# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-worthy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:14:26.099Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-worthy"
name: "James Worthy"
slug: "james-worthy"
description: "James Ager Worthy is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed \"Big Game James\", he played his entire professional career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Worthy was a seven-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA Team member who won three NBA championships and was voted the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1988. He was named to both the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Worthy_at_UNC_Basketball_game._February_10%2C_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1961-02-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.108538650264349
  historical:           23.22395866666667
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 243
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump