Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 35 | |
| 1955 | 41 | |
| 1956 | 47 | |
| 1957 | 53 | |
| 1958 | 59 | |
| 1959 | 65 | |
| 1960 | 71 | |
| 1961 | 77 | |
| 1962 | 83 | |
| 1963 | 89 | |
| 1964 | 95 | |
| 1965 | 90 | |
| 1966 | 84 | |
| 1967 | 79 | |
| 1968 | 73 | |
| 1969 | 68 | |
| 1970 | 62 | |
| 1971 | 57 | |
| 1972 | 51 | |
| 1973 | 46 | |
| 1974 | 40 | |
| 1975 | 35 |
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 Cowdrey ranks #89 in Cricket
Colin Cowdrey ranks 89th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 795th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 94, Honours 84, Statistics 92. 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 1954–1975 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1964, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity 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 test runs 7624, tests played 114, test centuries 22, first-class centuries 107.
Immediately ahead sits Arjuna Ranatunga on 87.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jeff Dujon on 87.9. 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 Cowdrey GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cowdrey stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1964. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Colin Cowdrey — frequently asked
- Is Colin Cowdrey the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Colin Cowdrey ranks 89th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.9, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Colin Cowdrey's GOAT Score?
- 87.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Colin Cowdrey rank all time?
- 795th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 89th within Cricket.
- Colin Cowdrey vs Arjuna Ranatunga: who ranks higher?
- Colin Cowdrey, on 87.9 against Arjuna Ranatunga's 87.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.