Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 40 | |
| 1955 | 45 | |
| 1956 | 50 | |
| 1957 | 60 | |
| 1958 | 72 | |
| 1959 | 68 | |
| 1960 | 65 | |
| 1961 | 60 | |
| 1962 | 58 | |
| 1963 | 55 | |
| 1964 | 52 | |
| 1965 | 50 | |
| 1966 | 48 | |
| 1967 | 45 | |
| 1968 | 42 | |
| 1969 | 40 | |
| 1970 | 38 | |
| 1971 | 35 | |
| 1972 | 30 | |
| 1973 | 25 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Cricket Archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Garry Sobers ranks #2 in Cricket
Garry Sobers ranks 2nd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 52nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 92.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 94, Peak 96, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 96. 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 1953–1974 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1958, 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 runs 8032, test wickets 235, test centuries 26, highest test score 365.
Immediately ahead sits Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4, a gap of 1.7 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.
Garry Sobers GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sobers stood above the field while competing. Scored 94/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1958. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Sobers comparisons
Garry Sobers — frequently asked
- Is Garry Sobers the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Garry Sobers ranks 2nd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 92.7, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Garry Sobers's GOAT Score?
- 92.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Garry Sobers rank all time?
- 52nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 2nd within Cricket.
- Garry Sobers vs Sachin Tendulkar: who ranks higher?
- Sachin Tendulkar, on 94.4 against Garry Sobers's 92.7 — a margin of 1.7 points.