Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 40 | |
| 2007 | 48 | |
| 2008 | 56 | |
| 2009 | 64 | |
| 2010 | 72 | |
| 2011 | 80 | |
| 2012 | 88 | |
| 2013 | 96 | |
| 2014 | 86 | |
| 2015 | 76 | |
| 2016 | 65 | |
| 2017 | 55 | |
| 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 Alastair Cook ranks #34 in Cricket
Alastair Cook ranks 34th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 468th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 96. 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 2006–2018 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 12472, test centuries 33, tests played 161, consecutive tests 159.
Immediately ahead sits Natalie Sciver-Brunt on 90.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Waqar Younis on 89.8. 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.
Alastair Cook GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cook stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Cook comparisons
Alastair Cook — frequently asked
- Is Alastair Cook the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Alastair Cook ranks 34th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 89.9, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Alastair Cook's GOAT Score?
- 89.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Alastair Cook rank all time?
- 468th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 34th within Cricket.
- Alastair Cook vs Natalie Sciver-Brunt: who ranks higher?
- Natalie Sciver-Brunt, on 90.0 against Alastair Cook's 89.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.