Test wickets
189
Test bowling average
16.4
Five-wicket hauls
24
Tests played
27
Best innings figures
9
Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 19 | |
| 1902 | 6 | |
| 1903 | 24 | |
| 1904 | 17 | |
| 1905 | 34 | |
| 1906 | 22 | |
| 1907 | 20 | |
| 1908 | 15 | |
| 1909 | 49 | |
| 1910 | 12 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Wisden
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sydney Barnes ranks #27 in Cricket
Sydney Barnes ranks #27 in Cricket and #468 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 90.3/100.
The verified career covers 1894–1930 and 10 documented seasons. Peak is 96/100, with Peak the strongest category at 96/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Test wickets 189, Test bowling average 16.43, Five-wicket hauls 24, Tests played 27.
Nearest context: ahead Katherine Sciver-Brunt (90.4); behind Viv Richards (90.2). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Sydney Barnes GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 96/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 82/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 96/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Barnes comparisons
Sydney Barnes — frequently asked
- Is Sydney Barnes the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Sydney Barnes ranks #27 in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 90.3/100, behind Don Bradman (96.8).
- What is Sydney Barnes's GOAT Score?
- 90.3/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%).
- Where does Sydney Barnes rank all time?
- #468 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #27 in Cricket.
- Sydney Barnes vs Katherine Sciver-Brunt: who ranks higher?
- Katherine Sciver-Brunt ranks higher at 90.4 versus Sydney Barnes at 90.3, a margin of 0.1 points.