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Rarest Heisman Trophy Winner — All 90 Answers Ranked by Rarity

90 answers are accepted for “Name a Heisman Trophy winner”. Clint Frank is the rarest Heisman Trophy winner in this ranking, with 5,296 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Billy Vessels is the second-rarest with 7,839 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.48× the figure for Clint Frank. Fernando Mendoza is the most common Heisman Trophy winner in this ranking, with 5,450,642 monthly Wikipedia views, 1,029× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 90 answers: 31,528,907. Clint Frank is under 0.1% of that total. 18 answers are Epic or Legendary: Clint Frank (Legendary), Billy Vessels (Legendary), Bruce Smith (Legendary), and 15 more.

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Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

90 answers to “Name a Heisman Trophy winner”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views
1 Clint Frank on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 5,296
2 Billy Vessels on Wikipedia Legendary 0.989 7,839
3 Bruce Smith on Wikipedia Legendary 0.978 9,631
4 Les Horvath on Wikipedia Legendary 0.966 10,713
5 Larry Kelley on Wikipedia Legendary 0.955 11,700
6 Vic Janowicz on Wikipedia Legendary 0.944 12,561
7 Frank Sinkwich on Wikipedia Legendary 0.933 13,158
8 Leon Hart on Wikipedia Epic 0.921 13,791
9 Angelo Bertelli on Wikipedia Epic 0.910 14,586
10 Gary Beban on Wikipedia Epic 0.899 15,660
11 Howard Cassady on Wikipedia Epic 0.888 17,751
12 John Huarte on Wikipedia Epic 0.876 18,446
13 Joe Bellino on Wikipedia Epic 0.865 19,087
14 Steve Owens on Wikipedia Epic 0.854 19,672
15 Terry Baker on Wikipedia Epic 0.843 20,040
16 Doc Blanchard on Wikipedia Epic 0.831 20,797
17 Davey O'Brien on Wikipedia Epic 0.820 20,816
18 Dick Kazmaier on Wikipedia Epic 0.809 21,516
19 Johnny Lujack on Wikipedia Rare 0.798 22,770
20 John David Crow on Wikipedia Rare 0.787 23,611
21 Johnny Lattner on Wikipedia Rare 0.775 26,884
22 Johnny Rodgers on Wikipedia Rare 0.764 27,983
23 Mike Garrett on Wikipedia Rare 0.753 28,845
24 Pat Sullivan on Wikipedia Rare 0.742 30,854
25 Charles White on Wikipedia Rare 0.730 35,570
26 Alan Ameche on Wikipedia Rare 0.719 36,266
27 Pete Dawkins on Wikipedia Rare 0.708 37,190
28 Glenn Davis on Wikipedia Rare 0.697 44,504
29 John Cappelletti on Wikipedia Rare 0.685 46,153
30 Mike Rozier on Wikipedia Rare 0.674 46,755
31 Nile Kinnick on Wikipedia Rare 0.663 50,616
32 Doak Walker on Wikipedia Rare 0.652 52,630
33 Rashaan Salaam on Wikipedia Rare 0.640 53,139
34 Jay Berwanger on Wikipedia Rare 0.629 53,190
35 George Rogers on Wikipedia Rare 0.618 56,585
36 Ron Dayne on Wikipedia Rare 0.607 60,892
37 Danny Wuerffel on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.596 61,157
38 Gino Torretta on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.584 62,396
39 Billy Sims on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.573 64,403
40 Eric Crouch on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.562 69,410
41 Andre Ware on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.551 73,822
42 Troy Smith on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.539 79,216
43 Billy Cannon on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.528 80,006
44 Ty Detmer on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.517 83,138
45 Paul Hornung on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.506 84,345
46 Jason White on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.494 84,933
47 Tim Brown on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.483 113,545
48 Archie Griffin on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.472 114,406
49 Ernie Davis on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.461 128,634
50 Chris Weinke on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.449 133,839
51 Charlie Ward on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.438 168,980
52 Tom Harmon on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.427 189,445
53 Earl Campbell on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.416 196,955
54 Marcus Allen on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.404 199,358
55 Tony Dorsett on Wikipedia Familiar 0.393 209,751
56 Mark Ingram II on Wikipedia Familiar 0.382 216,750
57 Vinny Testaverde on Wikipedia Familiar 0.371 220,408
58 Desmond Howard on Wikipedia Familiar 0.360 230,060
59 Carson Palmer on Wikipedia Familiar 0.348 243,475
60 Eddie George on Wikipedia Familiar 0.337 253,119
61 Steve Spurrier on Wikipedia Familiar 0.326 259,966
62 Jim Plunkett on Wikipedia Familiar 0.315 260,525
63 Sam Bradford on Wikipedia Familiar 0.303 261,219
64 Charles Woodson on Wikipedia Familiar 0.292 306,692
65 Ricky Williams on Wikipedia Familiar 0.281 319,870
66 Roger Staubach on Wikipedia Familiar 0.270 345,055
67 Robert Griffin III on Wikipedia Familiar 0.258 373,144
68 Herschel Walker on Wikipedia Familiar 0.247 390,519
69 DeVonta Smith on Wikipedia Familiar 0.236 405,084
70 Reggie Bush on Wikipedia Familiar 0.225 413,074
71 Matt Leinart on Wikipedia Familiar 0.213 421,760
72 Travis Hunter on Wikipedia Familiar 0.202 434,000
73 Barry Sanders on Wikipedia Common 0.191 437,179
74 Doug Flutie on Wikipedia Common 0.180 450,206
75 Marcus Mariota on Wikipedia Common 0.169 683,973
76 Johnny Manziel on Wikipedia Common 0.157 764,109
77 Bryce Young on Wikipedia Common 0.146 798,639
78 Jayden Daniels on Wikipedia Common 0.135 881,288
79 Bo Jackson on Wikipedia Common 0.124 896,458
80 Lamar Jackson on Wikipedia Common 0.112 903,095
81 Derrick Henry on Wikipedia Common 0.101 927,998
82 Tim Tebow on Wikipedia Common 0.090 950,647
83 Kyler Murray on Wikipedia Common 0.079 1,017,185
84 Baker Mayfield on Wikipedia Common 0.067 1,030,915
85 Jameis Winston on Wikipedia Common 0.056 1,080,966
86 Cam Newton on Wikipedia Common 0.045 1,093,040
87 Joe Burrow on Wikipedia Common 0.034 1,136,760
88 Caleb Williams on Wikipedia Common 0.022 1,482,759
89 O. J. Simpson on Wikipedia Common 0.011 2,983,092
90 Fernando Mendoza on Wikipedia Common 0.000 5,450,642

FAQ

What is the rarest Heisman Trophy winner?

Clint Frank is the rarest Heisman Trophy winner in this ranking, with 5,296 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many Heisman Trophy winners are there?

There are 90 Heisman Trophy winners in this ranking, from Clint Frank (rarest) to Fernando Mendoza (most common).

What is the most common Heisman Trophy winner?

Fernando Mendoza is the most common Heisman Trophy winner in this ranking, with 5,450,642 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.