Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 8 | |
| 1972 | 31 | |
| 1973 | 20 | |
| 1974 | 25 | |
| 1975 | 21 | |
| 1976 | 27 | |
| 1977 | 39 | |
| 1978 | 23 | |
| 1979 | 36 | |
| 1980 | 35 | |
| 1981 | 31 | |
| 1982 | 38 | |
| 1983 | 20 | |
| 1984 | 1 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Cricket Archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dennis Lillee ranks #43 in Cricket
Dennis Lillee ranks 43rd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 520th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 80, Statistics 90. 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 1969–1988 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1977, 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 355, bowling average 23.92, five-wicket hauls 23, test matches 70.
Immediately ahead sits Joe Root on 83.9, a gap of -1.1 points. Directly behind is Smriti Mandhana on 84.8. 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.
Dennis Lillee GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lillee stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1977. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Dennis Lillee — frequently asked
- Is Dennis Lillee the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dennis Lillee ranks 43rd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 85.0, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Dennis Lillee's GOAT Score?
- 85.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dennis Lillee rank all time?
- 520th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 43rd within Cricket.
- Dennis Lillee vs Joe Root: who ranks higher?
- Dennis Lillee, on 85.0 against Joe Root's 83.9 — a margin of 1.1 points.