Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 8 | |
| 1968 | 14 | |
| 1969 | 19 | |
| 1970 | 22 | |
| 1971 | 25 | |
| 1972 | 28 | |
| 1973 | 24 | |
| 1974 | 22 | |
| 1975 | 20 | |
| 1976 | 18 | |
| 1977 | 26 | |
| 1978 | 22 | |
| 1979 | 12 | |
| 1980 | 6 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bishan Singh Bedi ranks #109 in Cricket
Bishan Singh Bedi ranks 109th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 629th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 80, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Cricket reference universe of 297 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1966–1981 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 266, test bowling average 28.71, first-class wickets 1560, tests played 67.
Immediately ahead sits Sourav Ganguly on 86.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Andrew Flintoff on 86.4. 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.
Bishan Singh Bedi GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bedi stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- 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 Bedi comparisons
Bishan Singh Bedi — frequently asked
- Is Bishan Singh Bedi the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bishan Singh Bedi ranks 109th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 86.4, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Bishan Singh Bedi's GOAT Score?
- 86.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bishan Singh Bedi rank all time?
- 629th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 109th within Cricket.
- Bishan Singh Bedi vs Sourav Ganguly: who ranks higher?
- Bishan Singh Bedi, on 86.4 against Sourav Ganguly's 86.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.