Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 3 | |
| 1980 | 4 | |
| 1981 | 5 | |
| 1982 | 4 | |
| 1983 | 3 | |
| 1984 | 5 | |
| 1985 | 4 | |
| 1986 | 3 | |
| 1987 | 4 | |
| 1988 | 2 | |
| 1989 | 3 | |
| 1990 | 2 | |
| 1991 | 3 | |
| 1992 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Allan Border ranks #18 in Cricket
Allan Border ranks 18th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 206th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 90, Longevity 94, Honours 88, Statistics 94. Those categories are normalised against the full Cricket reference universe of 297 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1976–1996 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1981, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity 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 runs 11174, test centuries 27, world cup titles 1, tests as captain 93.
Immediately ahead sits George Headley on 90.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Stuart Broad on 90.5. 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.
Allan Border GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Border stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1981. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Border comparisons
Allan Border — frequently asked
- Is Allan Border the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Allan Border ranks 18th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 90.5, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Allan Border's GOAT Score?
- 90.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Allan Border rank all time?
- 206th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 18th within Cricket.
- Allan Border vs George Headley: who ranks higher?
- George Headley, on 90.6 against Allan Border's 90.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.