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Ilya Kovalchuk

1983 - Today

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Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk (Russian: Илья Валерьевич Ковальчук; born 15 April 1983) is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger for Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He formerly played for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL), as well as Ak Bars Kazan, Khimik Moscow Oblast, SKA Saint Petersburg, and Avangard Omsk in the Russian Superleague (RSL) and KHL. Kovalchuk developed in the youth system of Spartak Moscow, joining their senior team in the Vysshaya Liga in 1999. After two seasons with Spartak, he joined the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL, who selected him first overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. After eight seasons with the Thrashers, he was traded to the New Jersey Devils in 2010, with which he signed a 15-year, $100 million contract, after a 17-year, $102 million deal was rejected by the NHL. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilya Kovalchuk has received more than 1,750,148 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Ilya Kovalchuk is the 108th most popular hockey player (down from 83rd in 2019), the 2,664th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,262nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular Russian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ilya Kovalchuks by language

Over the past year Ilya Kovalchuk has had the most page views in the with 300,564 views, followed by English (145,669), and German (7,476). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (58.97%), Russian (58.00%), and Estonian (52.63%)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Ilya Kovalchuk ranks 108 out of 676. Before him are Alan Noble, Valeri Kamensky, Viktor Yakushev, Yevgeni Zimin, Irving Small, and Art Ross. After him are Peter Bondra, Tommy Salo, Brett Hull, Martin Brodeur, Jonas Bergqvist, and Eddie Shore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Ilya Kovalchuk ranks 253. Before him are Felipe Colombo, Bradley James, Darío Conca, Jelena Tomašević, Verónica Echegui, and Tong Wen. After him are Umut Bulut, Roy Chipolina, Yuliya Snigir, Chris Rankin, Romaric, and Yoann Lemoine.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ilya Kovalchuk ranks 2,664 out of 3,761. Before him are Margarita Drobiazko (1971), Vyacheslav Ivanenko (1961), Sergei Kiriakov (1970), Tatiana Bulanova (1969), Dmitry Tursunov (1982), and Alexei Nemov (1976). After him are Olga Slavnikova (1957), Yuliya Snigir (1983), Alexei Guryshev (1925), Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (1978), Ilia Kulik (1977), and Ilya Yashin (1983).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Ilya Kovalchuk ranks 31. Before him are Vladimir Vikulov (1946), Gennadiy Tsygankov (1947), Pavel Datsyuk (1978), Valeri Kamensky (1966), Viktor Yakushev (1937), and Yevgeni Zimin (1947). After him are Evgeni Malkin (1986), Eduard Ivanov (1938), Alexei Kovalev (1973), Alexei Gusarov (1964), Oleg Znarok (1963), and Nikolai Khabibulin (1973).

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