Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 50 | |
| 1938 | 80 | |
| 1939 | 60 | |
| 1940 | 55 | |
| 1941 | 65 | |
| 1942 | 70 | |
| 1943 | 62 | |
| 1944 | 58 | |
| 1945 | 56 | |
| 1946 | 54 | |
| 1947 | 50 | |
| 1948 | 45 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Wisden
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Len Hutton ranks #10 in Cricket
Len Hutton ranks 10th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 175th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 96, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 96. Those categories are normalised against the full Cricket reference universe of 297 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1934–1960 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1938, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 6971, test batting average 56.67, highest test score 364, test centuries 19.
Immediately ahead sits Virat Kohli on 90.8, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Herbert Sutcliffe on 90.8. 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.
Len Hutton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hutton stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1938. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 26 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Hutton comparisons
Len Hutton — frequently asked
- Is Len Hutton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Len Hutton ranks 10th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 90.9, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Len Hutton's GOAT Score?
- 90.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Len Hutton rank all time?
- 175th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 10th within Cricket.
- Len Hutton vs Virat Kohli: who ranks higher?
- Len Hutton, on 90.9 against Virat Kohli's 90.8 — a margin of 0.1 points.