Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 40 | |
| 1994 | 45 | |
| 1995 | 50 | |
| 1996 | 55 | |
| 1997 | 60 | |
| 1998 | 65 | |
| 1999 | 50 | |
| 2000 | 48 | |
| 2001 | 52 | |
| 2002 | 45 | |
| 2003 | 40 | |
| 2004 | 38 | |
| 2005 | 35 | |
| 2006 | 30 | |
| 2007 | 25 | |
| 2008 | 20 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Anil Kumble ranks #34 in Cricket
Anil Kumble ranks 34th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 306th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 80, 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 1989–2008 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 619, odi wickets 337, ten wickets in an innings 1, five-wicket hauls 35.
Immediately ahead sits Belinda Clark on 87.6, a gap of 1.7 points. Directly behind is Dale Steyn on 87.0. 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.
Anil Kumble GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kumble stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Anil Kumble — frequently asked
- Is Anil Kumble the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Anil Kumble ranks 34th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Anil Kumble's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Anil Kumble rank all time?
- 306th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 34th within Cricket.
- Anil Kumble vs Belinda Clark: who ranks higher?
- Belinda Clark, on 87.6 against Anil Kumble's 85.9 — a margin of 1.7 points.