Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 45 | |
| 1933 | 55 | |
| 1934 | 65 | |
| 1935 | 74 | |
| 1936 | 84 | |
| 1937 | 94 | |
| 1938 | 90 | |
| 1939 | 86 | |
| 1940 | 82 | |
| 1941 | 77 | |
| 1942 | 73 | |
| 1943 | 69 | |
| 1944 | 65 | |
| 1945 | 61 | |
| 1946 | 57 | |
| 1947 | 52 | |
| 1948 | 48 | |
| 1949 | 44 | |
| 1950 | 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 Copson ranks #194 in Cricket
Bill Copson ranks 194th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1437th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 78, 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 1932–1950 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1937, 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 1094, county championships won 1, test wickets 15, wickets in 1936 160.
Immediately ahead sits Devon Conway on 84.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Tom Dollery on 84.1. 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 Copson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Copson stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1937. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Copson comparisons
Bill Copson — frequently asked
- Is Bill Copson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bill Copson ranks 194th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 84.2, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Bill Copson's GOAT Score?
- 84.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bill Copson rank all time?
- 1437th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 194th within Cricket.
- Bill Copson vs Devon Conway: who ranks higher?
- Bill Copson, on 84.2 against Devon Conway's 84.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.