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David Backes

1984 - Today

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David Anthony Backes (born May 1, 1984) is an American former professional ice hockey forward. He played for fifteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins and Anaheim Ducks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Backes has received more than 585,303 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). David Backes is the 647th most popular hockey player (down from 475th in 2019), the 20,091st most popular biography from United States (down from 17,843rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 18.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Backes by language

Over the past year David Backes has had the most page views in the with 25,978 views, followed by Russian (899), and Finnish (879). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (121.33%), Ukrainian (41.57%), and Polish (27.17%)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, David Backes ranks 647 out of 676Before him are Jannik Hansen, Rene Bourque, Ryan Callahan, Surender Kumar, Sean Couturier, and Jack Eichel. After him are Mike Richards, Jeff Skinner, Jack Johnson, Nick Bonino, Jimmy Howard, and Justin Abdelkader.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, David Backes ranks 1,513Before him are Helen Oyeyemi, Nitu Chandra, Toshiya Tanaka, Liam Heath, Flora Saini, and Koji Hirose. After him are Aaron Gray, Clayton Donaldson, Steven Whittaker, Danica Roem, Morné Morkel, and Simon Bird.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Backes ranks 20,091 out of 20,380Before him are Kayla Day (1999), Matthew J. Munn (1980), Landry Bender (2000), Erin Jackson (1992), Jack Eichel (1996), and Brenna D'Amico (2000). After him are Ian Clark (1991), Britt Nicole (1985), Aaron Gray (1984), Karina LeBlanc (1980), Natasha Kai (1983), and Allie Long (1987).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In United States

Among hockey players born in United States, David Backes ranks 53Before him are Dylan Larkin (1996), Ryan McDonagh (1989), Johnny Gaudreau (1993), Ryan Callahan (1985), Sean Couturier (1992), and Jack Eichel (1996). After him are Jack Johnson (1987), Nick Bonino (1988), Jimmy Howard (1984), Justin Abdelkader (1987), Bobby Ryan (1987), and Ryan Malone (1979).