Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 45 | |
| 2002 | 50 | |
| 2003 | 56 | |
| 2004 | 61 | |
| 2005 | 67 | |
| 2006 | 72 | |
| 2007 | 78 | |
| 2008 | 83 | |
| 2009 | 89 | |
| 2010 | 94 | |
| 2011 | 89 | |
| 2012 | 84 | |
| 2013 | 79 | |
| 2014 | 74 | |
| 2015 | 70 | |
| 2016 | 65 | |
| 2017 | 60 | |
| 2018 | 55 | |
| 2019 | 50 | |
| 2020 | 45 |
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 Ian Bell ranks #128 in Cricket
Ian Bell ranks 128th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1012th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 86, Statistics 92. 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 2001–2020 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 7727, test centuries 22, ashes series won 5, one-day international runs 5416.
Immediately ahead sits Shahid Afridi on 86.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Adam Gilchrist on 86.5. 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.
Ian Bell GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bell stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Bell comparisons
Ian Bell — frequently asked
- Is Ian Bell the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ian Bell ranks 128th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 86.6, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Ian Bell's GOAT Score?
- 86.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ian Bell rank all time?
- 1012th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 128th within Cricket.
- Ian Bell vs Shahid Afridi: who ranks higher?
- Ian Bell, on 86.6 against Shahid Afridi's 86.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.