1958 - Today
James Leighton (born 24 July 1958) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Leighton started his career with Aberdeen, where he won seven domestic trophies and the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup under the management of Alex Ferguson. Ferguson then signed Leighton for Manchester United in 1988, but dropped him after he conceded three goals in the 1990 FA Cup Final. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Leighton has received more than 625,291 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Jim Leighton is the 5,260th most popular soccer player (up from 5,694th in 2019), the 5,284th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,124th in 2019) and the 266th most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Jim Leighton ranks 5,260 out of 16,880. Before him are Rui Jorge, Stephan Lehmann, Džoni Novak, Branko Strupar, Luis Gabelo Conejo, and Tinga. After him are Eraldo Pecci, Kalu Uche, David Odonkor, Jonathan dos Santos, Aksel V. Johannesen, and Carlos Ruiz.
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 5,254
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 5,255
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 5,256
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 5,257
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 5,258
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 5,259
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 5,260
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 5,261
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 5,262
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 5,263
1990 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 5,264
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 5,265
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 5,266
Among people born in 1958, Jim Leighton ranks 479. Before him are Xavier Becerra, Mick Harvey, Pedro Uralde, Ellen Ochoa, Neville Southall, and Maria das Neves. After him are Thomas Dolby, Arsinée Khanjian, Margot Käßmann, Christian Clemenson, Christian Lindberg, and Neetu Singh.
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 473
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 474
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 475
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 476
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 477
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 478
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 479
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 480
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 481
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 482
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 483
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 484
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 485
Among people born in United Kingdom, Jim Leighton ranks 5,284 out of 7,765. Before him are Emily Bergl (1975), Simon Woods (1980), Mike Coughlan (1959), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (1997), Peter Westbury (1938), and Arthur Scargill (1938). After him are Richard Crashaw (1612), Thomas Dolby (1958), Jemima Kirke (1985), Lawrence Hargrave (1850), Zuleikha Robinson (1977), and Rupert Keegan (1955).
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 5,278
1980 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 5,279
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 5,280
1997 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 5,281
1938 - 2015
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 5,282
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 5,283
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 5,284
1612 - 1649
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 5,285
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 5,286
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 5,287
1850 - 1915
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 5,288
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 5,289
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 5,290
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Jim Leighton ranks 266. Before him are Derek Kevan (1935), Alan Hansen (1955), Mark Hateley (1961), Bobby Smith (1933), Neville Southall (1958), and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (1997). After him are Trevor Brooking (1948), Jonny Evans (1988), Alex McLeish (1959), Gary McAllister (1964), John Wark (1957), and Tom Whittaker (1898).
1935 - 2013
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 260
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 261
1961 - Present
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 262
1933 - 2010
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 263
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 264
1997 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 265
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 266
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 267
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 268
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 269
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 270
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 271
1898 - 1956
HPI: 38.99
Rank: 272