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Shane Watson

1981 - Today

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Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who played for and occasionally captained the Australian national cricket team between 2002 and 2016. He was an all-rounder who played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He was ranked as the world's No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shane Watson has received more than 2,610,124 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Shane Watson is the 98th most popular cricketer (down from 60th in 2019), the 1,005th most popular biography from Australia (down from 820th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Australian Cricketer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 22.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Shane Watsons by language

Over the past year Shane Watson has had the most page views in the with 306,448 views, followed by Hindi (5,447), and Bengali (2,468). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are English (74.34%), Volapük (68.68%), and Bengali (62.16%)

Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Shane Watson ranks 98 out of 136. Before him are Moeen Ali, Mohammad Nabi, Kane Williamson, Chaminda Vaas, Ajinkya Rahane, and Younis Khan. After him are Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum, Michael Clarke, and Mitchell Marsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Shane Watson ranks 1,386. Before him are Mims, Hyleas Fountain, Francis Jeffers, Hideaki Ueno, Ned Vizzini, and Cheryl Ford. After him are Kenta Togawa, Yusuke Murayama, Kazuya Kawabata, Ryota Arimitsu, Kei Uemura, and Shingo Kumabayashi.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Shane Watson ranks 1,005 out of 1,143. Before him are Oliver Bozanic (1989), Jack Bobridge (1989), Jock Landale (1995), Ken Wallace (1983), Sam Willoughby (1991), and Grant Schubert (1980). After him are Brianna Throssell (1996), David Morris (1984), Gladys Berejiklian (1970), Chris Herd (1989), Nicole Pratt (1973), and Tully Bevilaqua (1972).

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Among CRICKETERS In Australia

Among cricketers born in Australia, Shane Watson ranks 17. Before him are Adam Gilchrist (1971), David Warner (1986), Glenn McGrath (1970), Matthew Hayden (1971), Steve Smith (1989), and Brett Lee (1976). After him are Michael Clarke (1981), Mitchell Marsh (1991), Mitchell Starc (1990), Aaron Finch (1986), Shaun Marsh (1983), and Josh Hazlewood (1991).

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