# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/metta-sandiford-artest
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:52:52.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/metta-sandiford-artest"
name: "Metta Sandiford-Artest"
slug: "metta-sandiford-artest"
description: "Metta Sandiford-Artest, formerly known as Ron Artest and Metta World Peace, is an American former professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is considered one of the most feared perimeter “lockdown” defenders in NBA history. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 1999 NBA draft."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Metta_World_Peace.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1979-11-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           61.12
  momentum:             4.611276083130357
  historical:           25.15784533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 121
platforms:
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    handle:    "MettaWorld37"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1927491/"
    handle:    "nm1927491"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ronartest.com"
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    title: "Մետա Ուորլդ Փիս"
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    title: "Metta Sandiford-Artest"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill