1901 - 1953
Alexander Wilson James (14 September 1901 – 1 June 1953) was a Scottish international footballer. He is mostly noted as a playmaking lynchpin at Arsenal with whom he won six trophies from 1930 to the 1936 season. James featured as a deep-lying creative midfielder who provided a link between defence and attack. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex James has received more than 41,060 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Alex James is the 4,411th most popular soccer player (up from 4,510th in 2019), the 4,804th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,677th in 2019) and the 217th most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Alex James ranks 4,411 out of 16,880. Before him are Gianluigi Lentini, Rodrigo, Dejan Petković, Julio Alberto Moreno, Gary Cahill, and M'Baye Niang. After him are Mikhail Ogonkov, Jules Pappaert, John Lauridsen, Flavio Roma, Aleksandar Mitrović, and Stefano Colantuono.
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 4,405
1991 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 4,406
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 4,407
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 4,408
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 4,409
1994 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 4,410
1901 - 1953
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 4,411
1932 - 1979
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 4,412
1905 - 1945
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 4,413
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 4,414
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 4,415
1994 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 4,416
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 4,417
Among people born in 1901, Alex James ranks 299. Before him are Pauline Starke, Gilda Gray, Nelson Eddy, Deborah Snyder, Miguel Brito, and Paulo d'Eça Leal. After him are Thomas Cooray, Eusebio Díaz, Edmund Rubbra, William Daniels, H. Bruce Humberstone, and Carmelita Geraghty. Among people deceased in 1953, Alex James ranks 166. Before him are David Curtiss Munson, Albert Coates, Robert G. Vignola, Fred M. Vinson, Norman Ross, and Sophia Hayden. After him are Ethel Muckelt, Paul Niggli, Roland Young, Delfo Bellini, Thomas Thorstensen, and Richard Pearse.
1901 - 1977
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 293
1901 - 1959
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 294
1901 - 1967
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 295
1901 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 296
1901 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 297
1901 - 1977
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 298
1901 - 1953
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 299
1901 - 1988
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 300
1901 - 1959
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 301
1901 - 1986
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 302
1901 - 1970
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 303
1901 - 1984
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 304
1901 - 1966
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 305
1884 - 1953
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 160
1882 - 1953
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 161
1882 - 1953
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 162
1890 - 1953
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 163
1895 - 1953
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 164
1868 - 1953
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 165
1901 - 1953
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 166
1885 - 1953
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 167
1888 - 1953
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 168
1887 - 1953
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 169
1900 - 1953
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 170
1880 - 1953
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 171
1877 - 1953
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 172
Among people born in United Kingdom, Alex James ranks 4,804 out of 7,765. Before him are Gary Cahill (1985), Henry Sweet (1845), Herbert Morrison (1888), Pete Quaife (1943), George Fenton (1950), and Nigel Short (1965). After him are Hammond Innes (1913), Edward Charles Titchmarsh (1899), Emma Samms (1960), Ethel Muckelt (1885), Frederick E. Morgan (1894), and Doug Sampson (1957).
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 4,798
1845 - 1912
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 4,799
1888 - 1965
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 4,800
1943 - 2010
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 4,801
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 4,802
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 4,803
1901 - 1953
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 4,804
1913 - 1998
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 4,805
1899 - 1963
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 4,806
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 4,807
1885 - 1953
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 4,808
1894 - 1967
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 4,809
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 4,810
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Alex James ranks 217. Before him are Terry Paine (1939), Bart McGhee (1899), Danny Ward (1993), Luke Shaw (1995), Craig Bellamy (1979), and Gary Cahill (1985). After him are Bob Crompton (1879), Jimmy Ross (1866), Peter Taylor (1928), Alex Miller (1949), John Connelly (1938), and Nicky Butt (1975).
1939 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 211
1899 - 1979
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 212
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 213
1995 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 214
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 215
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 216
1901 - 1953
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 217
1879 - 1941
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 218
1866 - 1902
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 219
1928 - 1990
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 220
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 221
1938 - 2012
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 222
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 223