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Brent Burns

1985 - Today

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Brent Burns (born March 9, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted as a right wing (20th overall) at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild, he was converted into a defenceman upon turning professional. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brent Burns has received more than 1,492,705 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Brent Burns is the 460th most popular hockey player (down from 344th in 2019), the 1,340th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,124th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 26.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Brent Burns ranks 460 out of 676. Before him are Michal Rozsíval, Mika Pyörälä, Philipp Grubauer, Johan Fransson, Todd Bertuzzi, and Auston Matthews. After him are Mats Zuccarello, Fedor Tyutin, Antoine Roussel, Marek Svatoš, Rostislav Olesz, and Joni Pitkänen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Brent Burns ranks 1,227. Before him are Nikolay Trusov, Matt Ryan, Hristo Zlatinski, Cristian Villagra, Salvador Durán, and Beatriz Fernández. After him are Aaron Brooks, Igor Lewczuk, Hokuto Nakamura, David Svoboda, Renee Young, and Rostislav Olesz.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Brent Burns ranks 1,340 out of 1,622. Before him are Guillaume Boivin (1989), Shane Doan (1976), Kim Boutin (1994), Atticus Mitchell (1993), Chantal Kreviazuk (1974), and Todd Bertuzzi (1975). After him are Foluke Gunderson (1987), Jordyn Huitema (2001), Gabriel LaBelle (2002), Joel Anthony (1982), Renee Young (1985), and Burkely Duffield (1992).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Brent Burns ranks 82. Before him are Shea Weber (1985), Paul Stastny (1985), Kris Letang (1987), Ed Jovanovski (1976), Shane Doan (1976), and Todd Bertuzzi (1975). After him are Alexander Steen (1984), Marc-Édouard Vlasic (1987), Nathan MacKinnon (1995), Claude Giroux (1988), Simon Gagné (1980), and Kris Draper (1971).

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