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Nail Yakupov

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Nail Railovich Yakupov (Russian: Наиль Раилович Якупов, Tatar: Наил Раил улы Якупов; born 6 October 1993) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected first overall by the Edmonton Oilers at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, and also played with the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche. Due to his relatively poor performance, short NHL career and low point totals, Yakupov is widely regarded as one of the biggest draft busts in NHL history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nail Yakupov is the 518th most popular hockey player (down from 459th in 2024), the 3,601st most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,509th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Nail Yakupov ranks 518 out of 676. Before him are Stephan Veen, Mike Comrie, Jonathan Toews, Christian Bäckman, Juuse Saros, and Alexander Salák. After him are Simon Gagné, Lauris Dārziņš, Michael Brennan, Artemi Panarin, Aleš Kotalík, and Martin Havlát.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Nail Yakupov ranks 677. Before him are Xie Zhenye, Millie Brady, Solo Sikoa, Ghali, Cheslin Kolbe, and Naser Aliji. After him are Giuliana Olmos, Angela Malestein, Peres Jepchirchir, Jonna Andersson, Spencer Dinwiddie, and Luis López Fernández.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nail Yakupov ranks 3,601 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksey Kuleshov (1979), Maya Petrova (1982), Aleksandr Volkov (1985), Mikhail Elgin (1981), Oksana Pochepa (1984), and Emiliya Turey (1984). After him are Marina Kislova (1978), Artyom Zdunov (1978), Anna Sedoykina (1984), Alexander Serov (1982), Irina Khazova (1984), and Yekaterina Dyachenko (1987).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Nail Yakupov ranks 75. Before him are Semyon Varlamov (1988), Sergei Samsonov (1978), Evgenii Dadonov (1989), Maxim Sushinsky (1974), Danis Zaripov (1981), and Ivan Tkachenko (1979). After him are Artemi Panarin (1991), Vadim Shipachyov (1987), Ilya Sorokin (1995), Dmitri Kalinin (1980), Nikita Gusev (1992), and Andrei Vasilevskiy (1994).

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