Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 8 | |
| 1999 | 12 | |
| 2000 | 46 | |
| 2001 | 32 | |
| 2002 | 34 | |
| 2003 | 30 | |
| 2004 | 28 | |
| 2005 | 34 | |
| 2006 | 26 | |
| 2007 | 22 | |
| 2008 | 20 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 4 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Harbhajan Singh ranks #56 in Cricket
Harbhajan Singh ranks 56th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 393rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 86, Statistics 92. 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 1998–2021 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 417, odi wickets 269, world cup titles 1, five-wicket hauls 25.
Immediately ahead sits Shaun Pollock on 88.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Kevin Pietersen on 88.4. 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.
Harbhajan Singh GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Harbhajan stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2000. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- 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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Harbhajan Singh — frequently asked
- Is Harbhajan Singh the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Harbhajan Singh ranks 56th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.4, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Harbhajan Singh's GOAT Score?
- 88.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Harbhajan Singh rank all time?
- 393rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 56th within Cricket.
- Harbhajan Singh vs Shaun Pollock: who ranks higher?
- Harbhajan Singh, on 88.4 against Shaun Pollock's 88.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.