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Steve Yzerman

1965 - Today

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Stephen Gregory Yzerman ( EYE-zər-mən; born May 9, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player currently serving as executive vice president and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, with whom he spent all 22 seasons of his NHL playing career. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he is a Detroit sports icon and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Yzerman has received more than 2,192,357 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Steve Yzerman is the 70th most popular hockey player (down from 53rd in 2019), the 631st most popular biography from Canada (down from 584th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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  • 2.2M

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  • 40.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Steve Yzerman ranks 70 out of 364Before him are Yuri Krylov, Håkan Loob, Peter Bondra, Pavel Datsyuk, Alexander Mogilny, and Vladimir Vikulov. After him are Tomas Jonsson, Raimo Helminen, Valentin Kuzin, Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Esa Tikkanen, and Viktor Yakushev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Steve Yzerman ranks 412Before him are Shannon Walker, Jonathan Breck, Maggie Shiu, Oleg Kotov, Leonel Álvarez, and Henrik Andersen. After him are Andy Dick, Stacey Kent, Gregor Foitek, Zetti, Manolo, and Susi Pudjiastuti.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Steve Yzerman ranks 631 out of 1,350Before him are Karla Homolka (1970), Leonard Peikoff (1933), Meghan Ory (1982), Pablo Schreiber (1978), Ruby Keeler (1909), and Skip Spence (1946). After him are Steve Bauer (1959), Paul Churchland (1942), Gregory Colbert (1960), Viola Myers (1927), George Lyon (1858), and Chris Taylor (1950).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Steve Yzerman ranks 19Before him are Brett Hull (1964), Bernie Geoffrion (1931), Bobby Clarke (1949), Mark Messier (1961), Ernie Collett (1895), and Art Ross (1885). After him are Sidney Crosby (1987), Joe Sakic (1969), Herb Drury (1896), Bert McCaffrey (1893), Paul Coffey (1961), and Martin St. Louis (1975).