Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 2 | |
| 1966 | 3 | |
| 1967 | 4 | |
| 1968 | 5 | |
| 1969 | 4 | |
| 1970 | 5 | |
| 1971 | 4 | |
| 1972 | 3 | |
| 1973 | 4 | |
| 1974 | 3 | |
| 1975 | 2 | |
| 1976 | 2 | |
| 1977 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 1 | |
| 1979 | 1 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ian Chappell ranks #111 in Cricket
Ian Chappell ranks 111th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 643rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 84, Statistics 88. 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 1962–1980 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1968, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 5345, test centuries 14, tests as captain 30, series won as captain 15.
Immediately ahead sits Andrew Flintoff on 86.4, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Brendon McCullum on 86.3. 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 Chappell GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Chappell stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1968. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Ian Chappell — frequently asked
- Is Ian Chappell the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ian Chappell ranks 111th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 86.3, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Ian Chappell's GOAT Score?
- 86.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ian Chappell rank all time?
- 643rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 111th within Cricket.
- Ian Chappell vs Andrew Flintoff: who ranks higher?
- Andrew Flintoff, on 86.4 against Ian Chappell's 86.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.