Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 40 | |
| 1956 | 47 | |
| 1957 | 54 | |
| 1958 | 61 | |
| 1959 | 69 | |
| 1960 | 76 | |
| 1961 | 83 | |
| 1962 | 90 | |
| 1963 | 97 | |
| 1964 | 85 | |
| 1965 | 72 | |
| 1966 | 60 | |
| 1967 | 47 | |
| 1968 | 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 Ken Barrington ranks #154 in Cricket
Ken Barrington ranks 154th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1175th 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 86, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 80, 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 1955–1968 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1963, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 6806, batting average 59, test centuries 20, tests played 82.
Immediately ahead sits Jhulan Goswami on 85.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jack Blackham on 85.6. 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.
Ken Barrington GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Barrington stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1963. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Barrington comparisons
Ken Barrington — frequently asked
- Is Ken Barrington the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ken Barrington ranks 154th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 85.6, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Ken Barrington's GOAT Score?
- 85.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ken Barrington rank all time?
- 1175th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 154th within Cricket.
- Ken Barrington vs Jhulan Goswami: who ranks higher?
- Ken Barrington, on 85.6 against Jhulan Goswami's 85.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.