Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 30 | |
| 1995 | 42 | |
| 1996 | 50 | |
| 1997 | 56 | |
| 1998 | 60 | |
| 1999 | 52 | |
| 2000 | 48 | |
| 2001 | 55 | |
| 2002 | 58 | |
| 2003 | 46 | |
| 2004 | 40 | |
| 2005 | 34 | |
| 2006 | 28 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Glenn McGrath ranks #32 in Cricket
Glenn McGrath ranks 32nd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 270th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 86, 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 1992–2007 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 563, odi wickets 381, world cups 3, five-wicket hauls 29.
Immediately ahead sits Jhulan Goswami on 85.6, a gap of -1.7 points. Directly behind is Belinda Clark on 87.6. 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.
Glenn McGrath GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far McGrath stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- 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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Glenn McGrath — frequently asked
- Is Glenn McGrath the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Glenn McGrath ranks 32nd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.3, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Glenn McGrath's GOAT Score?
- 87.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Glenn McGrath rank all time?
- 270th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 32nd within Cricket.
- Glenn McGrath vs Jhulan Goswami: who ranks higher?
- Glenn McGrath, on 87.3 against Jhulan Goswami's 85.6 — a margin of 1.7 points.