Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 50 | |
| 2009 | 56 | |
| 2010 | 62 | |
| 2011 | 68 | |
| 2012 | 74 | |
| 2013 | 80 | |
| 2014 | 86 | |
| 2015 | 92 | |
| 2016 | 87 | |
| 2017 | 82 | |
| 2018 | 76 | |
| 2019 | 71 | |
| 2020 | 66 | |
| 2021 | 61 | |
| 2022 | 55 | |
| 2023 | 50 |
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 Gary Ballance ranks #246 in Cricket
Gary Ballance ranks 246th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1924th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 78, Statistics 88. 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 2008–2023 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 1662, test centuries 4, first-class runs 13000, first-class centuries 36.
Immediately ahead sits Bob Catterall on 81.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Donald Carr on 81.8. 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.
Gary Ballance GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ballance stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2015. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Ballance comparisons
Gary Ballance — frequently asked
- Is Gary Ballance the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gary Ballance ranks 246th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 81.8, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Gary Ballance's GOAT Score?
- 81.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gary Ballance rank all time?
- 1924th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 246th within Cricket.
- Gary Ballance vs Bob Catterall: who ranks higher?
- Gary Ballance, on 81.8 against Bob Catterall's 81.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.