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Kevin Pietersen

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Kevin Peter Pietersen (born 27 June 1980) is a South African-English cricket commentator, conservationist, and former England international captain. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who played in all three formats for England between 2005 and 2014, which included a brief tenure as captain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin Pietersen has received more than 3,748,696 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Kevin Pietersen is the 91st most popular cricketer (down from 63rd in 2019), the 413th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 350th in 2019) and the 7th most popular South African Cricketer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 23.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kevin Pietersens by language

Over the past year Kevin Pietersen has had the most page views in the with 429,954 views, followed by Hindi (8,036), and German (1,572). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hausa (395.83%), English (65.04%), and Hindi (50.18%)

Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Kevin Pietersen ranks 91 out of 136. Before him are Tillakaratne Dilshan, Jhulan Goswami, Smriti Mandhana, Quinton de Kock, Ambati Rayudu, and Misbah-ul-Haq. After him are Moeen Ali, Mohammad Nabi, Kane Williamson, Chaminda Vaas, Ajinkya Rahane, and Younis Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Kevin Pietersen ranks 1,266. Before him are Shintaro Harada, Takenori Hayashi, Jennifer Shahade, Maya Lawrence, Daniel Quaye, and Jason Wade. After him are Genichi Takahashi, Seyi Olofinjana, Victoria Pendleton, Ryohei Koike, Daisuke Hoshi, and Toshihiro Yahata.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Kevin Pietersen ranks 413 out of 454. Before him are Faf du Plessis (1984), Quinton de Kock (1992), Themba Mnguni (1973), Siyabonga Sangweni (1981), Anaso Jobodwana (1992), and Kagisho Dikgacoi (1984). After him are Louis Oosthuizen (1982), Clinton Hill (1980), Teko Modise (1982), Surprise Moriri (1980), Ayakha Melithafa (2002), and Bridgitte Hartley (1983).

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Among CRICKETERS In South Africa

Among cricketers born in South Africa, Kevin Pietersen ranks 7. Before him are Tony Greig (1946), AB de Villiers (1984), Jacques Kallis (1975), Hashim Amla (1983), Gary Kirsten (1967), and Quinton de Kock (1992). After him are Dale Steyn (1983), David Miller (1989), Morné Morkel (1984), Kagiso Rabada (1995), and JP Duminy (1984).

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