1972 - Today
Žigmund "Ziggy" Pálffy (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈʐiɡmunt ˈpaːlfi]; born 5 May 1972) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. Along with his English nickname, he was nicknamed "Žigo" in Slovak. One of the most talented wingers, Pálffy played in the NHL for 12 years with the New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, and Pittsburgh Penguins between 1993 and 2006. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Žigmund Pálffy has received more than 209,693 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Žigmund Pálffy is the 115th most popular hockey player (down from 86th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 210th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Slovak Hockey Player.
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Among hockey players, Žigmund Pálffy ranks 115 out of 364. Before him are Alexei Kovalev, Marián Hossa, Petteri Nummelin, Leo Komarov, Robert Lang, and Bryan Trottier. After him are Valeri Bure, Jere Lehtinen, Sandis Ozoliņš, Patrik Eliáš, Ruslan Salei, and Grant Fuhr.
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 109
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.77
Rank: 110
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.72
Rank: 111
1987 - Present
HPI: 36.61
Rank: 112
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 113
1956 - Present
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 114
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.17
Rank: 115
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.06
Rank: 116
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.03
Rank: 117
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.03
Rank: 118
1976 - Present
HPI: 36.01
Rank: 119
1974 - 2011
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 120
1962 - Present
HPI: 35.96
Rank: 121
Among people born in 1972, Žigmund Pálffy ranks 530. Before him are Paulo Santos, Tomáš Dvořák, Edwin Ifeanyi, Christian Ruud, Şebnem Ferah, and Jesse Hughes. After him are Nathalie Poza, Abdelkrim El Hadrioui, Greg Bryk, David Musulbes, Sandis Ozoliņš, and Aafia Siddiqui.
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.47
Rank: 524
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 525
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.43
Rank: 526
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 527
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.23
Rank: 528
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.23
Rank: 529
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.17
Rank: 530
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.15
Rank: 531
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.11
Rank: 532
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.07
Rank: 533
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.04
Rank: 534
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.03
Rank: 535
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 536
Among people born in Slovakia, Žigmund Pálffy ranks 244 out of 357. Before him are Marián Hossa (1979), Janette Husárová (1974), Ondrej Duda (1994), Barbora Bobuľová (1974), Michal Martikán (1979), and Radoslav Zabavník (1980). After him are Peter Pišťanek (1960), Róbert Mak (1991), Dominik Hrbatý (1978), Marián Čišovský (1979), Filip Hološko (1984), and Tomáš Hubočan (1985).
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.77
Rank: 238
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.68
Rank: 239
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.39
Rank: 240
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.31
Rank: 241
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.19
Rank: 242
1980 - Present
HPI: 36.19
Rank: 243
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.17
Rank: 244
1960 - 2015
HPI: 36.06
Rank: 245
1991 - Present
HPI: 35.92
Rank: 246
1978 - Present
HPI: 35.47
Rank: 247
1979 - 2020
HPI: 35.33
Rank: 248
1984 - Present
HPI: 35.25
Rank: 249
1985 - Present
HPI: 35.23
Rank: 250
Among hockey players born in Slovakia, Žigmund Pálffy ranks 6. Before him are Stan Mikita (1940), Pavol Demitra (1974), Miroslav Šatan (1974), Zdeno Chára (1977), and Marián Hossa (1979). After him are Marián Gáborík (1982), Marcel Hossa (1981), Ladislav Nagy (1979), Michal Handzuš (1977), Július Hudáček (1988), and Jaroslav Halák (1985).
1940 - 2018
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 1
1974 - 2011
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 2
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 3
1977 - Present
HPI: 38.42
Rank: 4
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.77
Rank: 5
1972 - Present
HPI: 36.17
Rank: 6
1982 - Present
HPI: 33.97
Rank: 7
1981 - Present
HPI: 32.20
Rank: 8
1979 - Present
HPI: 31.91
Rank: 9
1977 - Present
HPI: 30.04
Rank: 10
1988 - Present
HPI: 29.82
Rank: 11
1985 - Present
HPI: 27.70
Rank: 12