HOCKEY PLAYER

Jason Spezza

1983 - Today

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Jason Rocco Anthony Spezza (born June 13, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre and current assistant general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. Spezza played 19 career seasons in the NHL from 2002 to 2022. After beginning his major junior career at the early age of 15 in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Spezza was selected second overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators, eventually serving as their team captain following the departure of Daniel Alfredsson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jason Spezza has received more than 1,061,044 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jason Spezza is the 522nd most popular hockey player (down from 383rd in 2019), the 1,411th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,160th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 24.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Jason Spezza ranks 522 out of 676. Before him are Thomas Raffl, Iiro Pakarinen, Elvis Merzļikins, Marty Turco, Sven Andrighetto, and Alexander Burmistrov. After him are Jamie Benn, Chris Kunitz, Brooks Orpik, Pedro Ibarra, Ryan Smyth, and Igor Shestyorkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Jason Spezza ranks 1,300. Before him are Kunal Khemu, Alessandro Gazzi, Tomoya Uchida, Román Martínez, Sergio Hernández, and Lyubov Shutova. After him are Germain Chardin, Stanislav Donets, Melanie Fiona, Evaldo Silva dos Santos, Willian, and Daisuke Takahashi.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jason Spezza ranks 1,411 out of 1,622. Before him are Sara Waisglass (1998), Meaghan Benfeito (1989), David Calder (1978), Deborah Cox (1974), Cordelia Fine (1975), and James Crawford (1997). After him are Bronson Pelletier (1986), Marie-Philip Poulin (1991), Sean Patrick Maloney (1966), Jeremy Hunt (1974), Isabelle Weidemann (1995), and Mike Smith (1982).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Jason Spezza ranks 92. Before him are Claude Giroux (1988), Simon Gagné (1980), Kris Draper (1971), Sean Avery (1980), Duncan Keith (1983), and Marty Turco (1975). After him are Jamie Benn (1989), Chris Kunitz (1979), Ryan Smyth (1976), Jay Bouwmeester (1983), Milan Lucic (1988), and Brad Richards (1980).

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