Basketball (ball)

Basketball - inflated ball used for basketball games. Article “Basketball (ball)” in English Wikipedia has 56.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 33 references and 7 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Basketball (ball)” was edited by 5 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Basketball (ball)”, its content was written by 424 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 835 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 255 times in English Wikipedia and cited 818 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7154 in September 2008
• Global: #20599 in June 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #25576 in November 2012
• Global: #40171 in April 2020

There are 29 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Basketball (ball)		56.7609
2	Polish (pl) Piłka do koszykówki		49.3832
3	German (de) Basketball (Sportgerät)		45.0775
4	Hebrew (he) כדור כדורסל		44.5462
5	Ukrainian (uk) Баскетбольний м'яч		41.8304
6	Chinese (zh) 篮球 (球)		36.4455
7	Russian (ru) Баскетбольный мяч		35.3657
8	Azerbaijani (az) Basketbol topu		33.626
9	Armenian (hy) Բասկետբոլի գնդակ		32.7008
10	Spanish (es) Balón de baloncesto		27.8948

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Basketball (ball)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Basketball (ball)		3 382 489
2	Russian (ru) Баскетбольный мяч		704 471
3	Spanish (es) Balón de baloncesto		651 220
4	French (fr) Ballon de basket-ball		362 291
5	German (de) Basketball (Sportgerät)		309 421
6	Italian (it) Pallone da pallacanestro		269 105
7	Chinese (zh) 篮球 (球)		96 669
8	Persian (fa) توپ بسکتبال		87 254
9	Portuguese (pt) Bola de basquete		70 383
10	Polish (pl) Piłka do koszykówki		66 961

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Basketball (ball)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Basketball (ball)		12 745
2	Spanish (es) Balón de baloncesto		3 370
3	Russian (ru) Баскетбольный мяч		2 402
4	Chinese (zh) 篮球 (球)		1 042
5	German (de) Basketball (Sportgerät)		903
6	French (fr) Ballon de basket-ball		780
7	Italian (it) Pallone da pallacanestro		603
8	Serbian (sr) Кошаркашка лопта		399
9	Uzbek (uz) Basketbol toʻpi		288
10	Arabic (ar) كرة (كرة السلة)		206

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Basketball (ball)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Basketball (ball)		424
2	German (de) Basketball (Sportgerät)		57
3	Italian (it) Pallone da pallacanestro		46
4	French (fr) Ballon de basket-ball		37
5	Russian (ru) Баскетбольный мяч		34
6	Chinese (zh) 篮球 (球)		26
7	Swedish (sv) Basketboll (boll)		25
8	Danish (da) Basketballbold		21
9	Spanish (es) Balón de baloncesto		20
10	Serbian (sr) Кошаркашка лопта		17

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Basketball (ball)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Basketball (ball)		5
2	Serbian (sr) Кошаркашка лопта		2
3	Arabic (ar) كرة (كرة السلة)		0
4	Azerbaijani (az) Basketbol topu		0
5	Catalan (ca) Pilota de bàsquet		0
6	Danish (da) Basketballbold		0
7	German (de) Basketball (Sportgerät)		0
8	Greek (el) Μπάλα μπάσκετ		0
9	Spanish (es) Balón de baloncesto		0
10	Persian (fa) توپ بسکتبال		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Basketball (ball)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Basketball (ball)		255
2	Polish (pl) Piłka do koszykówki		143
3	French (fr) Ballon de basket-ball		113
4	Persian (fa) توپ بسکتبال		38
5	Chinese (zh) 篮球 (球)		31
6	Italian (it) Pallone da pallacanestro		26
7	Russian (ru) Баскетбольный мяч		25
8	Arabic (ar) كرة (كرة السلة)		23
9	Greek (el) Μπάλα μπάσκετ		22
10	Korean (ko) 농구공		17

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic كرة (كرة السلة)
az	Azerbaijani Basketbol topu
ca	Catalan Pilota de bàsquet
da	Danish Basketballbold
de	German Basketball (Sportgerät)
el	Greek Μπάλα μπάσκετ
en	English Basketball (ball)
es	Spanish Balón de baloncesto
fa	Persian توپ بسکتبال
fi	Finnish Koripallo (urheiluväline)
fr	French Ballon de basket-ball
he	Hebrew כדור כדורסל
hy	Armenian Բասկետբոլի գնդակ
id	Indonesian Bola basket (bola)
it	Italian Pallone da pallacanestro
ja	Japanese バスケットボール (ボール)
ko	Korean 농구공
pl	Polish Piłka do koszykówki
pt	Portuguese Bola de basquete
ro	Romanian Minge de baschet
ru	Russian Баскетбольный мяч
sl	Slovenian Košarkarska žoga
sr	Serbian Кошаркашка лопта
sv	Swedish Basketboll (boll)
tr	Turkish Basketbol topu
uk	Ukrainian Баскетбольний м'яч
uz	Uzbek Basketbol toʻpi
vi	Vietnamese Quả bóng rổ
zh	Chinese 篮球 (球)

Best Rank

English: #25576 11.2012

Global: #40171 04.2020

Best Rank

English: #7154 09.2008

Global: #20599 06.2011

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