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Jason Williams

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Jason Chandler Williams (born November 18, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player who was a point guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for twelve seasons from 1998 to 2011. In 2006, Williams won an NBA championship as the starting point guard for the Miami Heat. Nicknamed "White Chocolate", Williams is known for his unorthodox streetball style of playing throughout his career in the NBA. A native of West Virginia, Williams played college basketball for Marshall University and the University of Florida. The Sacramento Kings selected him in the first round of the 1998 NBA draft. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Jason Williams is the 437th most popular basketball player (down from 299th in 2024), the 13,834th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,500th in 2019) and the 247th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jason Williams ranks 437 out of 1,757Before him are Fabricio Oberto, Marcin Gortat, Grant Hill, J. J. Barea, Dejan Tomašević, and Stéphane Lasme. After him are Bob Houbregs, Bobby Wanzer, Myles Turner, Nick Calathes, Jan Veselý, and Don Barksdale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Jason Williams ranks 426Before him are Gerardo Bedoya, Fabricio Oberto, Pavel Horváth, Aleksandrs Koļinko, Gulmurod Khalimov, and Oriol Paulo. After him are Kishō Taniyama, Tony Sylva, Sultan Ibragimov, Michael Kretschmer, Mara Carfagna, and Toni Ribas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jason Williams ranks 13,838 out of 20,380Before him are Fannie Ward (1872), Alice Evans (1971), Charlie Rich (1932), Jack Smith (1932), Caleb Landry Jones (1989), and Joshua Waitzkin (1976). After him are Kate Upton (1992), Bobby Wanzer (1921), Josh Dun (1988), Walter Murphy (1952), Al D'Amato (1937), and Jesper Hansen (null).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Jason Williams ranks 247Before him are Kenny Atkinson (1967), Ryan Anderson (1988), Andy Phillip (1922), Chris Bosh (1984), Damian Lillard (1990), and Grant Hill (1972). After him are Bobby Wanzer (1921), Myles Turner (1996), Nick Calathes (1989), Don Barksdale (1923), Chris Webber (1973), and Cliff Hagan (1931).