Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 1000 | |
| 1928 | 1900 | |
| 1929 | 1795 | |
| 1930 | 2482 | |
| 1931 | 2892 | |
| 1932 | 2434 | |
| 1933 | 2112 | |
| 1934 | 2200 | |
| 1935 | 2500 | |
| 1936 | 2300 | |
| 1937 | 1800 | |
| 1938 | 1200 | |
| 1939 | 900 | |
| 1940 | 700 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Wisden
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Les Ames ranks #91 in Cricket
Les Ames ranks 91st among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 554th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 80, Statistics 94. 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 1926–1951 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1931, 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 first-class centuries 102, first-class runs 37248, test runs 2434, test dismissals 97.
Immediately ahead sits Rahul Dravid on 87.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Mark Boucher on 87.1. 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.
Les Ames GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ames stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1931. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 25 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- 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 Ames comparisons
Les Ames — frequently asked
- Is Les Ames the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Les Ames ranks 91st in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.1, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Les Ames's GOAT Score?
- 87.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Les Ames rank all time?
- 554th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 91st within Cricket.
- Les Ames vs Rahul Dravid: who ranks higher?
- Les Ames, on 87.1 against Rahul Dravid's 87.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.