Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 40 | |
| 2006 | 45 | |
| 2007 | 50 | |
| 2008 | 55 | |
| 2009 | 58 | |
| 2010 | 62 | |
| 2011 | 60 | |
| 2012 | 65 | |
| 2013 | 58 | |
| 2014 | 54 | |
| 2015 | 50 | |
| 2016 | 48 | |
| 2017 | 45 | |
| 2018 | 42 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why AB de Villiers ranks #41 in Cricket
AB de Villiers ranks 41st among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 473rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 78, Statistics 92. 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 2004–2021 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 8765, odi runs 9577, odi average 53.5, fastest odi century (balls) 31.
Immediately ahead sits Rohit Sharma on 84.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Joe Root on 83.9. 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.
AB de Villiers GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far de Villiers stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2012. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top de Villiers comparisons
AB de Villiers — frequently asked
- Is AB de Villiers the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. AB de Villiers ranks 41st in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 84.7, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is AB de Villiers's GOAT Score?
- 84.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does AB de Villiers rank all time?
- 473rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 41st within Cricket.
- AB de Villiers vs Rohit Sharma: who ranks higher?
- Rohit Sharma, on 84.8 against AB de Villiers's 84.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.