HOCKEY PLAYER

Sidney Crosby

1987 - Today

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Sidney Patrick Crosby (born August 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Sid the Kid" and dubbed "The Next One", he was selected first overall by the Penguins in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Born and raised in Halifax, Crosby was considered one of the most lauded prospects in ice hockey history and is widely regarded as one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time.During his two-year major junior career with the Rimouski Océanic, he earned many awards and led his club to the 2005 Memorial Cup final. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sidney Crosby has received more than 9,821,493 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Sidney Crosby is the 123rd most popular hockey player (down from 78th in 2019), the 804th most popular biography from Canada (down from 649th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sidney Crosbies by language

Over the past year Sidney Crosby has had the most page views in the with 1,213,852 views, followed by Russian (124,130), and French (54,399). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (116.15%), Indonesian (49.15%), and Armenian (30.79%)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Sidney Crosby ranks 123 out of 676. Before him are Keshav Dutt, Petr Svoboda, Eduard Ivanov, Alexei Kovalev, Pelle Lindbergh, and Paul Coffey. After him are Frank Fredrickson, Alexei Gusarov, Jiří Šlégr, Oleg Znarok, Kārlis Skrastiņš, and Nikolai Khabibulin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Sidney Crosby ranks 279. Before him are Park So-yeon, Kim Ryeo-wook, Adam Johnson, Matthew Daddario, Vicente Guaita, and Luigi Datome. After him are Alexander Kristoff, Rigoberto Urán, Hillal Soudani, Ai Kayano, Kevin Jonas, and Przemysław Tytoń.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Sidney Crosby ranks 804 out of 1,622. Before him are Gregory Colbert (1960), Allen Berg (1961), Yannick Nézet-Séguin (1975), Paul Coffey (1961), Jonathan Crombie (1966), and Adam Gontier (1978). After him are Jade Raymond (1975), Rob Stewart (1961), Kenojuak Ashevak (1927), Nicholas Latifi (1995), Jessica Lowndes (1988), and Rachel Blanchard (1976).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Sidney Crosby ranks 29. Before him are Joe Sakic (1969), Art Ross (1885), Brett Hull (1964), Martin Brodeur (1972), Eddie Shore (1902), and Paul Coffey (1961). After him are Ray Bourque (1960), Bert McCaffrey (1893), Andy Bathgate (1932), Martin St. Louis (1975), Milt Schmidt (1918), and Harry Sinden (1932).

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