Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1874 | 45 | |
| 1875 | 51 | |
| 1876 | 57 | |
| 1877 | 63 | |
| 1878 | 70 | |
| 1879 | 76 | |
| 1880 | 82 | |
| 1881 | 88 | |
| 1882 | 94 | |
| 1883 | 90 | |
| 1884 | 85 | |
| 1885 | 81 | |
| 1886 | 76 | |
| 1887 | 72 | |
| 1888 | 67 | |
| 1889 | 63 | |
| 1890 | 58 | |
| 1891 | 54 | |
| 1892 | 49 | |
| 1893 | 45 | |
| 1894 | 40 |
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 Jack Blackham ranks #155 in Cricket
Jack Blackham ranks 155th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1179th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 84, Statistics 84. 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 1874–1894 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1882, 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 tests played 35, test dismissals 60, first-class dismissals 456, tests as captain 8.
Immediately ahead sits Ken Barrington on 85.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Mohammad Azharuddin on 85.5. 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.
Jack Blackham GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Blackham stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1882. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Blackham comparisons
Jack Blackham — frequently asked
- Is Jack Blackham the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jack Blackham ranks 155th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 85.6, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Jack Blackham's GOAT Score?
- 85.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jack Blackham rank all time?
- 1179th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 155th within Cricket.
- Jack Blackham vs Ken Barrington: who ranks higher?
- Jack Blackham, on 85.6 against Ken Barrington's 85.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.