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Ricky Ponting

1974 - Today

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Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, Ponting was captain of the Australian national team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and is the most successful captain in international cricket history, with 220 victories in 324 matches with a winning rate of 67.91%. He stands third in the list of cricketers by number of international centuries scored. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricky Ponting has received more than 4,261,298 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Ricky Ponting is the 33rd most popular cricketer (down from 27th in 2019), the 692nd most popular biography from Australia (down from 613th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Australian Cricketer.

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  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 25.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Ricky Ponting ranks 33 out of 68. Before him are Sanath Jayasuriya, Yuvraj Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, James Anderson, Shoaib Akhtar, and VVS Laxman. After him are Javagal Srinath, Adam Gilchrist, Kumar Sangakkara, Steve Waugh, Inzamam-ul-Haq, and Suresh Raina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Ricky Ponting ranks 911. Before him are Daichi Matsuyama, Saulo Estevao da Costa Pimenta, Katie Smith, Hermann Hreiðarsson, VVS Laxman, and Motohiro Yoshida. After him are Jennifer Nettles, Junji Nishizawa, Da Brat, Adam Korol, Chantal Kreviazuk, and Marcelo Baron Polanczyk.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Ricky Ponting ranks 692 out of 925. Before him are Nathan Deakes (1977), Clayton Zane (1977), Nathan Phillips (1980), Natalie Cook (1975), Debbie Flintoff-King (1960), and Nathan Jawai (1986). After him are Ben Halloran (1992), Tom Rogic (1992), Michelle Jenneke (1993), Bill Shorten (1967), Will Clarke (1985), and Adam Gilchrist (1971).

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Among CRICKETERS In Australia

Among cricketers born in Australia, Ricky Ponting ranks 3. Before him are Don Bradman (1908) and Shane Warne (1969). After him are Adam Gilchrist (1971), Steve Waugh (1965), Matthew Hayden (1971), Brett Lee (1976), Phillip Hughes (1988), Shane Watson (1981), Steve Smith (1989), David Warner (1986), and Michael Clarke (1981).

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