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Igor Larionov

1960 - Today

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Igor Nikolayevich Larionov (Russian: Игорь Николаевич Ларионов; born 3 December 1960) is a Russian ice hockey coach, sports agent and former professional ice hockey player, known as "the Professor". Considered one of the best hockey players of all time, he, along with Viacheslav Fetisov, were instrumental in forcing the Soviet government to let Soviet players compete in the National Hockey League (NHL). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Igor Larionov has received more than 730,161 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Igor Larionov is the 22nd most popular hockey player (down from 19th in 2019), the 1,642nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,365th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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  • 730k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Igor Larionov ranks 22 out of 676. Before him are Viacheslav Fetisov, Mario Lemieux, Henri Richard, Bobby Orr, Jiří Holík, and Jari Kurri. After him are Roman Čechmánek, Guy Lafleur, René Fasel, Viktor Konovalenko, Vladimír Martinec, and Bibi Torriani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Igor Larionov ranks 227. Before him are David Baldacci, Annabella Sciorra, Christophe Gans, Jari Kurri, Lang Ping, and BD Wong. After him are Aldo Serena, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Seth Godin, Meg Tilly, and Glenn Strömberg.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Larionov ranks 1,642 out of 3,761. Before him are Pyotr Chikhachyov (1808), Alexander Esenin-Volpin (1924), Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852), Natalya Andreychenko (1956), Vasily Agapkin (1884), and Vladimir Mashkov (1963). After him are Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia (1903), Vasily Stasov (1769), Vladislav Listyev (1956), Sergey Chaplygin (1869), Giorgi Shengelaia (1937), and Jürgen Moser (1928).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Igor Larionov ranks 7. Before him are Vladislav Tretiak (1952), Valeri Kharlamov (1948), Viktor Tikhonov (1930), Sergei Makarov (1958), Vladimir Petrov (1947), and Viacheslav Fetisov (1958). After him are Viktor Konovalenko (1938), Alexander Yakushev (1947), Alexander Ovechkin (1985), Alexei Kasatonov (1959), Vyacheslav Starshinov (1940), and Yevgeni Babich (1921).

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