Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 93
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 45 | |
| 1993 | 58 | |
| 1994 | 62 | |
| 1995 | 51 | |
| 1996 | 48 | |
| 1997 | 44 | |
| 1998 | 57 | |
| 1999 | 39 | |
| 2000 | 52 | |
| 2001 | 61 | |
| 2002 | 68 | |
| 2003 | 55 | |
| 2004 | 44 | |
| 2005 | 50 | |
| 2006 | 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 Brian Lara ranks #16 in Cricket
Brian Lara ranks 16th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 184th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 84, Statistics 93. 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 1990–2007 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, 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 test runs 11953, test centuries 34, highest test score 400, odi runs 10405.
Immediately ahead sits Ellyse Perry on 88.2, a gap of -0.6 points. Directly behind is Imran Khan on 87.9. 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.
Brian Lara GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lara stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics93/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 93/100.
Top Lara comparisons
Brian Lara — frequently asked
- Is Brian Lara the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Brian Lara ranks 16th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.8, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Brian Lara's GOAT Score?
- 88.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 93 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Brian Lara rank all time?
- 184th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 16th within Cricket.
- Brian Lara vs Ellyse Perry: who ranks higher?
- Brian Lara, on 88.8 against Ellyse Perry's 88.2 — a margin of 0.6 points.