Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 4 | |
| 1908 | 6 | |
| 1909 | 5 | |
| 1910 | 6 | |
| 1911 | 8 | |
| 1912 | 9 | |
| 1913 | 11 | |
| 1914 | 11 | |
| 1915 | 4 | |
| 1916 | 7 | |
| 1917 | 10 | |
| 1918 | 8 | |
| 1919 | 12 | |
| 1920 | 13 | |
| 1921 | 16 | |
| 1922 | 10 | |
| 1923 | 9 | |
| 1924 | 6 | |
| 1925 | 5 | |
| 1926 | 4 | |
| 1927 | 3 | |
| 1928 | 2 | |
| 1929 | 1 | |
| 1930 | 1 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Cricket Archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jack Hobbs ranks #3 in Cricket
Jack Hobbs ranks 3rd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 67th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 92, Longevity 94, Honours 84, Statistics 94. 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 1905–1934 with 24 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1921, which sets the Peak component at 92. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes first-class runs 61760, first-class centuries 199, test runs 5410, test average 56.94.
Immediately ahead sits Garry Sobers on 92.7, a gap of 2.1 points. Directly behind is Jacques Kallis on 89.6. 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 Hobbs GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hobbs stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1921. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 29 years of competition and 24 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Hobbs comparisons
Jack Hobbs — frequently asked
- Is Jack Hobbs the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jack Hobbs ranks 3rd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 90.6, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Jack Hobbs's GOAT Score?
- 90.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jack Hobbs rank all time?
- 67th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 3rd within Cricket.
- Jack Hobbs vs Garry Sobers: who ranks higher?
- Garry Sobers, on 92.7 against Jack Hobbs's 90.6 — a margin of 2.1 points.