1929 - 2003
Helmut Rahn (16 August 1929 – 14 August 2003), known as Der Boss (The Boss), was a German footballer who played as a forward. He became a legend for having scored the winning goal in the final of the 1954 FIFA World Cup (West Germany vs. Hungary 3–2). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmut Rahn has received more than 279,096 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Helmut Rahn is the 201st most popular soccer player (down from 159th in 2019), the 1,173rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 959th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Soccer Player.
Helmut Rahn was a German footballer who was most famous for scoring the winning goal in the 1954 World Cup Final against Hungary.
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Among soccer players, Helmut Rahn ranks 201 out of 16,880. Before him are Clarence Seedorf, Luka Modrić, Careca, Shunichi Kumai, Rinat Dasayev, and Pepe. After him are Fernando Torres, Luis Suárez, Piet Keizer, Antoine Griezmann, Javier Zanetti, and Vittorio Pozzo.
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 195
1985 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 196
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 197
1910 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 198
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 199
1935 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 200
1929 - 2003
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 201
1984 - Present
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 202
1987 - Present
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 203
1943 - 2017
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 204
1991 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 205
1973 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 206
1886 - 1968
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 207
Among people born in 1929, Helmut Rahn ranks 92. Before him are Christos Sartzetakis, Imelda Marcos, Omar Torrijos, Bob Newhart, Gerald Edelman, and Fernanda Montenegro. After him are Abdel Halim Hafez, Ivar Giaever, Yozo Aoki, Alasdair MacIntyre, Georgi Markov, and Nicolai Ghiaurov. Among people deceased in 2003, Helmut Rahn ranks 44. Before him are Franco Corelli, Denis Thatcher, Leslie Cheung, Roberto Bolaño, Isser Harel, and Jack Elam. After him are Valentin Pavlov, Mario Beccaria, László Papp, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Rasul Gamzatov, and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán.
1929 - 2022
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 86
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 87
1929 - 1981
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 88
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 89
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 90
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 91
1929 - 2003
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 92
1929 - 1977
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 93
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 94
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 95
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 96
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 97
1929 - 2004
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 98
1921 - 2003
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 38
1915 - 2003
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 39
1956 - 2003
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 40
1953 - 2003
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 41
1912 - 2003
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 42
1920 - 2003
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 43
1929 - 2003
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 44
1937 - 2003
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 45
1920 - 2003
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 46
1926 - 2003
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 47
1948 - 2003
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 48
1923 - 2003
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 49
1939 - 2003
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 50
Among people born in Germany, Helmut Rahn ranks 1,173 out of 6,142. Before him are Albert of Riga (1165), Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (1724), Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912), Theobald Boehm (1794), Werner Haase (1900), and Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831). After him are Theodor Storm (1817), Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473), Hans-Dieter Flick (1965), Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680), Henry Suso (1295), and Nena (1960).
1165 - 1229
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,167
1724 - 1794
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,168
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,169
1794 - 1881
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,170
1900 - 1950
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 1,171
1831 - 1867
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 1,172
1929 - 2003
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,173
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,174
1473 - 1541
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,175
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 1,176
1680 - 1735
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,177
1295 - 1366
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,178
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 1,179
Among soccer players born in Germany, Helmut Rahn ranks 18. Before him are Berti Vogts (1946), Günter Netzer (1944), Wolfgang Overath (1943), Harald Schumacher (1954), Helmut Schön (1915), and Michael Ballack (1976). After him are Manuel Neuer (1986), Mesut Özil (1988), Helmut Haller (1939), Bert Trautmann (1923), Andreas Brehme (1960), and Thomas Tuchel (1973).
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 12
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 13
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 14
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 15
1915 - 1996
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 16
1976 - Present
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 17
1929 - 2003
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 18
1986 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 19
1988 - Present
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 20
1939 - 2012
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 21
1923 - 2013
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 22
1960 - 2024
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 23
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 24