Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 40 | |
| 1997 | 48 | |
| 1998 | 52 | |
| 1999 | 56 | |
| 2000 | 51 | |
| 2001 | 60 | |
| 2002 | 58 | |
| 2003 | 62 | |
| 2004 | 55 | |
| 2005 | 59 | |
| 2006 | 54 | |
| 2007 | 50 | |
| 2008 | 48 | |
| 2009 | 52 | |
| 2010 | 47 | |
| 2011 | 44 | |
| 2012 | 41 | |
| 2013 | 38 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jacques Kallis ranks #4 in Cricket
Jacques Kallis ranks 4th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 89th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 88, Longevity 94, Honours 84, 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 1995–2014 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2003, which sets the Peak component at 88. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 13289, test wickets 292, test centuries 45, odi runs 11579.
Immediately ahead sits Jack Hobbs on 90.6, a gap of 1.0 points. Directly behind is Shane Warne on 90.7. 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.
Jacques Kallis GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kallis stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2003. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
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Jacques Kallis — frequently asked
- Is Jacques Kallis the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jacques Kallis ranks 4th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 89.6, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Jacques Kallis's GOAT Score?
- 89.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jacques Kallis rank all time?
- 89th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 4th within Cricket.
- Jacques Kallis vs Jack Hobbs: who ranks higher?
- Jack Hobbs, on 90.6 against Jacques Kallis's 89.6 — a margin of 1.0 points.