Ferenc Puskás

About Ferenc Puskás

Ferenc Puskás, ranked #753 for historical importance by MIT's Pantheon project, was one of the most influential soccer players of the 20th century. A legendary Hungarian forward, he was the captain of the "Mighty Magyars" in the 1950s, an undefeated national team that famously defeated England twice, a significant upset in international football history. Post-migration, he became a highly successful player and later a coach for Real Madrid, securing multiple European Cups.

In 2025, Puskás garnered approximately 567K Wikipedia pageviews, which places his modern digital attention level at an Attention Gap of roughly 1x relative to his historical standing, suggesting his online presence aligns reasonably well with his global impact among this pool. For contrast, Diego Maradona, ranked slightly lower at #772 importance, attracted 2.2 million views in the same year, indicating a considerably larger contemporary internet footprint for another soccer giant.

Despite this stable attention ratio, Puskás’s pageviews saw a notable -22.1% year-over-year decline in 2025. However, short-term interest showed a significant surge, with his 2025 Momentum metric showing a +30% increase when comparing the first quarter to the third quarter, perhaps hinting at renewed, albeit volatile, digital interest.