Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 45 | |
| 1960 | 49 | |
| 1961 | 52 | |
| 1962 | 56 | |
| 1963 | 60 | |
| 1964 | 63 | |
| 1965 | 67 | |
| 1966 | 71 | |
| 1967 | 75 | |
| 1968 | 78 | |
| 1969 | 82 | |
| 1970 | 86 | |
| 1971 | 89 | |
| 1972 | 93 | |
| 1973 | 86 | |
| 1974 | 80 | |
| 1975 | 73 | |
| 1976 | 67 | |
| 1977 | 60 | |
| 1978 | 53 | |
| 1979 | 47 | |
| 1980 | 40 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo statsguru
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
- ICC official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mike Denness ranks #214 in Cricket
Mike Denness ranks 214th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1589th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 88, Honours 78, Statistics 90. 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 1959–1980 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 88. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 1667, tests as captain 19, test centuries 4, first-class runs 25886.
Immediately ahead sits Basil Butcher on 83.4, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Babar Azam on 83.2. 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.
Mike Denness GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Denness stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Denness comparisons
Mike Denness — frequently asked
- Is Mike Denness the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mike Denness ranks 214th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 83.3, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Mike Denness's GOAT Score?
- 83.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mike Denness rank all time?
- 1589th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 214th within Cricket.
- Mike Denness vs Basil Butcher: who ranks higher?
- Basil Butcher, on 83.4 against Mike Denness's 83.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.