HOCKEY PLAYER

Alexander Popov

1980 - Today

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Alexander Alexandrovich Popov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Попо́в; born 31 August 1980) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played his whole professional career for Avangard Omsk, during which time he became a legend and cult figure for fans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Popov has received more than 32,858 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Popov is the 488th most popular hockey player (down from 366th in 2019), the 3,583rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,062nd in 2019) and the 79th most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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  • 33k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Alexander Popov ranks 488 out of 676Before him are Artūrs Kulda, Claude Giroux, Pierre-Édouard Bellemare, Simon Gagné, Jonathan Ericsson, and Ilya Sorokin. After him are Marcus Krüger, Ivan Telegin, Sergei Shirokov, Markus Granlund, Petr Koukal, and Nikolay Kulemin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Alexander Popov ranks 1,224Before him are Arlen Escarpeta, Jordan Galland, Jerry Lucena, Yuki Yokosawa, Simon Gagné, and Remy Ma. After him are Angela Rayner, Kim Sharma, Masaki Fukai, Manabu Ikeda, Helalia Johannes, and Mmusi Maimane.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 3,583 out of 3,761Before him are Sergei Bykov (1983), Oleg Kuzmin (1981), Marina Sudakova (1989), David Belyavskiy (1992), Ilya Sorokin (1995), and Yevgeny Dementyev (1983). After him are Ivan Telegin (1992), Sergei Shirokov (1986), Dmitri Barinov (1996), Polina Bogusevich (2003), Albert Batyrgaziev (1998), and Maksim Kanunnikov (1991).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Alexander Popov ranks 79Before him are Nikita Gusev (1992), Nail Yakupov (1993), Vasily Koshechkin (1983), Fedor Tyutin (1983), Nikita Filatov (1990), and Ilya Sorokin (1995). After him are Ivan Telegin (1992), Sergei Shirokov (1986), Nikolay Kulemin (1986), Alexander Vasyunov (1988), Ilya Nikulin (1982), and Artem Anisimov (1988).