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Joe Sakic

1969 - Today

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Joseph Steven Sakic (; 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 1,603,388 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Joe Sakic is the 81st most popular hockey player (down from 66th in 2019), the 655th most popular biography from Canada (down from 629th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

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  • 3.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Joe Sakic ranks 81 out of 364. Before him are Esa Tikkanen, Viktor Yakushev, Oleg Znarok, Sidney Crosby, Nicklas Lidström, and Miroslav Šatan. After him are Sergei Zubov, Ilya Kovalchuk, Herb Drury, Eduard Ivanov, Tommy Salo, and Alexei Zhamnov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Joe Sakic ranks 455. Before him are Tony Curran, Fiona May, Fan Zhiyi, Petr Kouba, Jesse James, and Daniela Castro. After him are Heather Hunter, Lee Beom-soo, David Trueba, Krunoslav Jurčić, Ashley Jensen, and Džoni Novak.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joe Sakic ranks 655 out of 1,350. Before him are Lucile Wheeler (1935), Sidney Crosby (1987), Eric Johnson (1979), Avan Jogia (1992), Jeon So-mi (2001), and Missy Peregrym (1982). After him are Kate McGarrigle (1946), Calvin Bricker (1884), Lindy Booth (1979), Fikayo Tomori (1997), William Edmond Logan (1798), and Gilles Duceppe (1947).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Joe Sakic ranks 21. Before him are Bobby Clarke (1949), Mark Messier (1961), Ernie Collett (1895), Art Ross (1885), Steve Yzerman (1965), and Sidney Crosby (1987). After him are Herb Drury (1896), Bert McCaffrey (1893), Paul Coffey (1961), Martin St. Louis (1975), Milt Schmidt (1918), and Andy Bathgate (1932).

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