Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 10 | |
| 1998 | 16 | |
| 1999 | 22 | |
| 2000 | 28 | |
| 2001 | 30 | |
| 2002 | 34 | |
| 2003 | 32 | |
| 2004 | 36 | |
| 2005 | 34 | |
| 2006 | 30 | |
| 2007 | 28 | |
| 2008 | 26 | |
| 2009 | 22 | |
| 2010 | 18 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 6 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Daniel Vettori ranks #98 in Cricket
Daniel Vettori ranks 98th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 569th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 80, 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 1996–2015 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 362, test runs 4531, odi wickets 305, tests played 113.
Immediately ahead sits Charlotte Edwards on 87.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Laura Wolvaardt on 86.8. 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.
Daniel Vettori GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Vettori stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Daniel Vettori — frequently asked
- Is Daniel Vettori the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Daniel Vettori ranks 98th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Daniel Vettori's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Daniel Vettori rank all time?
- 569th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 98th within Cricket.
- Daniel Vettori vs Charlotte Edwards: who ranks higher?
- Daniel Vettori, on 87.0 against Charlotte Edwards's 87.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.