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As of June 2007 According to some guys Blog
http://blogs.msg.com/steve_popper/2007/06/jersey_surprise.html

Moved up a few notches but I think it has to do with his off-season shoe campaign, the playoff results some players produced and the draft was soon be held in New York City. Still not all that popular considering the large market he's in.

TOP 15 PLAYERS

1. Kobe Bryant – Los Angeles Lakers
2. Dwyane Wade – Miami Heat
3. LeBron James – Cleveland Cavaliers
4. Allen Iverson – Denver Nuggets
5. Steve Nash – Phoenix Suns
6. Carmelo Anthony – Denver Nuggets
7. Stephon Marbury – New York Knicks
8. Dirk Nowitzki – Dallas Mavericks
9. Gilbert Arenas – Washington Wizards
10. Vince Carter – New Jersey Nets
11. Tracy McGrady – Houston Rockets
12. Shaquille O’Neal – Miami Heat
13. Paul Pierce – Boston Celtics
14. Ben Wallace – Chicago Bulls
15. Tim Duncan – San Antonio Spurs

TOP 10 TEAMS

1. Los Angeles Lakers
2. Miami Heat
3. New York Knicks
4. Chicago Bulls
5. Cleveland Cavaliers
6. Denver Nuggets
7. Boston Celtics
8. Phoenix Suns
9. San Antonio Spurs
10. New Jersey Nets

As of Jan 2007 http://www.insidehoops.com/jerseys.shtml Clear evidence his popularity has taken a major dive

TOP 15 PLAYER JERSEY SALES LIST:
1. Kobe Bryant – Los Angeles Lakers
2. Dwyane Wade – Miami Heat
3. LeBron James – Cleveland Cavaliers
4. Allen Iverson – Denver Nuggets
5. Carmelo Anthony – Denver Nuggets
6. Steve Nash – Phoenix Suns
7. Vince Carter – New Jersey Nets
8. Gilbert Arenas – Washington Wizards
9. Shaquille O’Neal – Miami Heat
10. Stephon Marbury – New York Knicks
11. Dirk Nowitzki – Dallas Mavericks
12. Tracy McGrady – Houston Rockets
13. Paul Pierce – Boston Celtics
14. Chris Paul – New Orleans/OK City Hornets
15. Tim Duncan – San Antonio Spurs

TOP 10 TEAM MERCHANDISE SALES LIST:
1. Los Angeles Lakers
2. Miami Heat
3. New York Knicks
4. Chicago Bulls
5. Cleveland Cavaliers
6. Boston Celtics
7. Denver Nuggets
8. Philadelphia 76ers
9. New Jersey Nets
10. San Antonio Spurs


Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

I find it comical that Wince Carter and Gilbert Arenas have him beat

As we can see his popularity isn't that high although the Knicks(large market) as a franchise do well, once again which is largely why Steph's jersey is doing well in sales.



In December 2005 http://www.nba.com/news/jerseys_051215.html He dropped a notch

The best-selling player jerseys and top selling teams are listed below.

Top 25 Players:
1. Dwyane Wade
2. Allen Iverson
3. LeBron James
4. Stephon Marbury
5. Kobe Bryant
6. Shaquille O’Neal
7. Tracy McGrady
8. Carmelo Anthony
9. Tim Duncan
10. Vince Carter
11. Ben Wallace
12. Steve Nash
13. Jermaine O’Neal
14. Paul Pierce
15. Dirk Nowitzki
16. Amare Stoudemire
17. Manu Ginobili
18. Kevin Garnett
19. Ray Allen
20. Jason Kidd
21. Steve Francis
22. Ron Artest
23. Kirk Hinrich
24. Ben Gordon
25. Yao Ming

Top 10 Teams:
1. Miami Heat
2. New York Knicks
3. Los Angeles Lakers
4. Philadelphia 76ers
5. Boston Celtics
6. San Antonio Spurs
7. Detroit Pistons
8. Chicago Bulls
9. Cleveland Cavaliers
10. New Jersey Nets


In Dec 2004 http://www.nba.com/news/jerseys_041209.html The yr he became a Knick and quite amazing where we were at as a franchise then


Top 25 Players:
1. Shaquille O’Neal
2. Tracy McGrady
3. Stephon Marbury
4. LeBron James
5. Carmelo Anthony
6. Allen Iverson
7. Kobe Bryant
8. Emeka Okafor *
9. Tim Duncan
10. Ben Wallace *
11. Steve Francis
12. Kevin Garnett
13. Yao Ming
14. Paul Pierce
15. Jason Kidd
16. Dwyane Wade *
17. Vince Carter
18. Dirk Nowitzki
19. Kenyon Martin
20. Andrei Kirilenko
21. Pau Gasol
22. Allan Houston
23. Gary Payton
24. Chris Webber
25. Peja Stojakovic

Top 10 Teams:
1. New York Knicks
2. Los Angeles Lakers
3. Chicago Bulls
4. Boston Celtics
5. Miami Heat
6. Philadelphia 76ers
7. Houston Rockets
8. Cleveland Cavaliers
9. Denver Nuggets
10. Detroit Pistons

As of Dec Towards the Bottom http://www.insidehoops.com/jerseys.shtml

He was still in Pheonix. LOL I don't even think a blind person can see him on this list. This supposedly when he was at the top of his form you know when he pushed SA to there limits in the playoffs of 2003. Him being in New York has almost everything to do as to why his Jersey Sales are good.

