Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 45 | |
| 1946 | 48 | |
| 1947 | 51 | |
| 1948 | 54 | |
| 1949 | 58 | |
| 1950 | 61 | |
| 1951 | 64 | |
| 1952 | 67 | |
| 1953 | 70 | |
| 1954 | 73 | |
| 1955 | 76 | |
| 1956 | 79 | |
| 1957 | 83 | |
| 1958 | 86 | |
| 1959 | 89 | |
| 1960 | 92 | |
| 1961 | 95 | |
| 1962 | 87 | |
| 1963 | 79 | |
| 1964 | 71 | |
| 1965 | 64 | |
| 1966 | 56 | |
| 1967 | 48 | |
| 1968 | 40 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo statsguru
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
- ICC official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bill Alley ranks #167 in Cricket
Bill Alley ranks 167th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1236th 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 80, Peak 92, Longevity 90, Honours 74, Statistics 94. 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 1945–1968 with 24 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1961, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes runs in the 1961 season 3019, first-class runs 19612, first-class wickets 768, first-class centuries 31.
Immediately ahead sits Johnny Douglas on 85.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Mushfiqur Rahim on 85.2. 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.
Bill Alley GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Alley stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1961. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 24 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Bill Alley — frequently asked
- Is Bill Alley the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bill Alley ranks 167th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 85.3, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Bill Alley's GOAT Score?
- 85.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bill Alley rank all time?
- 1236th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 167th within Cricket.
- Bill Alley vs Johnny Douglas: who ranks higher?
- Bill Alley, on 85.3 against Johnny Douglas's 85.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.