1973 - Today
Peter Mattias Forsberg (pronounced [ˈpěːtɛr ˈfɔ̂ʂːbærj] ; born 20 July 1973) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and former assistant general manager of Modo Hockey. Nicknamed "Peter the Great" and "Foppa", Forsberg was known for his on-ice vision and physical play, and is considered one of the greatest players of all time. Although his career was shortened by persistent injuries, as of 2021, he stands ninth all-time in career points-per-game and fifth all-time in career assists-per-game in the NHL, only behind Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, and Connor McDavid. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Forsberg has received more than 1,518,787 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Peter Forsberg is the 33rd most popular hockey player (down from 32nd in 2019), the 833rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 765th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Hockey Player.
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Among hockey players, Peter Forsberg ranks 33 out of 364. Before him are Alexander Yakushev, Viktor Konovalenko, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Vladimír Martinec, Marcel Dionne, and Nils Nilsson. After him are Alexei Kasatonov, Dick Esser, Vladimír Zábrodský, Pavel Bure, Oldřich Machač, and Bibi Torriani.
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 27
1938 - 1996
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 28
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 29
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 30
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 31
1936 - 2017
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 32
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 33
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 34
1918 - 1979
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 35
1923 - 2020
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 36
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 37
1946 - 2011
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 38
1911 - 1988
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 39
Among people born in 1973, Peter Forsberg ranks 209. Before him are Tore André Flo, Philipp Rösler, Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Stephen Graham, and Regillio Simons. After him are Edurne Pasaban, Élodie Bouchez, Marcus Allbäck, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jakob Cedergren, and Kim Sun-a.
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 203
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 204
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 205
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 206
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 207
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 208
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 209
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 210
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 211
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 212
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 213
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 214
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 215
Among people born in Sweden, Peter Forsberg ranks 833 out of 1,612. Before him are Folke Alnevik (1919), Per Nilsson (1890), Astrid Cleve (1875), Anna-Lisa Eriksson (1928), Elisabeth Andreassen (1958), and Nils Widforss (1880). After him are Marcus Allbäck (1973), Carl Bertilsson (1889), MyAnna Buring (1979), Jakob Cedergren (1973), Ruth Svedberg (1903), and Sven Fahlman (1914).
1919 - 2020
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 827
1890 - 1964
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 828
1875 - 1968
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 829
1928 - 2012
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 830
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 831
1880 - 1960
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 832
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 833
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 834
1889 - 1968
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 835
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 836
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 837
1903 - 2002
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 838
1914 - 2003
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 839
Among hockey players born in Sweden, Peter Forsberg ranks 2. Before him are Nils Nilsson (1936). After him are Mats Näslund (1959), Ronald Pettersson (1935), Mats Sundin (1971), Håkan Loob (1960), Tomas Jonsson (1960), Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (1958), Nicklas Lidström (1970), Tommy Salo (1971), Pelle Lindbergh (1959), and Henrik Lundqvist (1982).
1936 - 2017
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 1
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 2
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 3
1935 - 2010
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 4
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 5
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 6
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.01
Rank: 7
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.34
Rank: 9
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 10
1959 - 1985
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 11
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 12