Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 45 | |
| 1895 | 49 | |
| 1896 | 53 | |
| 1897 | 56 | |
| 1898 | 60 | |
| 1899 | 64 | |
| 1900 | 68 | |
| 1901 | 71 | |
| 1902 | 75 | |
| 1903 | 79 | |
| 1904 | 83 | |
| 1905 | 86 | |
| 1906 | 90 | |
| 1907 | 94 | |
| 1908 | 90 | |
| 1909 | 86 | |
| 1910 | 82 | |
| 1911 | 77 | |
| 1912 | 73 | |
| 1913 | 69 | |
| 1914 | 65 | |
| 1915 | 61 | |
| 1916 | 57 | |
| 1917 | 52 | |
| 1918 | 48 | |
| 1919 | 44 | |
| 1920 | 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 David Denton ranks #118 in Cricket
David Denton ranks 118th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 957th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 80, 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 1894–1920 with 27 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1907, which sets the Peak component at 90. 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 runs 36479, first-class centuries 69, test runs 424, county championships won 7.
Immediately ahead sits Shikhar Dhawan on 87.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jimmy Cook on 87.0. 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 Denton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Denton 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 1907. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 26 years of competition and 27 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Denton comparisons
David Denton — frequently asked
- Is David Denton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. David Denton ranks 118th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is David Denton's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does David Denton rank all time?
- 957th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 118th within Cricket.
- David Denton vs Shikhar Dhawan: who ranks higher?
- David Denton, on 87.0 against Shikhar Dhawan's 87.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.