Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 35 | |
| 1954 | 44 | |
| 1955 | 53 | |
| 1956 | 62 | |
| 1957 | 70 | |
| 1958 | 79 | |
| 1959 | 88 | |
| 1960 | 97 | |
| 1961 | 76 | |
| 1962 | 56 | |
| 1963 | 35 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo Statsguru
- ICC official records
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Alan Davidson ranks #163 in Cricket
Alan Davidson ranks 163rd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1230th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 74, Honours 82, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Cricket reference universe of 294 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1953–1963 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1960, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 186, bowling average 21, test runs 1328, five-wicket hauls 14.
Immediately ahead sits Charlie Barnett on 85.4, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Warren Bardsley on 85.3. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Alan Davidson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Davidson stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1960. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Davidson comparisons
Alan Davidson — frequently asked
- Is Alan Davidson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Alan Davidson ranks 163rd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 85.3, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Alan Davidson's GOAT Score?
- 85.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Alan Davidson rank all time?
- 1230th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 163rd within Cricket.
- Alan Davidson vs Charlie Barnett: who ranks higher?
- Charlie Barnett, on 85.4 against Alan Davidson's 85.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.