# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kent-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:50:07.361Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kent-benson"
name: "Kent Benson"
slug: "kent-benson"
description: "Michael Kent Benson is an American former professional basketball player. He was a two-time All-American for the Indiana Hoosiers, winning the 1976 Helms Foundation Player of the Year and helping lead the Hoosiers to the 1976 NCAA championship with a perfect 32–0 record, with Benson being named the 1976 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player. Benson was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1977 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, playing 11 seasons in the NBA for Milwaukee (1977–1980), the Detroit Pistons (1980–1986), Utah Jazz (1986–1987) and Cleveland Cavaliers (1988)."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kent_Benson_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1954-12-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.39
  momentum:             15
  historical:           13.84887333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "肯特·本森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Benson"
    title: "Kent Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Benson"
    title: "Kent Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Benson"
    title: "Kent Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Benson"
    title: "Kent Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "קנט בנסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Քենթ Բենսոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Benson"
    title: "Kent Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ケント・ベンソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kent Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82"
    title: "Бенсон, Кент"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kent Benson"
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    title: "Kent Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кент Бенсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump