Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 40 | |
| 1985 | 48 | |
| 1986 | 56 | |
| 1987 | 64 | |
| 1988 | 71 | |
| 1989 | 79 | |
| 1990 | 87 | |
| 1991 | 95 | |
| 1992 | 84 | |
| 1993 | 73 | |
| 1994 | 62 | |
| 1995 | 51 | |
| 1996 | 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 David Boon ranks #157 in Cricket
David Boon ranks 157th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1191st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 82, 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 1984–1996 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1991, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 7422, test centuries 21, world cup titles 1, tests played 107.
Immediately ahead sits Mohammad Azharuddin on 85.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Mignon du Preez on 85.4. 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.
David Boon GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Boon 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 1991. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- 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.
Top Boon comparisons
David Boon — frequently asked
- Is David Boon the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. David Boon ranks 157th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 85.5, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is David Boon's GOAT Score?
- 85.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does David Boon rank all time?
- 1191st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 157th within Cricket.
- David Boon vs Mohammad Azharuddin: who ranks higher?
- David Boon, on 85.5 against Mohammad Azharuddin's 85.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.