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Wayne Gretzky

1961 - Today

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Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( GRET-skee; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999, retiring at the age of 38. Nicknamed "the Great One", he has been called the greatest ice hockey player ever by many sportswriters, players, The Hockey News, and the NHL itself, based on extensive surveys of hockey writers, ex-players, general managers and coaches. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wayne Gretzky has received more than 18,263,649 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Wayne Gretzky is the most popular hockey player (up from 3rd in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Canada (up from 91st in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Wayne Gretzky ranks 1 out of 364. After him are Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladislav Tretiak, Valeri Kharlamov, Jaromír Jágr, Phil Esposito, Jiří Holeček, René Fasel, Bobby Hull, and Vladimir Shadrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Wayne Gretzky ranks 44. Before him are Mylène Farmer, Ricky Gervais, Lisa Gerrard, Andoni Zubizarreta, Dmitry Muratov, and Erwin Koeman. After him are Ralph Macchio, Armin Meiwes, Andy Lau, Enzo Francescoli, Macky Sall, and Boy George.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Wayne Gretzky ranks 75 out of 1,350. Before him are Edward Dmytryk (1908), John Charles Fields (1863), Mylène Farmer (1961), Norman Bethune (1890), Avril Lavigne (1984), and A. E. van Vogt (1912). After him are Rachel McAdams (1978), Yvonne De Carlo (1922), Rick Moranis (1953), Maurice Richard (1921), Gordie Howe (1928), and Victor Garber (1949).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Wayne Gretzky ranks 1. After him are Maurice Richard (1921), Gordie Howe (1928), Phil Esposito (1942), Bobby Hull (1939), Mario Lemieux (1965), Henri Richard (1936), Guy Lafleur (1951), Georges Vézina (1887), Bobby Orr (1948), Marcel Dionne (1951), and Howie Morenz (1902).

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