SOCCER PLAYER

John Barnes

1963 - Today

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John Charles Bryan Barnes (born 7 November 1963) is a former professional football player and manager. Often considered one of the greatest England players of all time, Barnes currently works as an author, as well as a commentator and pundit for ESPN and SuperSport. Initially a quick, skilful left winger, he moved to central midfield later in his career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Barnes has received more than 1,246,764 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). John Barnes is the 2,330th most popular soccer player (up from 3,409th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Jamaican Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Barnes by language

Over the past year John Barnes has had the most page views in the with 352,266 views, followed by Spanish (17,941), and Italian (15,144). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Thai (637.52%), Welsh (240.23%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (186.57%)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, John Barnes ranks 2,330 out of 21,273. Before him are Willian, Martim Mércio da Silveira, Henock Abrahamsson, Miranda, Jan Vertonghen, and Takumi Minamino. After him are Isacio Calleja, Alexander Hleb, José Perácio, Enrique Fernández Viola, Romeu Pellicciari, and Ivano Bordon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, John Barnes ranks 228. Before him are Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Dmitry Rogozin, James LaBrie, Ute Lemper, Mark Hughes, and Francesco Quinn. After him are Eva Cassidy, Anders Frisk, Petra De Sutter, Vladimir Mashkov, Brian Greene, and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, John Barnes ranks 31 out of 189. Before him are Patrick Allen (1951), Martine Beswick (1941), Cedella Booker (1926), Mary Seacole (1805), Shaggy (1968), and Prince Buster (1938). After him are Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), George Rhoden (1926), Portia Simpson-Miller (1945), Raheem Sterling (1994), Monty Alexander (1944), and Don Quarrie (1951).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Jamaica

Among soccer players born in Jamaica, John Barnes ranks 1. After him are Raheem Sterling (1994), Donovan Ricketts (1977), Luther Blissett (1958), Theodore Whitmore (1972), Luton Shelton (1985), Leon Bailey (1997), Ian Goodison (1972), Musashi Suzuki (1994), Ricardo Gardner (1978), Robin Fraser (1966), and Jeff Cunningham (1976).

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