RUGBY PLAYER

Joost van der Westhuizen

1971 - 2017

Photo of Joost van der Westhuizen

Icon of person Joost van der Westhuizen

Joost van der Westhuizen (20 February 1971 – 6 February 2017) was a South African professional rugby union player who made 89 appearances in test matches for the national team, scoring 38 tries. He mostly played as a scrum-half and participated in three Rugby World Cups, most notably in the 1995 tournament, which was won by South Africa. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest scrumhalves in the history of this sport. He captained the national side on ten occasions and was part of the team that won South Africa's first Tri-Nations title in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joost van der Westhuizen is the 11th most popular rugby player (down from 10th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 256th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Rugby Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Joost van der Westhuizen by language

Loading...

Among RUGBY PLAYERS

Among rugby players, Joost van der Westhuizen ranks 11 out of 35. Before him are Francois Pienaar, Léon Binoche, Jonny Wilkinson, Dan Carter, Sergio Parisse, and Richie McCaw. After him are Mike Tindall, Percy Montgomery, Siya Kolisi, Sonny Bill Williams, Jonathan Sexton, and Bryan Habana.

Most Popular Rugby Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Joost van der Westhuizen ranks 818. Before him are Jacob Laursen, Nana Smith, Nikki Ziering, Victoria Hamilton, Patrick Sensburg, and Kinga Preis. After him are Válber Costa, Alan van Sprang, Naoko Mori, Mark Consuelos, Marco Büchel, and Iván Trevejo. Among people deceased in 2017, Joost van der Westhuizen ranks 670. Before him are Stefano Farina, Serge Baguet, Fredy Schmidtke, Aaron Hernandez, Derek Ibbotson, and Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth. After him are Moïse Brou Apanga, Tom Alter, David Poisson, Yukinori Miyabe, Gillian Rolton, and Steven Holcomb.

Others Born in 1971

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2017

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Joost van der Westhuizen ranks 307 out of 454. Before him are Lillian Ngoyi (1911), Hector Pieterson (1963), Kumi Naidoo (1965), Ayanda Denge (1982), Sibusiso Zuma (1975), and Rosalyn Fairbank (1960). After him are Zhang Jian (null), Elana Meyer (1966), Doctor Khumalo (1967), Kandyse McClure (1980), Anneline Kriel (1955), and Zahara (1987).

Others born in South Africa

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RUGBY PLAYERS In South Africa

Among rugby players born in South Africa, Joost van der Westhuizen ranks 2. Before him are Francois Pienaar (1967). After him are Siya Kolisi (1991), Bryan Habana (1983), Cheslin Kolbe (1993), Eben Etzebeth (1991), Schalk Burger (1983), Kurt-Lee Arendse (1996), Werner Kok (1993), Rosko Specman (1989), Philip Snyman (1987), and Justin Geduld (1993).

South African born Rugby Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous