Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | |
| 2010 | 18 | |
| 2011 | 22 | |
| 2012 | 26 | |
| 2013 | 30 | |
| 2014 | 34 | |
| 2015 | 36 | |
| 2016 | 38 | |
| 2017 | 36 | |
| 2018 | 34 | |
| 2019 | 30 | |
| 2020 | 26 | |
| 2021 | 22 | |
| 2022 | 18 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dane van Niekerk ranks #119 in Cricket
Dane van Niekerk ranks 119th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 685th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 82, Statistics 92. 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 2009–2023 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, 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 odi wickets 100, t20i wickets 68, odi runs 2000, matches as captain 100.
Immediately ahead sits Misbah-ul-Haq on 85.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Steve Smith on 85.6. 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.
Dane van Niekerk GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Van Niekerk stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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.
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Dane van Niekerk — frequently asked
- Is Dane van Niekerk the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dane van Niekerk ranks 119th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Dane van Niekerk's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dane van Niekerk rank all time?
- 685th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 119th within Cricket.
- Dane van Niekerk vs Misbah-ul-Haq: who ranks higher?
- Dane van Niekerk, on 85.9 against Misbah-ul-Haq's 85.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.