Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Chris Gayle ranks #34 in Cricket
Chris Gayle ranks 34th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 285th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 86, Statistics 94. 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 1998–2021 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2003, 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 t20 world cup titles 2, t20 career runs 14562, test triple centuries 2, odi runs 10480.
Immediately ahead sits Jacques Kallis on 89.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Sophie Devine on 89.6. 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 Gayle GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gayle stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2003. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Gayle comparisons
Chris Gayle — frequently asked
- Is Chris Gayle the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Chris Gayle ranks 34th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 89.6, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Chris Gayle's GOAT Score?
- 89.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Chris Gayle rank all time?
- 285th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 34th within Cricket.
- Chris Gayle vs Jacques Kallis: who ranks higher?
- Chris Gayle, on 89.6 against Jacques Kallis's 89.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.