Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 186 | |
| 2013 | 937 | |
| 2014 | 1078 | |
| 2015 | 1385 | |
| 2016 | 1477 | |
| 2017 | 1000 | |
| 2018 | 948 | |
| 2019 | 792 | |
| 2020 | 1708 | |
| 2021 | 1098 | |
| 2022 | 1556 | |
| 2023 | 1500 | |
| 2024 | 1200 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Cricket Archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Joe Root ranks #42 in Cricket
Joe Root ranks 42nd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 491st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 76, 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 2012–present with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2020, which sets the Peak component at 88. 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 runs 13000, test centuries 37, test matches 155, odi runs 6500.
Immediately ahead sits AB de Villiers on 84.7, a gap of 0.8 points. Directly behind is Dennis Lillee on 85.0. 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.
Joe Root GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Root stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2020. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Root comparisons
Joe Root — frequently asked
- Is Joe Root the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Joe Root ranks 42nd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 83.9, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Joe Root's GOAT Score?
- 83.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Joe Root rank all time?
- 491st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 42nd within Cricket.
- Joe Root vs AB de Villiers: who ranks higher?
- AB de Villiers, on 84.7 against Joe Root's 83.9 — a margin of 0.8 points.