1948 - 1981
Valeri Borisovich Kharlamov (Russian: Вале́рий Бори́сович Харла́мов, IPA: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪtɕ xɐrˈlaməf]; 14 January 1948 – 27 August 1981) was a Soviet ice hockey forward who played for CSKA Moscow in the Soviet League from 1967 until his death in 1981. Although small in stature, Kharlamov was a speedy, intelligent, skilled and dominant player, being named the Soviet Championship League most valuable player in 1972 and 1973. An offensive player, who was considered very creative on the ice, he also led the league in scoring in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valeri Kharlamov has received more than 541,790 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Valeri Kharlamov is the 6th most popular hockey player (down from 5th in 2019), the 694th most popular biography from Russia (down from 666th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Hockey Player.
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Among hockey players, Valeri Kharlamov ranks 6 out of 364. Before him are Wayne Gretzky, Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe, Viktor Tikhonov, and Vladislav Tretiak. After him are Jaromír Jágr, Phil Esposito, Jiří Holeček, René Fasel, Bobby Hull, and Vladimir Shadrin.
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 1
1921 - 2000
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 2
1928 - 2016
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 3
1930 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 4
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 5
1948 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 6
1972 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 8
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 10
1939 - 2023
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 11
1948 - 2021
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1948, Valeri Kharlamov ranks 138. Before him are Devlet Bahçeli, Donna Karan, Barbara Hershey, Toshio Suzuki, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, and Kathy Reichs. After him are Philippe Garrel, Paul Milgrom, Bill Ward, John de Lancie, Jean-Louis Schlesser, and Margot Kidder. Among people deceased in 1981, Valeri Kharlamov ranks 63. Before him are Victor Kugler, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Josep Pla, Alberto Suppici, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, and Gunichi Mikawa. After him are Albert Cohen, Lotte Reiniger, Kirill Kondrashin, Yakov Pavlov, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and Nelson Algren.
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 132
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 133
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 134
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 135
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 136
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 137
1948 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 138
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 139
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 140
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 141
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 142
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 143
1948 - 2018
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 144
1900 - 1981
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 57
1883 - 1981
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 58
1897 - 1981
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 59
1898 - 1981
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 60
1892 - 1981
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 61
1888 - 1981
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 62
1948 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 63
1895 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 64
1899 - 1981
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 65
1914 - 1981
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 66
1917 - 1981
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 67
1897 - 1981
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 68
1909 - 1981
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 69
Among people born in Russia, Valeri Kharlamov ranks 694 out of 3,262. Before him are Yekaterina Budanova (1916), Zinaida Gippius (1869), Caran d'Ache (1858), Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931), Lev Ivanov (1834), and Dietrich von Saucken (1892). After him are Tatiana Samoilova (1934), Meir Dagan (1945), Denis Fonvizin (1745), Rudolf Lipschitz (1832), Bella Akhmadulina (1937), and Pavel Tsitsianov (1754).
1916 - 1943
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 688
1869 - 1945
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 689
1858 - 1909
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 690
1931 - 2018
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 691
1834 - 1901
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 692
1892 - 1980
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 693
1948 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 694
1934 - 2014
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 695
1945 - 2016
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 696
1745 - 1792
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 697
1832 - 1903
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 698
1937 - 2010
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 699
1754 - 1806
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 700
Among hockey players born in Russia, Valeri Kharlamov ranks 3. Before him are Viktor Tikhonov (1930) and Vladislav Tretiak (1952). After him are Vladimir Shadrin (1948), Viacheslav Fetisov (1958), Vladimir Petrov (1947), Sergei Makarov (1958), Igor Larionov (1960), Alexander Ovechkin (1985), Alexander Yakushev (1947), Viktor Konovalenko (1938), and Vyacheslav Starshinov (1940).
1930 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 2
1948 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 3
1948 - 2021
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 5
1947 - 2017
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 6
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 7
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 8
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 10
1938 - 1996
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 12