Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 40 | |
| 1975 | 48 | |
| 1976 | 56 | |
| 1977 | 64 | |
| 1978 | 72 | |
| 1979 | 80 | |
| 1980 | 88 | |
| 1981 | 96 | |
| 1982 | 91 | |
| 1983 | 86 | |
| 1984 | 81 | |
| 1985 | 76 | |
| 1986 | 71 | |
| 1987 | 66 | |
| 1988 | 60 | |
| 1989 | 55 | |
| 1990 | 50 | |
| 1991 | 45 | |
| 1992 | 40 | |
| 1993 | 35 |
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 Terry Alderman ranks #149 in Cricket
Terry Alderman ranks 149th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1154th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 82, Honours 80, 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 1974–1993 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1981, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 170, wickets in the 1981 ashes 42, wickets in the 1989 ashes 41, first-class wickets 956.
Immediately ahead sits Mushtaq Ahmed on 85.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Dennis Amiss on 85.7. 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.
Terry Alderman GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Alderman stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1981. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Terry Alderman — frequently asked
- Is Terry Alderman the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Terry Alderman ranks 149th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 85.7, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Terry Alderman's GOAT Score?
- 85.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Terry Alderman rank all time?
- 1154th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 149th within Cricket.
- Terry Alderman vs Mushtaq Ahmed: who ranks higher?
- Mushtaq Ahmed, on 85.8 against Terry Alderman's 85.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.