1947 - Today
Alexander Sergeyevich Yakushev (Russian: Александр Серге́евич Якушев; born January 2, 1947) is a former ice hockey player and coach for the Soviet Union. Born in Moscow, Soviet Union, Alexander Yakushev is best known to North American hockey fans as one of the stars for the Soviet team that played Team Canada in the famous 1972 Summit Series. His style of play was atypical of his colleagues who were fast and skilled; he was often described as the equivalent of Canada's Phil Esposito. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Yakushev has received more than 93,968 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alexander Yakushev is the 27th most popular hockey player (down from 25th in 2019), the 1,801st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,614th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Hockey Player.
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Among hockey players, Alexander Yakushev ranks 27 out of 364. Before him are Guy Lafleur, Georges Vézina, Jiří Holík, Bobby Orr, Teemu Selänne, and Alexander Ovechkin. After him are Viktor Konovalenko, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Vladimír Martinec, Marcel Dionne, Nils Nilsson, and Peter Forsberg.
1951 - 2022
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 21
1887 - 1926
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 22
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 23
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 24
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 25
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 26
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 27
1938 - 1996
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 28
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 29
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 30
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 31
1936 - 2017
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 32
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1947, Alexander Yakushev ranks 497. Before him are Mihaela Peneș, Alexander Tikhonov, Tracey Walter, Heide Rosendahl, Bill Smitrovich, and Meredith Baxter. After him are Ilanit, Richard J. Evans, Camille Keaton, Takeshi Urata, Jane Curtin, and Liz Torres.
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 491
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 492
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 493
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 494
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 495
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 496
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 497
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 498
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 499
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 500
1947 - 2012
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 501
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 502
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 503
Among people born in Russia, Alexander Yakushev ranks 1,801 out of 3,262. Before him are Mukhu Aliyev (1940), Lyubov Polishchuk (1949), Kirill Petrenko (1972), Andrei Eshpai (1925), Aleksandr Andronov (1901), and Zhanna Bichevskaya (1944). After him are Lev Kassil (1905), Viktor Kapitonov (1933), Sergei Avdeyev (1956), Yuly Shokalsky (1856), Daniil Kvyat (1994), and Gennadi Volnov (1939).
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 1,795
1949 - 2006
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 1,796
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 1,797
1925 - 2015
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 1,798
1901 - 1952
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 1,799
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 1,800
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 1,801
1905 - 1970
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 1,802
1933 - 2005
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 1,803
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 1,804
1856 - 1940
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 1,805
1994 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 1,806
1939 - 2008
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 1,807
Among hockey players born in Russia, Alexander Yakushev ranks 10. Before him are Vladimir Shadrin (1948), Viacheslav Fetisov (1958), Vladimir Petrov (1947), Sergei Makarov (1958), Igor Larionov (1960), and Alexander Ovechkin (1985). After him are Viktor Konovalenko (1938), Vyacheslav Starshinov (1940), Alexei Kasatonov (1959), Pavel Bure (1971), Sergei Fedorov (1969), and Vitali Davydov (1939).
1948 - 2021
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 5
1947 - 2017
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 6
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 7
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 8
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 10
1938 - 1996
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 12
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 13
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 14
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 15
1939 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 16