Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1899 | 45 | |
| 1900 | 51 | |
| 1901 | 58 | |
| 1902 | 64 | |
| 1903 | 71 | |
| 1904 | 77 | |
| 1905 | 83 | |
| 1906 | 90 | |
| 1907 | 96 | |
| 1908 | 88 | |
| 1909 | 80 | |
| 1910 | 72 | |
| 1911 | 64 | |
| 1912 | 56 | |
| 1913 | 48 | |
| 1914 | 40 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo statsguru
- ICC official records
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Colin Blythe ranks #122 in Cricket
Colin Blythe ranks 122nd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 984th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 82, 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 1899–1914 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1907, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes first-class wickets 2506, test wickets 100, wickets in a day 17, seasons with 100 wickets 14.
Immediately ahead sits Abdul Qadir on 86.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is VVS Laxman on 86.7. 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.
Colin Blythe GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Blythe stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1907. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- 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.
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Colin Blythe — frequently asked
- Is Colin Blythe the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Colin Blythe ranks 122nd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 86.8, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Colin Blythe's GOAT Score?
- 86.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Colin Blythe rank all time?
- 984th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 122nd within Cricket.
- Colin Blythe vs Abdul Qadir: who ranks higher?
- Colin Blythe, on 86.8 against Abdul Qadir's 86.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.