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Anže Kopitar

1987 - Today

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Anže Kopitar (pronounced [anˈʒɛ kɔˈpiːtaɾ], born 24 August 1987) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). The 11th overall pick in the 2005 NHL entry draft, Kopitar became the first Slovene to play in the NHL upon making his debut in 2006. Kopitar has spent his entire NHL career with the Kings, has led the team in scoring in all but two seasons and is second in franchise history in points, fourth in franchise history in goals, and first in franchise history in assists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anže Kopitar has received more than 1,035,919 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Anže Kopitar is the 251st most popular hockey player (down from 198th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 203rd in 2019) and the most popular Slovene Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 32.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Anže Kopitar ranks 251 out of 676. Before him are Linus Omark, Ville Nieminen, Viktor Kozlov, Valeri Zelepukin, Ľubomír Višňovský, and Roman Hamrlík. After him are Tomáš Vokoun, Alexei Zhitnik, Ľuboš Bartečko, Fredrik Modin, Ronnie Sundin, and Pierre Turgeon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Anže Kopitar ranks 634. Before him are Antonín Hájek, Daigo Nishi, Santiago Giraldo, Eric Botteghin, Aleksandra Wozniak, and Aarif Rahman. After him are Vladimir Granat, Michał Pazdan, Ángel Rodríguez, Rovshan Bayramov, Davide Valsecchi, and Migjen Basha.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Anže Kopitar ranks 241 out of 340. Before him are Grega Bole (1985), Jernej Damjan (1983), Miloš Rus (1962), Miha Zajc (1994), Peter Žonta (1979), and Žan Kranjec (1992). After him are Goran Sankovič (1979), Rajko Tavčar (1974), Jure Dolenec (1988), Spasoje Bulajič (1975), Vid Belec (1990), and Goran Jagodnik (1974).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Slovenia

Among hockey players born in Slovenia, Anže Kopitar ranks 1. After him are Robert Kristan (1983), and Jan Urbas (1989).

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