Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 45 | |
| 1929 | 52 | |
| 1930 | 59 | |
| 1931 | 66 | |
| 1932 | 73 | |
| 1933 | 80 | |
| 1934 | 87 | |
| 1935 | 94 | |
| 1936 | 89 | |
| 1937 | 84 | |
| 1938 | 79 | |
| 1939 | 74 | |
| 1940 | 69 | |
| 1941 | 65 | |
| 1942 | 60 | |
| 1943 | 55 | |
| 1944 | 50 | |
| 1945 | 45 | |
| 1946 | 40 | |
| 1947 | 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 Bill Bowes ranks #182 in Cricket
Bill Bowes ranks 182nd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1345th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 80, 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 1928–1947 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1935, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes first-class wickets 1639, first-class average 16, test wickets 68, county championships won 7.
Immediately ahead sits Moeen Ali on 84.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Stewie Dempster on 84.7. 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 Bowes GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bowes stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1935. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Bowes comparisons
Bill Bowes — frequently asked
- Is Bill Bowes the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bill Bowes ranks 182nd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 84.7, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Bill Bowes's GOAT Score?
- 84.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bill Bowes rank all time?
- 1345th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 182nd within Cricket.
- Bill Bowes vs Moeen Ali: who ranks higher?
- Bill Bowes, on 84.7 against Moeen Ali's 84.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.