Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 50 | |
| 1922 | 61 | |
| 1923 | 72 | |
| 1924 | 83 | |
| 1925 | 94 | |
| 1926 | 87 | |
| 1927 | 81 | |
| 1928 | 74 | |
| 1929 | 67 | |
| 1930 | 60 | |
| 1931 | 54 | |
| 1932 | 47 | |
| 1933 | 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 Bob Catterall ranks #245 in Cricket
Bob Catterall ranks 245th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1923rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 74, Statistics 90. 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 1921–1933 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1925, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 1555, test centuries 3, tests played 24, first-class runs 7592.
Immediately ahead sits Bill Brockwell on 81.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Gary Ballance on 81.8. 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.
Bob Catterall GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Catterall stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1925. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Bob Catterall — frequently asked
- Is Bob Catterall the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bob Catterall ranks 245th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 81.8, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Bob Catterall's GOAT Score?
- 81.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bob Catterall rank all time?
- 1923rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 245th within Cricket.
- Bob Catterall vs Bill Brockwell: who ranks higher?
- Bob Catterall, on 81.8 against Bill Brockwell's 81.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.