PLAYER JERSEYS

1. LeBron James*
2. Carmelo Anthony*
3. Tracy McGrady
4. Allen Iverson
5. Kobe Bryant
6. Jason Kidd
7. Shaquille O’Neal
8. Paul Pierce
9. Allan Houston
10. Tim Duncan
11. Vince Carter
12. Kevin Garnett
13. Latrell Sprewell
14. Rasheed Wallace
15. Gary Payton
16. Scottie Pippen
17. Chris Webber
18. Yao Ming
19. Jalen Rose (Chicago)
20. Dirk Nowitzki
21. Michael Finley
22. Jermaine O’Neal
23. Mike Bibby
24. Amare Stoudemire
25. Steve Nash

TEAM JERSEYS

1. Los Angeles Lakers
2. Philadelphia 76ers
3. Cleveland Cavaliers
4. New York Knicks
5. Denver Nuggets
6. Boston Celtics
7. New Jersey Nets
8. Chicago Bulls
9. Orlando Magic
10. San Antonio Spurs



[Edited by - TrueBlue on 07-18-2007 6:43 PM]

[Edited by - TrueBlue on 07-18-2007 9:43 PM]

Ummm...I dunno it seems like he's ranked pretty high there. Especially since he's not close as good a player as a bunch of the guys behind him.

Steph is pretty high up there for how bad the team is.

Posted by JohnWallace44:

Steph is pretty high up there for how bad the team is.

New Yorks popularity remained relatively high whereas Steph's was taking a more noticeable slide. Also take any player ranked 10-20 and place them in our market and they can fair just as well as Steph has.

Who cares if he's not popular outside of New York. It's not like he's in the 10 or 15 best players in the NBA and people disrespecting his skills or something. He's not that great of a player, is on the decline, but yet he's still selling a ton of jerseys.

I fail to understand the purpose of this thread, who cares how popular Steph is or how many jerseys he sells. I think most here would agree, all they care about is how he plays and when he comes off the books. If your making this point to demonstrate that Steph really doesn't have the "Beckham" following he think he does, then I would understand at least where you were going with it.

Posted by holfresh:


This thread should be "I can't believe Steph is still this popular"

Yeah this was a weird one to post.

LOL, another thing, if Lee's the most popular player on the team why wouldn't you just buy his jersey. There must be a lot of closet Marbury fans.

[Edited by - Pharzeone on 18-07-2007 1:36 PM]

I think Trueblue's point is, if he weren't on the Knicks, his jersey sales would be MUCH lower. The Knicks make players popular, it's not the other way around. Sprewell and Houston would never be top 15 jersey sellers if they were playing at most other places.

Watch Marbury get traded to say, Detroit tommorrow, and notice he's barely in the top 30.

My hunch is TrueaBlue posted it because rembee (shockingly) didn't believe Steph's appeal had diminished over his stay here.

Ok, Knicks jerseys still sell really well.

Obviously many young kids and casual fans by a lot of jersey's.

So you gonna buy a knick jersey, how many are available in the mall and how many are desirable?

Q? Eddy? Jerome? JJ2?

I would think Nate, Balky and Lee sell very well, and the Starbury thing does add exposure to boast his sales. Almost by default, A marbury Jersey gets sold.

Maybe a "Zeddy" shirt would do well. Especially in Williamsburg!

Posted by Allanfan20:

I think Trueblue's point is, if he weren't on the Knicks, his jersey sales would be MUCH lower. The Knicks make players popular, it's not the other way around. Sprewell and Houston would never be top 15 jersey sellers if they were playing at most other places.

Watch Marbury get traded to say, Detroit tommorrow, and notice he's barely in the top 30.

Good Grief I can't believe the point was missed on this. Once again where were his jersey sales in 2003 when statistically he was arguably a Top 5 point guard in the league? Can anyone answer this question for me? Not to mention the noticeable slide in jersey sales from his own market. And no saying everybody already has a Marbury Knick jersey doesn't cut it because that would also apply to the other players who are ranked higher than him. He's arguably the best player in the Knicks who warrant the largest basketball market so that makes him a beneficiary more than anything else. Great point about Allan Houston and Sprewell being in the Top 15 and Top 10 respectively 4yrs ago when both of them were well on the other side of 30yrs of age and as you said that's because they donned the Blue N Orange.