Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 98
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 64 | |
| 1925 | 72 | |
| 1926 | 68 | |
| 1927 | 60 | |
| 1928 | 58 | |
| 1929 | 62 | |
| 1930 | 66 | |
| 1931 | 70 | |
| 1932 | 74 | |
| 1933 | 60 | |
| 1934 | 56 | |
| 1935 | 52 | |
| 1936 | 48 | |
| 1937 | 44 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Herbert Sutcliffe ranks #11 in Cricket
Herbert Sutcliffe ranks 11th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 177th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 96, Longevity 88, Honours 84, Statistics 98. 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 1919–1945 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1932, which sets the Peak component at 96. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 98 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test average 60.73, test runs 4555, test centuries 16, first-class runs 50138.
Immediately ahead sits Len Hutton on 90.9, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Karen Rolton on 90.8. 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.
Herbert Sutcliffe GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sutcliffe stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1932. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 26 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics98/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 98/100.
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Herbert Sutcliffe — frequently asked
- Is Herbert Sutcliffe the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Herbert Sutcliffe ranks 11th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 90.8, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Herbert Sutcliffe's GOAT Score?
- 90.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 98 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Herbert Sutcliffe rank all time?
- 177th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 11th within Cricket.
- Herbert Sutcliffe vs Len Hutton: who ranks higher?
- Len Hutton, on 90.9 against Herbert Sutcliffe's 90.8 — a margin of 0.1 points.