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AB de Villiers

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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 8,483,372 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). AB de Villiers is the 54th most popular cricketer (down from 40th in 2019), the 374th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 321st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, AB de Villiers ranks 54 out of 136Before him are Glenn Maxwell, K. L. Rahul, Adam Gilchrist, Shoaib Akhtar, Suresh Raina, and Javagal Srinath. After him are Andrew Symonds, Hardik Pandya, Kumar Sangakkara, Martin Crowe, David Warner, and Ravichandran Ashwin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, AB de Villiers ranks 1,003Before him are Katja Višnar, Jung Jin-sun, Tiago Prado, Katlego Mphela, Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson, and Ankita Lokhande. After him are Charlie Villanueva, Mikhail Grabovski, Lydia Hearst, Rajkummar Rao, Hanna-Maria Seppälä, and Patrick Ochs.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, AB de Villiers ranks 374 out of 454Before him are Lucas Thwala (1981), Leleti Khumalo (1970), Greg Minnaar (1981), Ryan De Vries (1991), Rolene Strauss (1992), and Katlego Mphela (1984). After him are Rowen Fernández (1978), Nasief Morris (1981), Bernard Parker (1986), Luvo Manyonga (1991), Kyle Edmund (1995), and Jacques Kallis (1975).

Among CRICKETERS In South Africa

Among cricketers born in South Africa, AB de Villiers ranks 2Before him are Tony Greig (1946). After him are Jacques Kallis (1975), Hashim Amla (1983), Gary Kirsten (1967), Quinton de Kock (1992), Kevin Pietersen (1980), Dale Steyn (1983), David Miller (1989), Morné Morkel (1984), Kagiso Rabada (1995), and JP Duminy (1984).