HOCKEY PLAYER

Ray Bourque

1960 - Today

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Raymond Jean Bourque (born December 28, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He holds records for most career goals, assists, and points by a defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best defenceman five times, while finishing second for that trophy a further six times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Bourque has received more than 1,403,841 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ray Bourque is the 131st most popular hockey player (down from 105th in 2019), the 819th most popular biography from Canada (down from 730th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Ray Bourque ranks 131 out of 676. Before him are Alexei Gusarov, Jiří Šlégr, Oleg Znarok, Kārlis Skrastiņš, Nikolai Khabibulin, and Zdeno Chára. After him are Boris Alexandrov, Bert McCaffrey, Andy Bathgate, Evgeni Nabokov, Henrik Lundqvist, and Martin St. Louis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Ray Bourque ranks 663. Before him are Heorhiy Pohosov, Viktor Manakov, Wim Koevermans, Cal Ripken Jr., Marijan Pušnik, and Elizabeth Avellán. After him are Andrea Thompson, Karl Erjavec, Philippe Omnès, Makoto Sugiyama, Johnny Paul Koroma, and Falk Boden.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Ray Bourque ranks 819 out of 1,622. Before him are Andrea Roth (1967), Tracy Wilson (1961), Sheila Watt-Cloutier (1953), Ed Greenwood (1959), Kathy Kreiner (1957), and Jessica Lucas (1985). After him are Jeff Waters (1966), Bert McCaffrey (1893), Andy Bathgate (1932), Chris Diamantopoulos (1975), Kathleen Wynne (1953), and Sara Canning (1987).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Ray Bourque ranks 30. Before him are Art Ross (1885), Brett Hull (1964), Martin Brodeur (1972), Eddie Shore (1902), Paul Coffey (1961), and Sidney Crosby (1987). After him are Bert McCaffrey (1893), Andy Bathgate (1932), Martin St. Louis (1975), Milt Schmidt (1918), Harry Sinden (1932), and Al Arbour (1932).

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