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Joe Root

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Joseph Edward Root, (born 30 December 1990) is an English international cricketer, who plays for the English cricket team and formerly captained the Test team. He also represents Yorkshire in English domestic cricket. Root is currently the leading run-scorer among all active batsmen, the fifth highest run-scorer of all time in Test cricket and the highest run scorer for England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Root has received more than 7,608,610 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Joe Root is the 111th most popular cricketer (down from 77th in 2019), the 8,312th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,448th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Cricketer.

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  • 7.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Joe Root ranks 111 out of 136. Before him are Mitchell Starc, Anjum Chopra, Mustafizur Rahman, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammad Amir, and Robin Uthappa. After him are Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn, Rashid Khan, Martin Guptill, David Miller, and Aaron Finch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Joe Root ranks 1,469. Before him are Elli Avram, Reuben Gabriel, Olesia Romasenko, Andreas Toba, John Smith, and Nahki Wells. After him are Fatkhullo Fatkhulloyev, Yauhen Tsurkin, Leah Kirchmann, Pallavi Sharda, Leydi Solís, and Kasey Smith.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Root ranks 8,312 out of 8,785. Before him are Scott Arfield (1988), MNEK (1994), Matthew Hudson-Smith (1994), Matt Langridge (1983), Nellie McKay (1982), and Owen Smith (1970). After him are Ella Toone (1999), Hayden Mullins (1979), Joe Choong (1995), Rico Henry (1997), Matt Walls (1998), and Katie Archibald (1994).

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Among CRICKETERS In United Kingdom

Among cricketers born in United Kingdom, Joe Root ranks 10. Before him are Alfred Bowerman (1873), William Donne (1876), James Anderson (1982), C. B. K. Beachcroft (1870), Andrew Symonds (1975), and Moeen Ali (1987). After him are Jos Buttler (1990), Alastair Cook (1984), Stuart Broad (1986), Ian Bell (1982), and Jonny Bairstow (1989).

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