Drop goal

Drop goal - method of scoring points in rugby, scored by drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar and between the goalposts. Article “Drop goal” in English Wikipedia has 32.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 11 references and 9 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Drop goal”, its content was written by 60 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 157 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 509 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1912 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #19463 in September 2011
• Global: #48963 in September 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #70463 in October 2015
• Global: #55312 in October 2023

There are 11 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	English (en) Drop goal		32.1842
2	Basque (eu) Drop (errugbia)		22.4017
3	French (fr) Drop (rugby à XV)		21.1727
4	Serbian (sr) Дроп гол (рагби 15)		17.4528
5	Spanish (es) Drop		15.0286
6	Japanese (ja) ドロップゴール		14.5293
7	Portuguese (pt) Drop goal		11.7931
8	Italian (it) Drop (rugby)		8.4958
9	German (de) Dropgoal		4.0556
10	Polish (pl) Drop goal		3.6467

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Drop goal" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Drop goal		456 048
2	French (fr) Drop (rugby à XV)		244 541
3	Japanese (ja) ドロップゴール		84 788
4	Italian (it) Drop (rugby)		52 934
5	Spanish (es) Drop		24 455
6	Polish (pl) Drop goal		13 072
7	German (de) Dropgoal		9 553
8	Simple English (simple) Drop goal		6 003
9	Portuguese (pt) Drop goal		5 549
10	Serbian (sr) Дроп гол (рагби 15)		909

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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 "Drop goal" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Drop goal		1 686
2	French (fr) Drop (rugby à XV)		511
3	Simple English (simple) Drop goal		263
4	Spanish (es) Drop		82
5	Japanese (ja) ドロップゴール		75
6	German (de) Dropgoal		58
7	Italian (it) Drop (rugby)		57
8	Polish (pl) Drop goal		23
9	Portuguese (pt) Drop goal		17
10	Serbian (sr) Дроп гол (рагби 15)		17

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Drop goal		60
2	French (fr) Drop (rugby à XV)		33
3	Italian (it) Drop (rugby)		33
4	Japanese (ja) ドロップゴール		8
5	Simple English (simple) Drop goal		7
6	Polish (pl) Drop goal		5
7	German (de) Dropgoal		4
8	Spanish (es) Drop		3
9	Serbian (sr) Дроп гол (рагби 15)		2
10	Basque (eu) Drop (errugbia)		1

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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 "Drop goal" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Dropgoal		0
2	English (en) Drop goal		0
3	Spanish (es) Drop		0
4	Basque (eu) Drop (errugbia)		0
5	French (fr) Drop (rugby à XV)		0
6	Italian (it) Drop (rugby)		0
7	Japanese (ja) ドロップゴール		0
8	Polish (pl) Drop goal		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Drop goal		0
10	Simple English (simple) Drop goal		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 "Drop goal" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Italian (it) Drop (rugby)		831
2	English (en) Drop goal		509
3	Polish (pl) Drop goal		179
4	French (fr) Drop (rugby à XV)		129
5	German (de) Dropgoal		104
6	Spanish (es) Drop		43
7	Serbian (sr) Дроп гол (рагби 15)		33
8	Basque (eu) Drop (errugbia)		30
9	Japanese (ja) ドロップゴール		29
10	Simple English (simple) Drop goal		22

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#	Language	Value
de	German Dropgoal
en	English Drop goal
es	Spanish Drop
eu	Basque Drop (errugbia)
fr	French Drop (rugby à XV)
it	Italian Drop (rugby)
ja	Japanese ドロップゴール
pl	Polish Drop goal
pt	Portuguese Drop goal
simple	Simple English Drop goal
sr	Serbian Дроп гол (рагби 15)

Best Rank

English: #70463 10.2015

Global: #55312 10.2023

Best Rank

English: #19463 09.2011

Global: #48963 09.2011

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