1961 - Today
Ian James Rush (born 20 October 1961) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a forward. At club level Rush played for Liverpool from 1980–1987 and 1988–1996. He is the club's all-time leading goalscorer, having scored a total of 346 goals in all competitions at the club. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Rush has received more than 3,055,844 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Ian Rush is the 440th most popular soccer player (up from 527th in 2019), the 1,354th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,463rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Ian Rush ranks 440 out of 16,880. Before him are Luis del Sol, Lajos Tichy, Quini, Harry Gregg, Masanori Tokita, and Gianluca Vialli. After him are Simone Inzaghi, Tite, Jorge Solari, Alan Shearer, Hisao Kami, and Hifuyo Uchida.
1935 - 2021
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 434
1935 - 1999
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 435
1949 - 2018
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 436
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 437
1925 - 2004
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 438
1964 - 2023
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 439
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 440
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 441
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 442
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 443
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 444
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 445
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 446
Among people born in 1961, Ian Rush ranks 55. Before him are Macky Sall, Boy George, Ben Johnson, Iain Glen, Kalpana Chawla, and Arnaldur Indriðason. After him are Tite, Martin Gore, Íngrid Betancourt, Wade Williams, Elizabeth McGovern, and Bidhya Devi Bhandari.
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 49
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 50
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 51
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 52
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 53
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 54
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 55
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 56
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 57
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 58
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 59
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 60
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 61
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Rush ranks 1,354 out of 7,765. Before him are Claire Forlani (1971), Alma Reville (1899), David Hartley (1705), Harry Gregg (1932), R. G. Collingwood (1889), and Dave Evans (1953). After him are Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), Mark Rylance (1960), Geezer Butler (1949), Robert Darwin (1766), Arthur Machen (1863), and Alan Shearer (1970).
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,348
1899 - 1982
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 1,349
1705 - 1757
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 1,350
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 1,351
1889 - 1943
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 1,352
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 1,353
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 1,354
1424 - 1445
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,355
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 1,356
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 1,357
1766 - 1848
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 1,358
1863 - 1947
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 1,359
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 1,360
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ian Rush ranks 22. Before him are Gary Lineker (1960), Wayne Rooney (1985), Brian Clough (1935), Steven Gerrard (1980), John Charles (1931), and Harry Gregg (1932). After him are Alan Shearer (1970), John Toshack (1949), Frank Lampard (1978), Roger Byrne (1929), Herbert Kilpin (1870), and Fergus Suter (1857).
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 16
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 17
1935 - 2004
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 18
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 19
1931 - 2004
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 20
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 21
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 22
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 23
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 24
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 25
1929 - 1958
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 26
1870 - 1916
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 27
1857 - 1916
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 28