Category profile
- Dominance
- 100
- Peak
- 100
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 96
- Statistics
- 100
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 66 | |
| 1929 | 139 | |
| 1930 | 100 | |
| 1931 | 90 | |
| 1932 | 110 | |
| 1933 | 95 | |
| 1934 | 98 | |
| 1935 | 105 | |
| 1936 | 92 | |
| 1937 | 80 | |
| 1938 | 70 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Wisden
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Don Bradman ranks #1 in Cricket
Don Bradman ranks 1st among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 22nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 96.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 100, Peak 100, Longevity 88, Honours 96, Statistics 100. Those categories are normalised against the full Cricket reference universe of 297 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1927–1949 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1929, which sets the Peak component at 100. Dominance is the defining strength of the profile at 100 out of 100, and it carries 25% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test batting average 99.94, test centuries 29, test runs 6996, test double centuries 12.
No Cricket athlete in the eligible cohort scores higher, which makes Don Bradman the data-led Cricket GOAT on the current record. Directly behind is Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4. 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.
Don Bradman GOAT Score explained
- Dominance100/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bradman stood above the field while competing. Scored 100/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak100/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1929. Scored 100/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours96/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 96/100.
- Statistics100/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 100/100.
Top Bradman comparisons
Don Bradman — frequently asked
- Is Don Bradman the GOAT?
- On GOAT Rank's verified data, yes for Cricket: Don Bradman holds the highest Cricket GOAT Score at 96.8, and ranks 22nd of 2289 across all sports.
- What is Don Bradman's GOAT Score?
- 96.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 100 (25%), Peak 100 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 96 (20%), Statistics 100 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Don Bradman rank all time?
- 22nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 1st within Cricket.
- Don Bradman vs Sachin Tendulkar: who ranks higher?
- Don Bradman, on 96.8 against Sachin Tendulkar's 94.4 — a margin of 2.4 points.