Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 40 | |
| 1949 | 46 | |
| 1950 | 53 | |
| 1951 | 59 | |
| 1952 | 65 | |
| 1953 | 71 | |
| 1954 | 78 | |
| 1955 | 84 | |
| 1956 | 90 | |
| 1957 | 72 | |
| 1958 | 53 | |
| 1959 | 35 |
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 Jim Burke ranks #275 in Cricket
Jim Burke ranks 275th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 2633rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 84, Longevity 78, Honours 74, 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 1948–1959 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1956, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 1280, test centuries 3, test average 34, first-class runs 7563.
Immediately ahead sits Zak Crawley on 78.5, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Rory Burns on 78.0. 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.
Jim Burke GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Burke stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1956. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Burke comparisons
Jim Burke — frequently asked
- Is Jim Burke the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jim Burke ranks 275th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 78.3, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Jim Burke's GOAT Score?
- 78.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jim Burke rank all time?
- 2633rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 275th within Cricket.
- Jim Burke vs Zak Crawley: who ranks higher?
- Zak Crawley, on 78.5 against Jim Burke's 78.3 — a margin of 0.2 points.