Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 40 | |
| 1992 | 48 | |
| 1993 | 56 | |
| 1994 | 64 | |
| 1995 | 73 | |
| 1996 | 81 | |
| 1997 | 89 | |
| 1998 | 97 | |
| 1999 | 85 | |
| 2000 | 72 | |
| 2001 | 60 | |
| 2002 | 47 | |
| 2003 | 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 Allan Donald ranks #116 in Cricket
Allan Donald ranks 116th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 954th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 78, Honours 84, 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 1991–2003 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, 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 330, tests played 72, bowling average 22, five-wicket hauls 20.
Immediately ahead sits Geoffrey Boycott on 87.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Shikhar Dhawan on 87.0. 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 Donald GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Donald stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Donald comparisons
Allan Donald — frequently asked
- Is Allan Donald the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Allan Donald ranks 116th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Allan Donald's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Allan Donald rank all time?
- 954th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 116th within Cricket.
- Allan Donald vs Geoffrey Boycott: who ranks higher?
- Allan Donald, on 87.0 against Geoffrey Boycott's 87.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.