Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 45 | |
| 1882 | 49 | |
| 1883 | 54 | |
| 1884 | 58 | |
| 1885 | 62 | |
| 1886 | 66 | |
| 1887 | 71 | |
| 1888 | 75 | |
| 1889 | 79 | |
| 1890 | 83 | |
| 1891 | 88 | |
| 1892 | 92 | |
| 1893 | 96 | |
| 1894 | 91 | |
| 1895 | 86 | |
| 1896 | 81 | |
| 1897 | 76 | |
| 1898 | 71 | |
| 1899 | 65 | |
| 1900 | 60 | |
| 1901 | 55 | |
| 1902 | 50 | |
| 1903 | 45 | |
| 1904 | 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 Bobby Abel ranks #53 in Cricket
Bobby Abel ranks 53rd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 635th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 82, Statistics 94. 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 1881–1904 with 24 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1893, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes first-class runs 33124, first-class centuries 74, highest score 357, test runs 744.
Immediately ahead sits Ian Botham on 88.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ricky Ponting on 88.7. 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.
Bobby Abel GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Abel stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1893. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 24 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Abel comparisons
Bobby Abel — frequently asked
- Is Bobby Abel the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bobby Abel ranks 53rd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.8, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Bobby Abel's GOAT Score?
- 88.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bobby Abel rank all time?
- 635th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 53rd within Cricket.
- Bobby Abel vs Ian Botham: who ranks higher?
- Bobby Abel, on 88.8 against Ian Botham's 88.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.