HOCKEY PLAYER

Sean Avery

1980 - Today

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Sean Christopher Avery (born April 10, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. During his career in the National Hockey League (NHL), he played left wing for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, and Dallas Stars, gaining recognition for controversial and disrespectful behaviour both on and off the ice. His agitating playing style led to multiple teams waiving him and to having a contract terminated. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sean Avery has received more than 2,181,810 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sean Avery is the 496th most popular hockey player (down from 372nd in 2019), the 1,373rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,152nd in 2019) and the 89th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 25.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Sean Avery ranks 496 out of 676. Before him are Ivan Telegin, Sergei Shirokov, Markus Granlund, Petr Koukal, Nikolay Kulemin, and Kris Draper. After him are Alexander Vasyunov, Jonathan Quick, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Philip Larsen, Juraj Slafkovský, and Lars Eller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Sean Avery ranks 1,222. Before him are Helalia Johannes, Mmusi Maimane, Ádám Steinmetz, Al Harrington, Trevor Murdoch, and Quentin Richardson. After him are Boris Sanson, Tomohide Nakazawa, Iván Velasco, Troy Murphy, Raman Piatrushenka, and Tomi Shimomura.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Sean Avery ranks 1,373 out of 1,622. Before him are Rainbow Sun Francks (1979), Luguentz Dort (1999), Darcy Marquardt (1979), Devon Kershaw (1982), Kris Draper (1971), and Sarah Grey (1996). After him are Olivier Jean (1984), Lilly Singh (1988), Sandra Schmirler (1963), Trevor Devall (1972), Joe Dinicol (1983), and Antoine Valois-Fortier (1990).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Sean Avery ranks 89. Before him are Alexander Steen (1984), Marc-Édouard Vlasic (1987), Nathan MacKinnon (1995), Claude Giroux (1988), Simon Gagné (1980), and Kris Draper (1971). After him are Duncan Keith (1983), Marty Turco (1975), Jason Spezza (1983), Jamie Benn (1989), Chris Kunitz (1979), and Ryan Smyth (1976).

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