Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 29 | |
| 1953 | 9 | |
| 1954 | 10 | |
| 1955 | 15 | |
| 1956 | 22 | |
| 1957 | 34 | |
| 1958 | 24 | |
| 1959 | 32 | |
| 1960 | 27 | |
| 1961 | 34 | |
| 1962 | 37 | |
| 1963 | 34 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Wisden
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Fred Trueman ranks #28 in Cricket
Fred Trueman ranks 28th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 241st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 86, Statistics 94. 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 1949–1969 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1962, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak 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 wickets 307, first-class wickets 2304, test bowling average 21.6, five-wicket hauls 17.
Immediately ahead sits Rachael Heyhoe Flint on 90.2, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Younis Khan on 90.0. 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.
Fred Trueman GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Trueman stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1962. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Trueman comparisons
Fred Trueman — frequently asked
- Is Fred Trueman the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Fred Trueman ranks 28th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 90.1, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Fred Trueman's GOAT Score?
- 90.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Fred Trueman rank all time?
- 241st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within Cricket.
- Fred Trueman vs Rachael Heyhoe Flint: who ranks higher?
- Rachael Heyhoe Flint, on 90.2 against Fred Trueman's 90.1 — a margin of 0.1 points.