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Dion Phaneuf

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Dion Phaneuf (born 10 April 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman who played for the Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators and Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted ninth overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by Calgary and made his NHL debut in 2005 after a four-year junior career with the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League (WHL), in which he was twice named the Defenceman of the Year. Phaneuf set a Flames record for most goals by a first-year defenceman and was named a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy as top rookie in 2005–06. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dion Phaneuf has received more than 3,273,649 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Dion Phaneuf is the 4,692nd most popular athlete (down from 3,442nd in 2019), the 1,332nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,130th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Dion Phaneuf ranks 4,692 out of 6,025. Before him are Jin Ziwei, Reiko Tosa, Andreas Ihle, Simon Martirosyan, Bianca Knight, and Patricia McKillop. After him are Meghan Agosta, Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Rachael Taylor, Anamari Velenšek, Nataliya Pryshchepa, and Morhad Amdouni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Dion Phaneuf ranks 1,202. Before him are Aselefech Mergia, Riccardo Meggiorini, Dustley Mulder, Jin Ziwei, Jonathan Hivert, and Jay Lethal. After him are Bahodirjon Sultonov, Paulo Vitor Barreto, Pablo Abián, Saba Azad, Khaled Adénon, and Jerome Ramatlhakwane.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Dion Phaneuf ranks 1,332 out of 1,622. Before him are Rebecca Johnston (1989), Natalie Alyn Lind (1999), Ed Jovanovski (1976), Stéphanie Dubois (1986), Carol Huynh (1980), and Brianne Theisen-Eaton (1988). After him are Meghan Agosta (1987), Guillaume Boivin (1989), Shane Doan (1976), Kim Boutin (1994), Atticus Mitchell (1993), and Chantal Kreviazuk (1974).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Dion Phaneuf ranks 98. Before him are Kevin Martin (1966), Marie-Hélène Prémont (1977), Kevin Light (1979), Dylan Armstrong (1981), Rebecca Johnston (1989), and Brianne Theisen-Eaton (1988). After him are Meghan Agosta (1987), Darcy Marquardt (1979), Sandra Schmirler (1963), Dale Begg-Smith (1985), Alex Gough (1987), and Maëlle Ricker (1978).

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