Trending Basketball Players — all time
The 100 most-viewed basketball players on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Mike Ditka. Data as of 30 October 2026.
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12,759,776
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
Mike Ditka
American football player, coach, and television commentator (1939-2026)
1,470,698
views
views
2
LeBron James
American basketball player (born 1984)
614,800
views
views
3
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
474,375
views
views
4
Caitlyn Jenner
American media personality and retired decathlete
429,797
views
views
5
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
332,114
views
views
6
Gabby Williams
French basketball player (born 1996)
232,709
views
views
7
Kobe Bryant
American basketball player (1978–2020)
223,673
views
views
8
A'ja Wilson
American basketball player (born 1996)
217,986
views
views
9
Yaxel Lendeborg
American basketball player (born 2002)
217,513
views
views
10
Sophie Cunningham
American basketball player born 1996
217,310
views
views
11
Shaquille O'Neal
American basketball player (born 1972)
214,200
views
views
12
Angel Reese
American basketball player (born 2002)
205,497
views
views
13
Mahershala Ali
American actor
189,160
views
views
14
Stephen Curry
American basketball player (born 1988)
183,222
views
views
15
Tom Selleck
American actor (born 1945)
183,110
views
views
16
Caitlin Clark
American basketball player (born 2002)
182,694
views
views
17
Victor Wembanyama
French basketball player (born 2004)
169,915
views
views
18
LaMelo Ball
American basketball player (born 2001)
165,787
views
views
19
Walker Kessler
American basketball player (born 2001)
153,615
views
views
20
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nigerian-Greek basketball player (born 1994)
153,483
views
views
21
Aday Mara
Spanish basketball player (born 2005)
149,798
views
views
22
Natalie Nakase
American professional basketball coach
148,156
views
views
23
Michael Clarke Duncan
American actor (1957–2012)
145,028
views
views
24
Ty Jerome
American basketball player (born 1997)
142,096
views
views
25
Ben Simmons
Australian basketball player (born 1996)
133,181
views
views
26
Magic Johnson
American basketball player and entrepreneur (born 1959)
124,020
views
views
27
Kevin Durant
American basketball player (born 1988)
121,256
views
views
28
Dennis Rodman
American basketball player (born 1961)
120,439
views
views
29
Luka Dončić
Slovenian basketball player (born 1999)
119,598
views
views
30
Bronny James
American basketball player (born 2004)
117,432
views
views
31
Jaylen Brown
American basketball player (born 1996)
111,057
views
views
32
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American basketball player (born 1947)
110,336
views
views
33
Nick Nolte
American actor (born 1941)
110,039
views
views
34
Will Venable
American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1982)
109,735
views
views
35
Tony Parker
French basketball player (born 1982)
108,880
views
views
36
Andre Drummond
American basketball player (born 1993)
105,158
views
views
37
Lonzo Ball
American basketball player (born 1997)
101,388
views
views
38
Kawhi Leonard
American basketball player (born 1991)
100,094
views
views
39
Anthony Edwards
American basketball player (born 2001)
98,706
views
views
40
Joshua Turek
American politician and wheelchair basketball player
97,481
views
views
41
Jalen Brunson
American basketball player (born 1996)
97,385
views
views
42
Manny Pacquiao
Filipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor, politician and philanthropist
97,056
views
views
43
Larry Bird
American basketball player and coach (born 1956)
94,652
views
views
44
Nikola Jokić
Serbian basketball player (born 1995)
94,550
views
views
45
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Canadian basketball player (born 1998)
88,667
views
views
46
Tyrese Maxey
American basketball player (born 2000)
87,690
views
views
47
Yao Ming
Chinese basketball player (born 1980)
87,365
views
