1972 - Today
Jakob "Jaap" Stam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjaːp ˈstɑm]; born 17 July 1972) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. As a player, he played as a centre-back and is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaap Stam has received more than 3,157,812 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Jaap Stam is the 533rd most popular soccer player (up from 633rd in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Jaap Stam ranks 533 out of 16,880. Before him are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Włodzimierz Lubański, Andrés Escobar, Saizo Saito, Stefan Kuntz, and Herbert Wimmer. After him are Hans-Peter Briegel, Marc Overmars, Nevio Scala, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, José Manuel Moreno, and Rabah Madjer.
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 527
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 528
1967 - 1994
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 529
1908 - 2004
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 530
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 531
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 532
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 533
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 534
1973 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 535
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 536
1942 - 2017
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 537
1916 - 1978
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 538
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 539
Among people born in 1972, Jaap Stam ranks 37. Before him are Sofía Vergara, Jean Dujardin, Anggun, Gabriel Macht, Alyssa Milano, and Josh Duhamel. After him are Karl Urban, Lee Jung-jae, Dita Von Teese, Robin Tunney, Toto Wolff, and Sung Kang.
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 31
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 32
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 33
1972 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 34
1972 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 35
1972 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 36
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 37
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 38
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 39
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 40
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 41
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 42
1972 - Present
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 43
Among people born in Netherlands, Jaap Stam ranks 288 out of 1,427. Before him are Abraham van Beijeren (1620), Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Frank de Boer (1970), Esaias van de Velde (1587), and Jan van Huysum (1682). After him are Marc Overmars (1973), Pieter Boddaert (1730), Joop den Uyl (1919), Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), Jan Janssen (1940), and Arend Lijphart (1936).
1620 - 1690
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 282
1788 - 1899
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 283
1565 - 1599
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 284
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 285
1587 - 1630
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 286
1682 - 1749
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 287
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 288
1973 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 289
1730 - 1795
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 290
1919 - 1987
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 291
1657 - 1696
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 292
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 293
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 294
Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Jaap Stam ranks 25. Before him are Robin van Persie (1983), Jan Jongbloed (1940), Wim Suurbier (1945), Abe Lenstra (1920), Willem van Hanegem (1944), and Frank de Boer (1970). After him are Marc Overmars (1973), Danny Blind (1961), Sjaak Swart (1938), Mark van Bommel (1977), Phillip Cocu (1970), and Jordi Cruyff (1974).
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 19
1940 - 2023
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 20
1945 - 2020
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 21
1920 - 1985
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 22
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 23
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 24
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 25
1973 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 26
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 27
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 28
1977 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 29
1970 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 30
1974 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 31