HOCKEY PLAYER

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 the NHL 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 19,634,786 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Wayne Gretzky is the most popular hockey player, the 93rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 75th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 20M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Wayne Gretzky ranks 1 out of 676. After him are Maurice Richard, Vladislav Tretiak, Valeri Kharlamov, Viktor Tikhonov, Gordie Howe, Václav Nedomanský, Georges Vézina, Jiří Holeček, Bobby Hull, Jaromír Jágr, and Sergei Makarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Wayne Gretzky ranks 52. Before him are Ben Johnson, Lisa Gerrard, Armin Meiwes, Ian Rush, Aziz Akhannouch, and Daniele Massaro. After him are Walter Mazzarri, Arnaldur Indriðason, Danny Blind, Erna Solberg, Ferenc Gyurcsány, and Andy Fletcher.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Wayne Gretzky ranks 93 out of 1,622. Before him are Victor Garber (1949), Martin Short (1950), Simon Newcomb (1835), Robbie Robertson (1943), Michael Ironside (1950), and Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880). After him are Norman Bethune (1890), Jack L. Warner (1892), Rudolph A. Marcus (1923), Norma Shearer (1902), Nathan Fillion (1971), and Marc Ouellet (1944).

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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), Georges Vézina (1887), Bobby Hull (1939), Phil Esposito (1942), Mario Lemieux (1965), Henri Richard (1936), Bobby Orr (1948), Guy Lafleur (1951), Marcel Dionne (1951), and Howie Morenz (1902).

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