BASKETBALL PLAYER

Sheryl Swoopes

1971 - Today

Sheryl Swoopes

Sheryl Denise Swoopes (born March 25, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game. Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals and is one of eleven women's basketball players to have won an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a FIBA World Cup gold, and a WNBA title. She was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Sheryl Swoopes is the 1,321st most popular basketball player (down from 1,271st in 2024), the 19,289th most popular biography from United States (down from 18,473rd in 2019) and the 704th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Sheryl Swoopes ranks 1,319 out of 1,757. Before her are Elisa Aguilar, Chandler Parsons, Nikoloz Tskitishvili, and Niels Giffey. After her are Nazr Mohammed, Edin Bavčić, Blake Schilb, Milko Bjelica, Kamie Ethridge, O. J. Mayo, Jaka Blažič, and Lance Stephenson.

Most Popular Basketball Players in Wikipedia

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Elisa Aguilar
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 1,315
Chandler Parsons
1988 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 1,316
Nikoloz Tskitishvili
1983 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 1,317
Niels Giffey
1991 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 1,318
Sheryl Swoopes
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.23
Rank: 1,319
Nazr Mohammed
1977 - Present
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 1,320
Edin Bavčić
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.19
Rank: 1,321
Blake Schilb
1983 - Present
HPI: 38.19
Rank: 1,322
Milko Bjelica
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.16
Rank: 1,323
Kamie Ethridge
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 1,324
O. J. Mayo
1987 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 1,325
Jaka Blažič
1990 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 1,326
Lance Stephenson
1990 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 1,327

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Sheryl Swoopes ranks 1,246. Before her are Fernando Zavala, Scott Menville, Adam Foote, John Roberts, Kris Aquino, and Frank Amankwah. After her are Ramon Vega, Michaela Watkins, Ricardo Ismael Rojas, Karl Deisseroth, Sukhwinder Singh, and Tim Austin.

Others Born in 1971

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Fernando Zavala
POLITICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.39
Rank: 1,240
Scott Menville
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.34
Rank: 1,241
Adam Foote
ATHLETE
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 1,242
John Roberts
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 1,243
Kris Aquino
PRESENTER
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 1,244
Frank Amankwah
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 1,245
Sheryl Swoopes
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.23
Rank: 1,246
Ramon Vega
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 1,247
Michaela Watkins
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 1,248
Ricardo Ismael Rojas
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 1,249
Karl Deisseroth
BIOLOGIST
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 1,250
Sukhwinder Singh
SINGER
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.06
Rank: 1,251
Tim Austin
BOXER
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.03
Rank: 1,252