HOCKEY PLAYER

Joe Sakic

1969 - Today

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Joseph Steven Sakic (; (Croatian pronunciation: [ʃakitɕ]) born July 7, 1969) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He played his entire 21-year National Hockey League (NHL) career, which lasted from 1988 to 2009, with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise. Named captain of the team in 1992 (after serving as a co-captain in 1990–91), Sakic is regarded as one of the greatest team leaders in league history and was able to consistently motivate his team to play at a winning level. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Sakic has received more than 1,833,255 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Joe Sakic is the 101st most popular hockey player (down from 81st in 2019), the 743rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 654th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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  • 48.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Joe Sakic ranks 101 out of 676. Before him are Esa Tikkanen, Lars-Eric Lundvall, Raimo Helminen, Steve Yzerman, Udo Kiessling, and Dunc Munro. After him are Alan Noble, Valeri Kamensky, Viktor Yakushev, Yevgeni Zimin, Irving Small, and Art Ross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Joe Sakic ranks 530. Before him are Loren Dean, Jan Suchopárek, Oleg Maskayev, Anniken Huitfeldt, Fabien Roussel, and Archie Kao. After him are Kyle Richards, Markus Gisdol, Fartuun Adan, David A. Sinclair, Joshua Redman, and Mika Myllylä.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joe Sakic ranks 743 out of 1,622. Before him are Fikayo Tomori (1997), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), Keegan Connor Tracy (1971), Hart Bochner (1956), Robbie Amell (1988), and Lorne Loomer (1937). After him are Henry Lau (1989), Alice Eastwood (1859), Horst Bulau (1962), Cliff Thorburn (1948), Christian Cage (1973), and Gilles Brassard (1955).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Joe Sakic ranks 23. Before him are Bernie Geoffrion (1931), Bobby Clarke (1949), Frank Sullivan (1898), Colin Carruthers (1890), Sid Abel (1918), and Steve Yzerman (1965). After him are Art Ross (1885), Brett Hull (1964), Martin Brodeur (1972), Eddie Shore (1902), Paul Coffey (1961), and Sidney Crosby (1987).

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