Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 45 | |
| 1997 | 49 | |
| 1998 | 54 | |
| 1999 | 58 | |
| 2000 | 62 | |
| 2001 | 67 | |
| 2002 | 71 | |
| 2003 | 76 | |
| 2004 | 80 | |
| 2005 | 84 | |
| 2006 | 89 | |
| 2007 | 93 | |
| 2008 | 89 | |
| 2009 | 84 | |
| 2010 | 80 | |
| 2011 | 76 | |
| 2012 | 71 | |
| 2013 | 67 | |
| 2014 | 62 | |
| 2015 | 58 | |
| 2016 | 54 | |
| 2017 | 49 | |
| 2018 | 45 |
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 Paul Collingwood ranks #147 in Cricket
Paul Collingwood ranks 147th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1134th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 90, Honours 86, 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 1996–2018 with 23 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2007, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world twenty20 titles as captain 1, test runs 4259, one-day international runs 5092, test centuries 10.
Immediately ahead sits Alec Bedser on 85.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Mushtaq Ahmed on 85.8. 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.
Paul Collingwood GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Collingwood stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2007. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 23 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Collingwood comparisons
Paul Collingwood — frequently asked
- Is Paul Collingwood the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Paul Collingwood ranks 147th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 85.8, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Paul Collingwood's GOAT Score?
- 85.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Paul Collingwood rank all time?
- 1134th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 147th within Cricket.
- Paul Collingwood vs Alec Bedser: who ranks higher?
- Paul Collingwood, on 85.8 against Alec Bedser's 85.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.