Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 20 | |
| 2007 | 78 | |
| 2008 | 74 | |
| 2009 | 47 | |
| 2010 | 60 | |
| 2011 | 42 | |
| 2012 | 37 | |
| 2013 | 32 | |
| 2014 | 22 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 1 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Cricket Archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dale Steyn ranks #35 in Cricket
Dale Steyn ranks 35th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 335th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 82, 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 2004–2021 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2007, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak 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 439, test matches 93, test bowling average 22.95, five-wicket hauls 26.
Immediately ahead sits Anil Kumble on 85.9, a gap of -1.1 points. Directly behind is Richard Hadlee on 87.0. 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.
Dale Steyn GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Steyn stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2007. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Steyn comparisons
Dale Steyn — frequently asked
- Is Dale Steyn the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dale Steyn ranks 35th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Dale Steyn's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dale Steyn rank all time?
- 335th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 35th within Cricket.
- Dale Steyn vs Anil Kumble: who ranks higher?
- Dale Steyn, on 87.0 against Anil Kumble's 85.9 — a margin of 1.1 points.