1980 - Today
Richard Hugh McCaw (born 31 December 1980) is a retired New Zealand professional rugby union player. He captained the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, in 110 out of his 148 test matches, and won two Rugby World Cups. He has won the World Rugby Player of the Year award a joint record three times and was the most capped test rugby player of all time from August 2015 to October 2020. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richie McCaw has received more than 2,431,514 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Richie McCaw is the 10th most popular rugby player (down from 7th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 129th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular New Zealander Rugby Player.
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Among rugby players, Richie McCaw ranks 10 out of 13. Before him are Sébastien Chabal, André Rischmann, Léon Binoche, Jonny Wilkinson, Dan Carter, and Sergio Parisse. After him are Sonny Bill Williams, Joost van der Westhuizen, Percy Montgomery, Bryan Habana, Keith Wood, and Jonathan Sexton.
1977 - Present
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 4
1882 - 1955
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 5
1878 - 1962
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 6
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.51
Rank: 7
1982 - Present
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 8
1983 - Present
HPI: 34.43
Rank: 9
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 10
1985 - Present
HPI: 32.11
Rank: 11
1971 - 2017
HPI: 31.68
Rank: 12
1974 - Present
HPI: 30.25
Rank: 13
1983 - Present
HPI: 29.83
Rank: 14
1972 - Present
HPI: 28.58
Rank: 15
1985 - Present
HPI: 27.71
Rank: 16
Among people born in 1980, Richie McCaw ranks 454. Before him are Blaženko Lacković, O. T. Fagbenle, Yaroslav Rybakov, Nikolai Durov, Stig Rästa, and Shao Jiayi. After him are Alexey Voyevoda, Gianna Terzi, Massari, Rebeka Dremelj, Aaron Mokoena, and Jonathan Woodgate.
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.45
Rank: 448
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.44
Rank: 449
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.39
Rank: 450
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.39
Rank: 451
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.37
Rank: 452
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.37
Rank: 453
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 454
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.32
Rank: 455
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.29
Rank: 456
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.28
Rank: 457
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.28
Rank: 458
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.27
Rank: 459
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.25
Rank: 460
Among people born in New Zealand, Richie McCaw ranks 139 out of 248. Before him are Aaron Jeffery (1970), Nanaia Mahuta (1970), Valerie Adams (1984), Chris Wood (1991), Thomasin McKenzie (2000), and Norman Kirk (1923). After him are Archie Thompson (1978), Bill Rowling (1927), Ivan Vicelich (1976), Joe Earl (1952), Grant Bowler (1968), and Rose McIver (1988).
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.91
Rank: 133
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 134
1984 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 135
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.86
Rank: 136
2000 - Present
HPI: 34.73
Rank: 137
1923 - 1974
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 138
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 139
1978 - Present
HPI: 34.32
Rank: 140
1927 - 1995
HPI: 34.31
Rank: 141
1976 - Present
HPI: 34.28
Rank: 142
1952 - Present
HPI: 34.10
Rank: 143
1968 - Present
HPI: 34.05
Rank: 144
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.00
Rank: 145
Among rugby players born in New Zealand, Richie McCaw ranks 3. Before him are Jonah Lomu (1975) and Dan Carter (1982). After him are Sonny Bill Williams (1985), Beauden Barrett (1991), Brodie Retallick (1991), and Portia Woodman (1991).
1975 - 2015
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 1
1982 - Present
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 2
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 3
1985 - Present
HPI: 32.11
Rank: 4
1991 - Present
HPI: 27.05
Rank: 5
1991 - Present
HPI: 23.85
Rank: 6
1991 - Present
HPI: 16.59
Rank: 7