Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 35 | |
| 1990 | 41 | |
| 1991 | 47 | |
| 1992 | 53 | |
| 1993 | 59 | |
| 1994 | 65 | |
| 1995 | 71 | |
| 1996 | 77 | |
| 1997 | 83 | |
| 1998 | 89 | |
| 1999 | 95 | |
| 2000 | 86 | |
| 2001 | 78 | |
| 2002 | 69 | |
| 2003 | 61 | |
| 2004 | 52 | |
| 2005 | 44 | |
| 2006 | 35 |
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 Chris Cairns ranks #211 in Cricket
Chris Cairns ranks 211th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1552nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 78, Statistics 90. 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 1989–2006 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 218, test runs 3320, test centuries 5, odi wickets 201.
Immediately ahead sits Chris Adams on 83.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Freddie Brown on 83.5. 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.
Chris Cairns GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cairns stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Chris Cairns — frequently asked
- Is Chris Cairns the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Chris Cairns ranks 211th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 83.5, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Chris Cairns's GOAT Score?
- 83.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Chris Cairns rank all time?
- 1552nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 211th within Cricket.
- Chris Cairns vs Chris Adams: who ranks higher?
- Chris Adams, on 83.6 against Chris Cairns's 83.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.