Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 40 | |
| 2003 | 62 | |
| 2004 | 48 | |
| 2005 | 50 | |
| 2006 | 46 | |
| 2007 | 52 | |
| 2008 | 56 | |
| 2009 | 48 | |
| 2010 | 44 | |
| 2011 | 42 | |
| 2012 | 38 | |
| 2013 | 34 | |
| 2014 | 30 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Graeme Smith ranks #45 in Cricket
Graeme Smith ranks 45th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 354th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 86, 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 1999–2014 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2003, which sets the Peak component at 92. 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 runs 9265, tests as captain 109, test centuries 27, test wins as captain 53.
Immediately ahead sits Lance Gibbs on 88.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ravindra Jadeja on 88.8. 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.
Graeme Smith GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Smith 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 2003. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Smith comparisons
Graeme Smith — frequently asked
- Is Graeme Smith the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Graeme Smith ranks 45th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.8, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Graeme Smith's GOAT Score?
- 88.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Graeme Smith rank all time?
- 354th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 45th within Cricket.
- Graeme Smith vs Lance Gibbs: who ranks higher?
- Graeme Smith, on 88.8 against Lance Gibbs's 88.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.