Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1875 | 45 | |
| 1876 | 50 | |
| 1877 | 55 | |
| 1878 | 59 | |
| 1879 | 64 | |
| 1880 | 69 | |
| 1881 | 74 | |
| 1882 | 79 | |
| 1883 | 83 | |
| 1884 | 88 | |
| 1885 | 93 | |
| 1886 | 87 | |
| 1887 | 81 | |
| 1888 | 75 | |
| 1889 | 69 | |
| 1890 | 64 | |
| 1891 | 58 | |
| 1892 | 52 | |
| 1893 | 46 | |
| 1894 | 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 Billy Barnes ranks #209 in Cricket
Billy Barnes ranks 209th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1540th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 80, 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 1875–1894 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1885, 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 725, test wickets 51, test centuries 1, first-class runs 15490.
Immediately ahead sits Ted Bowley on 83.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Chris Adams on 83.6. 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.
Billy Barnes GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Barnes stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1885. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Barnes comparisons
Billy Barnes — frequently asked
- Is Billy Barnes the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Billy Barnes ranks 209th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Billy Barnes's GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Billy Barnes rank all time?
- 1540th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 209th within Cricket.
- Billy Barnes vs Ted Bowley: who ranks higher?
- Ted Bowley, on 83.7 against Billy Barnes's 83.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.