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Alexander Ovechkin

1985 - Today

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Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Ове́чкин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn]; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "The Great 8" in reference to his jersey number and "Ovi" as a shortform of his last name, Ovechkin is widely regarded as one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time. Second only to Wayne Gretzky in all-time goal scoring, Ovechkin holds many NHL career records, including the most power play goals, most goals in away games, most overtime goals, most goalies scored upon, and most goals with one team in NHL history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Ovechkin has received more than 8,969,229 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Alexander Ovechkin is the 35th most popular hockey player (down from 26th in 2019), the 2,089th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,761st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Alexander Ovechkin ranks 35 out of 676. Before him are Alexander Yakushev, Karel Hartmann, Oldřich Machač, Teemu Selänne, Ladislav Troják, and Vladimír Zábrodský. After him are Erich Kühnhackl, Alexei Kasatonov, Bohuslav Šťastný, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Yevgeni Babich, and Pavel Bure.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Alexander Ovechkin ranks 93. Before him are Rubén de la Red, Cristian Rodríguez, Addys Mercedes, Jelena Janković, Humza Yousaf, and Andreas Granqvist. After him are Łukasz Fabiański, Hernanes, Stéphane Séjourné, Michelle Trachtenberg, Alissa White-Gluz, and Demba Ba.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Ovechkin ranks 2,089 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergey Tereshchenko (1951), Ratmir Kholmov (1925), Artur Chilingarov (1939), Nikolai Lugansky (1972), Vladimir Andreyev (1930), and Alexandr Romankov (1953). After him are Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (1871), Vladislav Krapivin (1938), Sergey Urusevsky (1908), Alexey Favorsky (1860), Ivan Rybkin (1946), and Gennadiy Seleznyov (1947).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Alexander Ovechkin ranks 10. Before him are Sergei Makarov (1958), Vladimir Petrov (1947), Viacheslav Fetisov (1958), Igor Larionov (1960), Viktor Konovalenko (1938), and Alexander Yakushev (1947). After him are Alexei Kasatonov (1959), Vyacheslav Starshinov (1940), Yevgeni Babich (1921), Pavel Bure (1971), Sergei Fedorov (1969), and Vitali Davydov (1939).

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