Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 12 | |
| 1985 | 18 | |
| 1986 | 25 | |
| 1987 | 30 | |
| 1988 | 34 | |
| 1989 | 38 | |
| 1990 | 42 | |
| 1991 | 35 | |
| 1992 | 30 | |
| 1993 | 32 | |
| 1994 | 35 | |
| 1995 | 38 | |
| 1996 | 40 | |
| 1997 | 32 | |
| 1998 | 28 | |
| 1999 | 22 | |
| 2000 | 18 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Cricket Archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Courtney Walsh ranks #13 in Cricket
Courtney Walsh ranks 13th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 150th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 84, Statistics 92. 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 1981–2001 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1990, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 519, tests played 132, odi wickets 227, five-wicket hauls 22.
Immediately ahead sits Ricky Ponting on 88.7, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Mahela Jayawardene on 88.3. 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.
Courtney Walsh GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Walsh stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1990. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Walsh comparisons
Courtney Walsh — frequently asked
- Is Courtney Walsh the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Courtney Walsh ranks 13th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.0, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Courtney Walsh's GOAT Score?
- 88.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Courtney Walsh rank all time?
- 150th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 13th within Cricket.
- Courtney Walsh vs Ricky Ponting: who ranks higher?
- Ricky Ponting, on 88.7 against Courtney Walsh's 88.0 — a margin of 0.7 points.