Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 45 | |
| 1894 | 52 | |
| 1895 | 59 | |
| 1896 | 66 | |
| 1897 | 72 | |
| 1898 | 79 | |
| 1899 | 86 | |
| 1900 | 93 | |
| 1901 | 86 | |
| 1902 | 80 | |
| 1903 | 73 | |
| 1904 | 67 | |
| 1905 | 60 | |
| 1906 | 53 | |
| 1907 | 47 | |
| 1908 | 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 Joe Darling ranks #190 in Cricket
Joe Darling ranks 190th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1418th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 86, 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 1893–1908 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1900, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes ashes series won as captain 3, tests played 34, test runs 1657, first-class runs 10635.
Immediately ahead sits Saeed Anwar on 84.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ben Stokes on 84.2. 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.
Joe Darling GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Darling stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1900. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Darling comparisons
Joe Darling — frequently asked
- Is Joe Darling the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Joe Darling ranks 190th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 84.3, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Joe Darling's GOAT Score?
- 84.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Joe Darling rank all time?
- 1418th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 190th within Cricket.
- Joe Darling vs Saeed Anwar: who ranks higher?
- Joe Darling, on 84.3 against Saeed Anwar's 84.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.