Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 18 | |
| 1985 | 25 | |
| 1986 | 30 | |
| 1987 | 35 | |
| 1988 | 40 | |
| 1989 | 42 | |
| 1990 | 45 | |
| 1991 | 48 | |
| 1992 | 52 | |
| 1993 | 50 | |
| 1994 | 55 | |
| 1995 | 60 | |
| 1996 | 52 | |
| 1997 | 48 | |
| 1998 | 44 | |
| 1999 | 40 | |
| 2000 | 36 | |
| 2001 | 30 | |
| 2002 | 22 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Wisden
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Aravinda de Silva ranks #53 in Cricket
Aravinda de Silva ranks 53rd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 383rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 86, Statistics 90. 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 1984–2003 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1995, 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 world cup titles 1, test runs 6361, odi runs 9284, test centuries 20.
Immediately ahead sits Alyssa Healy on 88.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Inzamam-ul-Haq on 88.4. 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.
Aravinda de Silva GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far de Silva 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 1995. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top de Silva comparisons
Aravinda de Silva — frequently asked
- Is Aravinda de Silva the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Aravinda de Silva ranks 53rd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.5, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Aravinda de Silva's GOAT Score?
- 88.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Aravinda de Silva rank all time?
- 383rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 53rd within Cricket.
- Aravinda de Silva vs Alyssa Healy: who ranks higher?
- Alyssa Healy, on 88.6 against Aravinda de Silva's 88.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.