1972 in sports

1972 in sports - sports-related events of 1972. Article “1972 in sports” in English Wikipedia has 28.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 references and 27 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.48 points.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “1972 in sports”, its content was written by 100 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 328 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 127 times in English Wikipedia and cited 4689 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #4205 in June 2003
• Global: #9851 in May 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #344888 in January 2008
• Global: #390005 in January 2008

There are 14 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	German (de) Sportjahr 1972		54.0635
2	Swedish (sv) Sportåret 1972		53.2975
3	Slovenian (sl) 1972 v športu		45.2523
4	Finnish (fi) Urheiluvuosi 1972		34.6752
5	English (en) 1972 in sports		28.0781
6	Hebrew (he) 1972 בספורט		27.7588
7	Portuguese (pt) 1972 no desporto		26.4632
8	Hungarian (hu) 1972 a sportban		25.9155
9	French (fr) 1972 en sport		23.2478
10	Croatian (hr) Šport u 1972.		20.6055

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "1972 in sports" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1972 in sports		93 960
2	French (fr) 1972 en sport		48 250
3	Japanese (ja) 1972年のスポーツ		18 975
4	Swedish (sv) Sportåret 1972		18 386
5	Russian (ru) 1972 год в спорте		18 059
6	Portuguese (pt) 1972 no desporto		15 281
7	German (de) Sportjahr 1972		13 676
8	Chinese (zh) 1972年體育		6 966
9	Hungarian (hu) 1972 a sportban		4 969
10	Hebrew (he) 1972 בספורט		1 358

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "1972 in sports" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1972 in sports		148
2	French (fr) 1972 en sport		116
3	Japanese (ja) 1972年のスポーツ		61
4	Russian (ru) 1972 год в спорте		57
5	German (de) Sportjahr 1972		55
6	Portuguese (pt) 1972 no desporto		47
7	Swedish (sv) Sportåret 1972		34
8	Chinese (zh) 1972年體育		32
9	Croatian (hr) Šport u 1972.		5
10	Hungarian (hu) 1972 a sportban		5

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "1972 in sports" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1972 in sports		100
2	French (fr) 1972 en sport		63
3	German (de) Sportjahr 1972		40
4	Swedish (sv) Sportåret 1972		30
5	Japanese (ja) 1972年のスポーツ		25
6	Hungarian (hu) 1972 a sportban		20
7	Portuguese (pt) 1972 no desporto		19
8	Hebrew (he) 1972 בספורט		9
9	Russian (ru) 1972 год в спорте		6
10	Chinese (zh) 1972年體育		5

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "1972 in sports" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Sportjahr 1972		2
2	Hebrew (he) 1972 בספורט		1
3	Japanese (ja) 1972年のスポーツ		1
4	English (en) 1972 in sports		0
5	Finnish (fi) Urheiluvuosi 1972		0
6	French (fr) 1972 en sport		0
7	Croatian (hr) Šport u 1972.		0
8	Hungarian (hu) 1972 a sportban		0
9	Portuguese (pt) 1972 no desporto		0
10	Russian (ru) 1972 год в спорте		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "1972 in sports" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) 1972 en sport		2 883
2	Swedish (sv) Sportåret 1972		472
3	Hebrew (he) 1972 בספורט		248
4	Hungarian (hu) 1972 a sportban		225
5	Japanese (ja) 1972年のスポーツ		225
6	Russian (ru) 1972 год в спорте		183
7	English (en) 1972 in sports		127
8	Portuguese (pt) 1972 no desporto		127
9	Slovenian (sl) 1972 v športu		51
10	Min Nan (zhminnan) 1972 nî thé-io̍k		51

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#	Language	Value
de	German Sportjahr 1972
en	English 1972 in sports
fi	Finnish Urheiluvuosi 1972
fr	French 1972 en sport
he	Hebrew 1972 בספורט
hr	Croatian Šport u 1972.
hu	Hungarian 1972 a sportban
ja	Japanese 1972年のスポーツ
pt	Portuguese 1972 no desporto
ru	Russian 1972 год в спорте
sl	Slovenian 1972 v športu
sv	Swedish Sportåret 1972
zh	Chinese 1972年體育
zhminnan	Min Nan 1972 nî thé-io̍k

Best Rank

English: #344888 01.2008

Global: #390005 01.2008

Best Rank

English: #4205 06.2003

Global: #9851 05.2003

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