# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-javie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:35:24.793Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-javie"
name: "Steve Javie"
slug: "steve-javie"
description: "Steve Javie is an American retired professional basketball referee who is currently an analyst with ESPN and a Catholic permanent deacon. He refereed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from the 1986–87 NBA season to the 2010–11 season, officiating 1,514 regular season, 243 playoff, and 23 NBA Finals games ; he is one of few NBA referees to officiate 1,000 games. According to Referee magazine, Javie was a highly regarded referee in the NBA, and he was respected within the officiating community for his game management skills. He was also notable during his NBA officiating career for his quickness in assessing technical fouls."
tagline: "American basketball referee"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Javie_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1955-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.46
  momentum:             0.9573542210617929
  historical:           4.645324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%89"
    title: "ستيف جافى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Javie"
    title: "Steve Javie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Javie"
    title: "Steve Javie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Javie"
    title: "Steve Javie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C4%ABvs_D%C5%BEeivijs"
    title: "Stīvs Džeivijs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6112600"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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