RUGBY PLAYER

Sonny Bill Williams

1985 - Today

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Sonny William Williams (born 3 August 1985) is a New Zealand heavyweight boxer, and a former professional rugby league and rugby union player. He is only the second person to represent New Zealand in rugby union after first playing for the country in rugby league, and is one of only 43 players to have won the Rugby World Cup twice. Williams began his career in rugby league, and has played as a second-row forward over eight seasons in three spells in the National Rugby League (NRL), with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Sydney Roosters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonny Bill Williams has received more than 4,660,023 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Sonny Bill Williams is the 15th most popular rugby player (down from 11th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from New Zealand and the 4th most popular New Zealander Rugby Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RUGBY PLAYERS

Among rugby players, Sonny Bill Williams ranks 15 out of 35. Before him are Dan Carter, Joost van der Westhuizen, Percy Montgomery, Bryan Habana, Sergio Parisse, and Jonathan Sexton. After him are Beauden Barrett, Eben Etzebeth, Cheslin Kolbe, Mike Tindall, Keith Wood, and Shane Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Sonny Bill Williams ranks 455. Before him are Tiago Splitter, Loubna Abidar, Mandy Minella, Giorgio Petrosyan, Guilherme Marinato, and Dejan Jakovic. After him are Mirza Teletović, Polina Zherebtsova, Marvin Compper, Luton Shelton, Maciej Lampe, and Oxxxymiron.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Sonny Bill Williams ranks 157 out of 303. Before him are Brendon Hartley (1989), Ruth Park (1917), Rachel Hunter (1969), Jay Ryan (1981), Nick Willis (1983), and Mark Paston (1976). After him are Gina Bellman (1966), Tony Shelly (1937), Valerie Adams (1984), Sarah McLeod (1971), Rhys Darby (1974), and Chris Wood (1991).

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Among RUGBY PLAYERS In New Zealand

Among rugby players born in New Zealand, Sonny Bill Williams ranks 4. Before him are Jonah Lomu (1975), Richie McCaw (1980), and Dan Carter (1982). After him are Beauden Barrett (1991), Brodie Retallick (1991), Kieran Read (1985), Kelly Brazier (1989), Portia Woodman (1991), Sione Molia (1993), Etene Nanai-Seturo (1999), and Theresa Fitzpatrick (1995).

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