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Jeff Green

1986 - Today

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Jeffrey Lynn Green (born August 28, 1986), nicknamed "Uncle Jeff", is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As of 2025-26, he has played for 11 NBA teams in 18 seasons. A forward, Green played three seasons of college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas. After entering the 2007 NBA draft, he was selected with the fifth overall pick by the Boston Celtics, but was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Jeff Green is the 983rd most popular basketball player (down from 828th in 2024), the 17,878th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,657th in 2019) and the 533rd most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jeff Green ranks 983 out of 1,757. Before him are Denise Curry, Tomas Van Den Spiegel, Juan Ignacio Sánchez, Cedric Ceballos, Rashard Lewis, and Wendell Carter Jr.. After him are Laura Hodges, Sue Bird, Justin Holiday, P. J. Brown, Willie Anderson, and Jānis Strēlnieks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Jeff Green ranks 846. Before him are Andreja Klepač, Milan Gajić, Jesse Klaver, Iasmin Latovlevici, Alejandro Alfaro, and Paulo Machado. After him are Drew Van Acker, Jinder Mahal, Waleed Abdullah, Aurélien Joachim, Pang Wei, and Viktor Sanikidze.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeff Green ranks 17,886 out of 20,380. Before him are Brooke Rollins (1972), Natalie Morales (1985), Wendell Carter Jr. (1999), Steve Chabot (1953), Jim Craig (1957), and Susan Tedeschi (1970). After him are Edy Ganem (1983), Barry Sanders (1968), Amanda Knox (1987), Michael Sweet (1963), Drew Van Acker (1986), and Mackenzie McDonald (1995).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Jeff Green ranks 533. Before him are Dale Davis (1969), Caron Butler (1980), Denise Curry (1959), Cedric Ceballos (1969), Rashard Lewis (1979), and Wendell Carter Jr. (1999). After him are Sue Bird (1980), Justin Holiday (1989), P. J. Brown (1969), Willie Anderson (1966), Nancy Lieberman (1958), and Kenyon Martin (1977).

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