Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 28 | |
| 1999 | 34 | |
| 2000 | 40 | |
| 2001 | 44 | |
| 2002 | 48 | |
| 2003 | 52 | |
| 2004 | 56 | |
| 2005 | 58 | |
| 2006 | 62 | |
| 2007 | 60 | |
| 2008 | 54 | |
| 2009 | 46 | |
| 2010 | 38 | |
| 2011 | 30 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Claire Taylor ranks #41 in Cricket
Claire Taylor ranks 41st among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 327th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 84, Honours 90, 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 1998–2011 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, 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, t20 world cup titles 1, odi runs 4101, odi average 40.2.
Immediately ahead sits Sanath Jayasuriya on 89.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Megan Schutt on 89.2. 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.
Claire Taylor GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Taylor 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 2006. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Taylor comparisons
Claire Taylor — frequently asked
- Is Claire Taylor the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Claire Taylor ranks 41st in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 89.2, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Claire Taylor's GOAT Score?
- 89.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Claire Taylor rank all time?
- 327th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 41st within Cricket.
- Claire Taylor vs Sanath Jayasuriya: who ranks higher?
- Sanath Jayasuriya, on 89.3 against Claire Taylor's 89.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.