1983 - Today
Separamadu Lasith Malinga (Sinhala: සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග;Tamil: லசித் மாலிங்க;born 28 August 1983) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest limited overs bowlers of all time. Playing as a right-arm fast bowler, Malinga was commonly used as a specialist death bowler, and captained the Sri Lanka national cricket team to the 2014 T20 World Cup title. He was nicknamed "Slinga Malinga" due to his distinctive round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling action. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lasith Malinga has received more than 2,449,116 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lasith Malinga is the 51st most popular cricketer (down from 47th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 39th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Sri Lankan Cricketer.
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Among cricketers, Lasith Malinga ranks 51 out of 68. Before him are Shoaib Malik, Mahela Jayawardene, Ravichandran Ashwin, Gary Kirsten, Zaheer Khan, and Ambati Rayudu. After him are Mushfiqur Rahim, Misbah-ul-Haq, K. L. Rahul, Brett Lee, Waqar Younis, and Jhulan Goswami.
1982 - Present
HPI: 22.46
Rank: 45
1977 - Present
HPI: 22.33
Rank: 46
1986 - Present
HPI: 22.32
Rank: 47
1967 - Present
HPI: 22.10
Rank: 48
1978 - Present
HPI: 21.97
Rank: 49
1985 - Present
HPI: 21.80
Rank: 50
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.54
Rank: 51
1987 - Present
HPI: 21.42
Rank: 52
1974 - Present
HPI: 21.31
Rank: 53
1992 - Present
HPI: 21.31
Rank: 54
1976 - Present
HPI: 21.21
Rank: 55
1971 - Present
HPI: 21.05
Rank: 56
1982 - Present
HPI: 20.99
Rank: 57
Among people born in 1983, Lasith Malinga ranks 1,211. Before him are Carlinhos Paraíba, Dimitri Champion, Karin Melis Mey, Mangpor Chonthicha, Yuya Hikichi, and Daryl Murphy. After him are Atsushi Katagiri, Tsutomu Matsuda, Nik Caner-Medley, Josh Powell, Margaret Hoelzer, and Kelly Clark.
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.61
Rank: 1,205
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.61
Rank: 1,206
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.60
Rank: 1,207
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.57
Rank: 1,208
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.56
Rank: 1,209
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.55
Rank: 1,210
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.54
Rank: 1,211
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.50
Rank: 1,212
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.45
Rank: 1,213
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.43
Rank: 1,214
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.40
Rank: 1,215
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.37
Rank: 1,216
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.37
Rank: 1,217
Among people born in Sri Lanka, Lasith Malinga ranks 43 out of 44. Before him are Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975), Muttiah Muralitharan (1972), Sanath Jayasuriya (1969), David Wilkie (1954), Kumar Sangakkara (1977), and Mahela Jayawardene (1977). After him are Tillakaratne Dilshan (1976).
1975 - Present
HPI: 32.41
Rank: 37
1972 - Present
HPI: 30.02
Rank: 38
1969 - Present
HPI: 27.63
Rank: 39
1954 - Present
HPI: 25.98
Rank: 40
1977 - Present
HPI: 24.98
Rank: 41
1977 - Present
HPI: 22.33
Rank: 42
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.54
Rank: 43
1976 - Present
HPI: 20.13
Rank: 44
Among cricketers born in Sri Lanka, Lasith Malinga ranks 5. Before him are Muttiah Muralitharan (1972), Sanath Jayasuriya (1969), Kumar Sangakkara (1977), and Mahela Jayawardene (1977). After him are Tillakaratne Dilshan (1976).
1972 - Present
HPI: 30.02
Rank: 1
1969 - Present
HPI: 27.63
Rank: 2
1977 - Present
HPI: 24.98
Rank: 3
1977 - Present
HPI: 22.33
Rank: 4
1983 - Present
HPI: 21.54
Rank: 5
1976 - Present
HPI: 20.13
Rank: 6