Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 60 | |
| 1928 | 90 | |
| 1929 | 70 | |
| 1930 | 65 | |
| 1931 | 55 | |
| 1932 | 60 | |
| 1933 | 58 | |
| 1934 | 62 | |
| 1935 | 64 | |
| 1936 | 55 | |
| 1937 | 50 | |
| 1938 | 48 | |
| 1939 | 45 | |
| 1940 | 40 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Wisden
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Wally Hammond ranks #4 in Cricket
Wally Hammond ranks 4th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 76th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 93.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 96, Longevity 92, Honours 90, Statistics 96. 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 1920–1951 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1928, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 7249, test batting average 58.45, first-class centuries 167, test centuries 22.
Immediately ahead sits Donald Bradman on 93.6, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Garry Sobers on 92.7. 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.
Wally Hammond GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hammond stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1928. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 31 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Hammond comparisons
Wally Hammond — frequently asked
- Is Wally Hammond the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Wally Hammond ranks 4th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 93.0, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Wally Hammond's GOAT Score?
- 93.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Wally Hammond rank all time?
- 76th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 4th within Cricket.
- Wally Hammond vs Donald Bradman: who ranks higher?
- Donald Bradman, on 93.6 against Wally Hammond's 93.0 — a margin of 0.6 points.