RUGBY PLAYER

Dan Carter

1982 - Today

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Daniel William Carter (born 5 March 1982) is a New Zealand retired rugby union player. Carter played for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks. He is the highest point scorer in test match rugby, and is considered by many experts as the greatest ever first five-eighth (fly-half) in the history of the game. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan Carter has received more than 2,429,013 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Carter is the 9th most popular rugby player (down from 8th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 130th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular New Zealander Rugby Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RUGBY PLAYERS

Among rugby players, Dan Carter ranks 9 out of 35. Before him are Francois Pienaar, Sébastien Chabal, André Rischmann, Léon Binoche, Jonny Wilkinson, and Richie McCaw. After him are Joost van der Westhuizen, Percy Montgomery, Bryan Habana, Sergio Parisse, Jonathan Sexton, and Sonny Bill Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Dan Carter ranks 197. Before him are Gabriel Luna, Tom Payne, Kyoko Fukada, Achille Emaná, Kim Ah-joong, and Oguchi Onyewu. After him are Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Vincent Enyeama, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Stanislav Šesták, Jaycee Chan, and Guillermo Coria.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Dan Carter ranks 99 out of 303. Before him are Zoë Bell (1978), Graham McRae (1940), Richie McCaw (1980), Ross Collinge (1944), Niki Caro (1967), and Lucky Diamond Rich (1971). After him are John Hunter (1943), Onny Parun (1947), Tūheitia Paki (1955), Peter Arnett (1934), Alexander Aitken (1895), and Tony Hurt (1946).

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Among RUGBY PLAYERS In New Zealand

Among rugby players born in New Zealand, Dan Carter ranks 3. Before him are Jonah Lomu (1975), and Richie McCaw (1980). After him are Sonny Bill Williams (1985), Beauden Barrett (1991), Brodie Retallick (1991), Kieran Read (1985), Kelly Brazier (1989), Portia Woodman (1991), Gayle Broughton (1996), Tim Mikkelson (1986), and Kurt Baker (1988).

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