Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 40 | |
| 1989 | 48 | |
| 1990 | 57 | |
| 1991 | 65 | |
| 1992 | 73 | |
| 1993 | 81 | |
| 1994 | 90 | |
| 1995 | 98 | |
| 1996 | 86 | |
| 1997 | 75 | |
| 1998 | 63 | |
| 1999 | 52 | |
| 2000 | 40 |
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 Curtly Ambrose ranks #17 in Cricket
Curtly Ambrose ranks 17th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 358th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 96, Longevity 84, Honours 88, Statistics 94. 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 1988–2000 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1995, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 405, tests played 98, bowling average 21, five-wicket hauls 22.
Immediately ahead sits Muttiah Muralitharan on 90.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jack Hobbs on 90.6. 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.
Curtly Ambrose GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ambrose stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1995. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Ambrose comparisons
Curtly Ambrose — frequently asked
- Is Curtly Ambrose the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Curtly Ambrose ranks 17th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 90.7, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Curtly Ambrose's GOAT Score?
- 90.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Curtly Ambrose rank all time?
- 358th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Cricket.
- Curtly Ambrose vs Muttiah Muralitharan: who ranks higher?
- Curtly Ambrose, on 90.7 against Muttiah Muralitharan's 90.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.