  • Head coach: Darko Rajaković[9]
  • Part of: Atlantic Division[10]
  • Commons category: Toronto Raptors[11]
  • Inception: 1995[12]
  • Sport: basketball[13]
  • Official website: http://www.nba.com/raptors/[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Toronto Raptors[15]
  • Described at URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20190414204123/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95307/95307323.htm[16], https://web.archive.org/web/20190414204758/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores95/95308/95308323.htm[17]
  • Topic has template: Q25867891[18]
  • Owner of: Raptors 905[19]
  • Category for members of a team: Category:Toronto Raptors players[20]
  • Social media followers: 2,306,737[21], 2,180,111[22], 2,479,380[23], 2,589,093[24], 391,908[25]
  • P14470: Concepts/Toronto_Raptors[26]

Why It Matters

Toronto Raptors has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Basketball Reference. Retrieved . basketball-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . si.com. si.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . espn.com. espn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The independent topic id → toronto-raptors
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The independent topic id: toronto-raptors, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214140987|Toronto Raptors (#214140987)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7171|Th"
  2. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Toronto_Raptors
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Toronto_Raptors, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 24w ago · Zafer · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owner of → Raptors 905
    Inception → —
    Named after → —
    Topic has template → Q25867891
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instagram username: raptors"
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