Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 45 | |
| 1961 | 51 | |
| 1962 | 57 | |
| 1963 | 63 | |
| 1964 | 69 | |
| 1965 | 75 | |
| 1966 | 81 | |
| 1967 | 87 | |
| 1968 | 93 | |
| 1969 | 89 | |
| 1970 | 84 | |
| 1971 | 80 | |
| 1972 | 75 | |
| 1973 | 71 | |
| 1974 | 67 | |
| 1975 | 62 | |
| 1976 | 58 | |
| 1977 | 53 | |
| 1978 | 49 | |
| 1979 | 44 | |
| 1980 | 40 |
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 Basil D'Oliveira ranks #227 in Cricket
Basil D'Oliveira ranks 227th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1720th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 78, Statistics 88. 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 1960–1980 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1968, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 2484, test centuries 5, test wickets 47, first-class runs 18919.
Immediately ahead sits Adam Voges on 82.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Tim Bresnan on 82.6. 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.
Basil D'Oliveira GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far D'Oliveira stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1968. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top D'Oliveira comparisons
Basil D'Oliveira — frequently asked
- Is Basil D'Oliveira the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Basil D'Oliveira ranks 227th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 82.7, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Basil D'Oliveira's GOAT Score?
- 82.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Basil D'Oliveira rank all time?
- 1720th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 227th within Cricket.
- Basil D'Oliveira vs Adam Voges: who ranks higher?
- Basil D'Oliveira, on 82.7 against Adam Voges's 82.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.