Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 35 | |
| 1938 | 41 | |
| 1939 | 48 | |
| 1940 | 54 | |
| 1941 | 61 | |
| 1942 | 67 | |
| 1943 | 73 | |
| 1944 | 80 | |
| 1945 | 86 | |
| 1946 | 93 | |
| 1947 | 99 | |
| 1948 | 92 | |
| 1949 | 85 | |
| 1950 | 78 | |
| 1951 | 71 | |
| 1952 | 65 | |
| 1953 | 58 | |
| 1954 | 51 | |
| 1955 | 44 | |
| 1956 | 37 | |
| 1957 | 30 |
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 Denis Compton ranks #69 in Cricket
Denis Compton ranks 69th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 700th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 98, Longevity 82, Honours 84, 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 1937–1957 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1947, which sets the Peak component at 98. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 98 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 5807, test centuries 17, runs in the 1947 season 3816, centuries in 1947 18.
Immediately ahead sits Hanif Mohammad on 88.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Hashim Amla on 88.4. 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.
Denis Compton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Compton stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1947. Scored 98/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Compton comparisons
Denis Compton — frequently asked
- Is Denis Compton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Denis Compton ranks 69th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.4, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Denis Compton's GOAT Score?
- 88.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Denis Compton rank all time?
- 700th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 69th within Cricket.
- Denis Compton vs Hanif Mohammad: who ranks higher?
- Denis Compton, on 88.4 against Hanif Mohammad's 88.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.