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Willie vs James — Popularity Comparison

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Willie James

By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	143 \| 6/137	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	150 \| 6/144	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	186 \| 10/176	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	161 \| 0/161	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	215 \| 0/215	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	212 \| 5/207	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	231 \| 5/226	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	290 \| 5/285	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	294 \| 0/294	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	307 \| 0/307	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	331 \| 0/331	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	337 \| 5/332	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	369 \| 0/369	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	390 \| 0/390	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	388 \| 0/388	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	405 \| 5/400	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	460 \| 0/460	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	476 \| 6/470	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	507 \| 0/507	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	481 \| 0/481	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	492 \| 0/492	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	558 \| 0/558	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	569 \| 0/569	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	608 \| 0/608	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	617 \| 7/610	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	668 \| 0/668	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	747 \| 8/739	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	782 \| 8/774	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	811 \| 11/800	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	835 \| 11/824	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	957 \| 17/940	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	1,087 \| 25/1,062	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	1,234 \| 22/1,212	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	1,333 \| 14/1,319	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	1,393 \| 16/1,377	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	1,498 \| 38/1,460	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	1,462 \| 35/1,427	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	1,521 \| 42/1,479	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	1,527 \| 37/1,490	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	1,608 \| 34/1,574	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	1,660 \| 54/1,606	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	1,808 \| 45/1,763	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	2,015 \| 56/1,959	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	2,020 \| 54/1,966	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	2,231 \| 63/2,168	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	2,214 \| 61/2,153	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	2,202 \| 67/2,135	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	2,225 \| 62/2,163	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	2,215 \| 83/2,132	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	2,263 \| 89/2,174	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	2,328 \| 105/2,223	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	2,510 \| 119/2,391	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	2,727 \| 131/2,596	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	2,999 \| 137/2,862	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	3,305 \| 167/3,138	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	3,244 \| 195/3,049	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	3,313 \| 205/3,108	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	3,633 \| 241/3,392	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	3,824 \| 280/3,544	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	4,143 \| 335/3,808	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	4,553 \| 405/4,148	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	4,597 \| 407/4,190	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	5,013 \| 469/4,544	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	5,292 \| 504/4,788	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	5,830 \| 590/5,240	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	6,007 \| 632/5,375	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	6,388 \| 698/5,690	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	6,997 \| 785/6,212	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	7,459 \| 931/6,528	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	7,561 \| 933/6,628	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	7,942 \| 1,111/6,831	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	8,213 \| 1,156/7,057	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	8,396 \| 1,200/7,196	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	8,499 \| 1,275/7,224	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	9,058 \| 1,338/7,720	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	9,449 \| 1,532/7,917	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	9,637 \| 1,667/7,970	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	9,678 \| 1,683/7,995	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	9,026 \| 1,687/7,339	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	8,806 \| 1,777/7,029	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	9,088 \| 1,894/7,194	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	9,174 \| 1,994/7,180	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	9,159 \| 2,067/7,092	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	8,388 \| 1,860/6,528	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	8,112 \| 1,937/6,175	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	8,261 \| 1,952/6,309	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	8,099 \| 2,019/6,080	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	8,425 \| 2,194/6,231	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	8,235 \| 2,224/6,011	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	8,697 \| 2,370/6,327	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	8,736 \| 2,388/6,348	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	8,431 \| 2,449/5,982	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	9,211 \| 2,662/6,549	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	8,560 \| 2,597/5,963	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	9,685 \| 3,018/6,667	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	9,935 \| 3,319/6,616	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	10,260 \| 3,443/6,817	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	10,853 \| 3,884/6,969	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	10,637 \| 3,817/6,820	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	11,071 \| 3,947/7,124	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	10,692 \| 3,992/6,700	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	10,628 \| 3,963/6,665	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	10,789 \| 3,885/6,904	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	10,239 \| 3,748/6,491	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	10,703 \| 3,816/6,887	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	10,993 \| 4,051/6,942	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	10,404 \| 3,867/6,537	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	9,132 \| 3,381/5,751	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	8,776 \| 3,116/5,660	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	8,475 \| 3,041/5,434	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	7,468 \| 2,759/4,709	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	6,024 \| 2,264/3,760	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	5,775 \| 2,267/3,508	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	4,129 \| 1,637/2,492	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	4,693 \| 1,796/2,897	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	3,724 \| 1,549/2,175	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	3,335 \| 1,371/1,964	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	3,362 \| 1,394/1,968	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	2,989 \| 1,233/1,756	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	3,067 \| 1,285/1,782	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	2,863 \| 1,188/1,675	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	2,468 \| 1,014/1,454	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	2,636 \| 1,071/1,565	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	2,195 \| 901/1,294	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	3,464 \| 1,351/2,113	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	1,894 \| 806/1,088	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	2,012 \| 878/1,134	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	1,969 \| 818/1,151	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	1,847 \| 755/1,092	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	1,795 \| 724/1,071	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	1,695 \| 709/986	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	1,530 \| 648/882	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	1,579 \| 631/948	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	1,301 \| 562/739	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	1,336 \| 578/758	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	1,196 \| 488/708	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	1,308 \| 522/786	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	969 \| 379/590	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	1,029 \| 388/641	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	926 \| 312/614	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	Willie (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	910 \| 332/578	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	738 \| 264/474	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	832 \| 291/541	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	727 \| 229/498	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	668 \| 192/476	5,949 \| 22/5,927