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 2,680,696 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Ian Rush is the 527th most popular soccer player (up from 529th in 2019), the 1,464th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,474th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Ian Rush ranks 527 out of 16,923. Before him are Zdeněk Zeman, Javier Clemente, Pepe, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Mario Corso, and Kiyoshi Tomizawa. After him are Christian Karembeu, Shigeru Takahashi, Anghel Iordănescu, Ján Popluhár, Tarcisio Burgnich, and Hugo Meisl.
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 521
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 522
1983 - Present
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 523
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 524
1941 - 2020
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 525
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 526
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 527
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 528
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 529
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 530
1935 - 2011
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 531
1939 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 532
1881 - 1937
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 533
Among people born in 1961, Ian Rush ranks 55. Before him are Jared Harris, Yanis Varoufakis, Martin Gore, Tom Ford, Wayne Gretzky, and Lea Thompson. After him are Iain Glen, Heather Locklear, Guido Buchwald, Isiah Thomas, Alexandre Desplat, and Macky Sall.
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 49
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 50
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 51
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 52
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 53
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 54
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 55
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 56
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 57
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 58
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 59
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 60
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 61
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Rush ranks 1,464 out of 6,924. Before him are Reginald Pole (1500), Glenda Jackson (1936), Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914), Kim Wilde (1960), Guy Pearce (1967), and Simon Rattle (1955). After him are David Garrick (1717), Jeremiah Clarke (1674), Roland Joffé (1945), Frances Fisher (1952), Peg Entwistle (1908), and Christopher Isherwood (1904).
1500 - 1558
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 1,458
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 1,459
1914 - 1999
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 1,460
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 1,461
1967 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 1,462
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 1,463
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 1,464
1717 - 1779
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 1,465
1674 - 1707
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 1,466
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 1,467
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 1,468
1908 - 1932
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 1,469
1904 - 1986
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 1,470
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Ian Rush ranks 23. Before him are Steven Gerrard (1980), John Charles (1931), Harry Gregg (1932), Gary Lineker (1960), Jack Charlton (1935), and Wayne Rooney (1985). After him are Herbert Kilpin (1870), Peter Bonetti (1941), Alan Shearer (1970), Roger Byrne (1929), Paul Scholes (1974), and William Foulke (1874).
1980 - Present
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 17
1931 - 2004
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 18
1932 - 2020
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 19
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 20
1935 - 2020
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 21
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 22
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 23
1870 - 1916
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 24
1941 - 2020
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 25
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 26
1929 - 1958
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 27
1974 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 28
1874 - 1916
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 29