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Joe Thornton

1979 - Today

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Joseph Eric Thornton (born July 2, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played for the Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall by the Bruins in the 1997 NHL entry draft and went on to play seven seasons with the club, three as its captain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Thornton has received more than 3,036,914 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Joe Thornton is the 165th most popular hockey player (down from 129th in 2019), the 914th most popular biography from Canada (down from 788th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Joe Thornton ranks 165 out of 676. Before him are Bryan Trottier, Olli Jokinen, Ruslan Salei, Roman Turek, Jere Lehtinen, and Petr Nedvěd. After him are Ville Peltonen, Robert Lang, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Sergei Zubov, Mikhail Shtalenkov, and Martin Straka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Joe Thornton ranks 508. Before him are Angus Sampson, Ashley Massaro, Tiffany Haddish, Zvonimir Vukić, Christina Chanée, and Leonel Marshall Jr.. After him are Ken Duken, Agnieszka Grochowska, Carlos Arroyo, Lee Soo-young, Tom Rob Smith, and Paul Robinson.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joe Thornton ranks 914 out of 1,622. Before him are Rossif Sutherland (1978), Glen Drover (1969), Emily Bett Rickards (1991), Natalya Neidhart (1982), Will Sasso (1975), and Greg Bryk (1972). After him are Tracy Spiridakos (1988), Rachel Roberts (1978), Luke Macfarlane (1980), Snow (1969), Linda Chung (1984), and Patrice Désilets (1974).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Joe Thornton ranks 41. Before him are Harry Sinden (1932), Al Arbour (1932), Eric Lindros (1973), Tiny Thompson (1903), Paul Kariya (1974), and Bryan Trottier (1956). After him are Hooley Smith (1903), Dale Hawerchuk (1963), Glenn Anderson (1960), Grant Fuhr (1962), Brendan Shanahan (1969), and Scott Stevens (1964).

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