1984 - Today
Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984) is a South African former international cricketer, and a current commentator. AB de Villiers was named as the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times during his 15-year international career and was one of the five Wisden cricketers of the decade at the end of 2019. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of AB de Villiers has received more than 8,267,076 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). AB de Villiers is the 40th most popular cricketer (down from 37th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 285th in 2019) and the most popular South African Cricketer.
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Among cricketers, AB de Villiers ranks 40 out of 68. Before him are Javagal Srinath, Adam Gilchrist, Kumar Sangakkara, Steve Waugh, Inzamam-ul-Haq, and Suresh Raina. After him are Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Matthew Hayden, Jacques Kallis, Shoaib Malik, and Mahela Jayawardene.
1969 - Present
HPI: 25.15
Rank: 34
1971 - Present
HPI: 25.03
Rank: 35
1977 - Present
HPI: 24.98
Rank: 36
1965 - Present
HPI: 24.76
Rank: 37
1970 - Present
HPI: 24.59
Rank: 38
1986 - Present
HPI: 24.26
Rank: 39
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.06
Rank: 40
1985 - Present
HPI: 23.87
Rank: 41
1980 - Present
HPI: 23.56
Rank: 42
1971 - Present
HPI: 23.27
Rank: 43
1975 - Present
HPI: 22.63
Rank: 44
1982 - Present
HPI: 22.46
Rank: 45
1977 - Present
HPI: 22.33
Rank: 46
Among people born in 1984, AB de Villiers ranks 1,072. Before him are Diego Penny, Jonathan Ericsson, Yuliya Chekalyova, Marco Aurelio Fontana, Yane Marques, and Mathieu Ladagnous. After him are Gustavo Salgueiro de Almeida Correia, Tan Xue, Alan Hutton, Erika Villaécija, Michael Schmid, and Corey Graves.
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.13
Rank: 1,066
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.09
Rank: 1,067
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.09
Rank: 1,068
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.08
Rank: 1,069
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.07
Rank: 1,070
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.06
Rank: 1,071
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.06
Rank: 1,072
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.05
Rank: 1,073
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.04
Rank: 1,074
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.00
Rank: 1,075
1984 - Present
HPI: 23.96
Rank: 1,076
1984 - Present
HPI: 23.91
Rank: 1,077
1984 - Present
HPI: 23.91
Rank: 1,078
Among people born in South Africa, AB de Villiers ranks 322 out of 374. Before him are Tatjana Schoenmaker (1997), Schalk Burger (1983), Bernard Parker (1986), J. R. Rotem (1975), Ryan Gibbons (1994), and Rowen Fernández (1978). After him are Lucas Thwala (1981), Akani Simbine (1993), Elrio van Heerden (1983), Bradley Carnell (1977), Burry Stander (1987), and Nasief Morris (1981).
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.53
Rank: 316
1983 - Present
HPI: 24.47
Rank: 317
1986 - Present
HPI: 24.42
Rank: 318
1975 - Present
HPI: 24.37
Rank: 319
1994 - Present
HPI: 24.26
Rank: 320
1978 - Present
HPI: 24.23
Rank: 321
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.06
Rank: 322
1981 - Present
HPI: 23.86
Rank: 323
1993 - Present
HPI: 23.84
Rank: 324
1983 - Present
HPI: 23.59
Rank: 325
1977 - Present
HPI: 23.53
Rank: 326
1987 - 2013
HPI: 23.51
Rank: 327
1981 - Present
HPI: 23.47
Rank: 328
Among cricketers born in South Africa, AB de Villiers ranks 1. After him are Jacques Kallis (1975), Gary Kirsten (1967), Hashim Amla (1983), Kevin Pietersen (1980), Dale Steyn (1983), and Quinton de Kock (1992).
1984 - Present
HPI: 24.06
Rank: 1
1975 - Present
HPI: 22.63
Rank: 2
1967 - Present
HPI: 22.10
Rank: 3
1983 - Present
HPI: 20.66
Rank: 4
1980 - Present
HPI: 19.94
Rank: 5
1983 - Present
HPI: 17.29
Rank: 6
1992 - Present
HPI: 12.70
Rank: 7