views
48
Damian Lillard
American basketball player (born 1990)
85,506
views
views
49
James Harden
American basketball player (born 1989)
84,847
views
views
50
Ja Morant
American basketball player (born 1999)
83,604
views
views
51
Paul George
American basketball player (born 1990)
83,239
views
views
52
Kyrie Irving
American basketball player (born 1992)
81,893
views
views
53
Wilt Chamberlain
American basketball player (1936–1999)
80,155
views
views
54
Cooper Flagg
American basketball player (born 2006)
75,892
views
views
55
Charles Barkley
American basketball player (born 1963)
75,762
views
views
56
Muggsy Bogues
American basketball player-coach
75,360
views
views
57
Dalton Knecht
American basketball player (born 2001)
75,360
views
views
58
Klay Thompson
American basketball player (born 1990)
74,869
views
views
59
Edi Rama
Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 (born 1964)
74,851
views
views
60
Elsa Hosk
Swedish fashion model
73,571
views
views
61
Russell Westbrook
American basketball player (born 1988)
73,378
views
views
62
Heidi Burge
American basketball player (born 1971)
72,667
views
views
63
Enes Kanter Freedom
Turkish-American basketball player (born 1992)
71,058
views
views
64
Allen Iverson
American basketball player (born 1975)
70,888
views
views
65
Kane
American professional wrestler, actor, and politician
70,246
views
views
66
Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
70,232
views
views
67
Rui Hachimura
Japanese basketball player (born 1998)
69,710
views
views
68
Bam Adebayo
American basketball player (born 1997)
69,080
views
views
69
Tyrese Haliburton
American basketball player (born 2000)
68,618
views
views
70
Jayson Tatum
American basketball player (born 1998)
68,513
views
views
71
Marine Johannes
French basketball player (born 1995)
67,198
views
views
72
DeWanna Bonner
American-Macedonian basketball player
65,492
views
views
73
Steve Nash
Canadian basketball player and coach
64,940
views
views
74
Karl-Anthony Towns
Dominican-American basketball player
64,871
views
views
75
Joel Embiid
Cameroonian and French basketball player
64,210
views
views
76
J. Cole
American rapper and record producer (born 1985)
64,163
views
views
77
Jalen Williams
American basketball player (born 2001)
64,112
views
views
78
Anthony Davis
American basketball player (born 1993)
63,201
views
views
79
Blake Griffin
American basketball player (born 1989)
63,185
views
views
80
Yuki Kawamura
Japanese basketball player (born 2001)
61,998
views
views
81
Kiah Stokes
Turkish-American basketball player (born 1993)
60,960
views
views
82
Dwyane Wade
American basketball player (born 1982)
60,192
views
views
83
Dirk Nowitzki
German basketball player (born 1978)
60,132
views
views
84
OG Anunoby
British basketball player (born 1997)
59,363
views
views
85
Brittney Griner
American basketball player (born 1990)
58,895
views
views
86
AJ Dybantsa
American basketball player (born 2007)
58,692
views
views
87
Ted Cassidy
American actor (1932-1979)
57,476
views
views
88
Carmelo Anthony
American basketball player (born 1984)
57,070
views
views
89
Mario Hezonja
Croatian basketball player (born 1995)
56,425
views
views
90
Scottie Pippen
American basketball player (born 1965)
56,387
views
views
91
D'Angelo Russell
American basketball player (born 1996)
56,203
views
views
92
Kris Humphries
American basketball player (born 1985)
56,129
views
views
93
Iman Shumpert
American basketball player (born 1990)
55,493
views
views
94
Lamar Odom
American basketball player (born 1979)
54,999
views
views
95
Jim Thorpe
American track and field athlete and baseball player (1888-1953)
54,879
views
views
96
Devin Booker
American basketball player (born 1996)
54,852
views
views
97
Amar'e Stoudemire
American basketball player (born 1982)
54,292
views
views
98
Dwight Howard
American basketball player (born 1985)
53,949
views
views
99
DeMar DeRozan
American basketball player (born 1989)
53,939
views
views
100
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Icelandic strongman and actor
53,879
views
views