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Rick Nash

1984 - Today

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Richard Nash (born June 16, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who serves as the director of player development for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). After being selected first overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by Columbus, he played 15 seasons in the NHL for the Blue Jackets, New York Rangers and Boston Bruins, and was selected to play in six National Hockey League All-Star Games. Prior to turning professional, Nash was a highly regarded prospect with the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) where he spent two seasons, earning the Emms Family Award in 2001 as the League's Rookie of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rick Nash has received more than 1,127,778 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Rick Nash is the 344th most popular hockey player (down from 261st in 2019), the 1,211th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,019th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Rick Nash ranks 344 out of 676. Before him are Carey Price, Ivan Baranka, Petri Kontiola, Corey Perry, Radek Dvořák, and Kari Lehtonen. After him are Joakim Lindström, Aki Berg, Libor Hudáček, Pavel Kubina, Sean Burke, and David Pastrňák.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Rick Nash ranks 898. Before him are Fantasia Barrino, Chadli Amri, Vanessa Lee Chester, Nemanja Rnić, Aleks Marić, and Rob Brown. After him are Dimitri Peters, Darin Brooks, Gauthier Grumier, Eñaut Zubikarai, Chiara Appendino, and Angelique Widjaja.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Rick Nash ranks 1,211 out of 1,622. Before him are Carey Price (1987), Meaghan Rath (1986), Corey Perry (1985), Tory Lanez (1992), Jonathan Cherry (1977), and Elvis Stojko (1972). After him are Jamie Salé (1977), Patrice Bernier (1979), Rebecca Marino (1990), Kylie Bunbury (1989), Sean Burke (1967), and Vanessa Lengies (1985).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Rick Nash ranks 67. Before him are Chris Pronger (1974), Patrice Bergeron (1985), Ryan O'Reilly (1991), Eric Staal (1984), Carey Price (1987), and Corey Perry (1985). After him are Sean Burke (1967), Trevor Linden (1970), John Tavares (1990), Chris Osgood (1972), Ryan Getzlaf (1985), and Jonathan Toews (1988).

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