Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 30 | |
| 1996 | 38 | |
| 1997 | 44 | |
| 1998 | 50 | |
| 1999 | 56 | |
| 2000 | 62 | |
| 2001 | 64 | |
| 2002 | 60 | |
| 2003 | 58 | |
| 2004 | 54 | |
| 2005 | 50 | |
| 2006 | 46 | |
| 2007 | 40 | |
| 2008 | 34 | |
| 2009 | 28 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Karen Rolton ranks #12 in Cricket
Karen Rolton ranks 12th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 178th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 86, Honours 90, Statistics 96. 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 1995–2009 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 2, odi runs 4814, odi average 48.14, highest test score 209.
Immediately ahead sits Herbert Sutcliffe on 90.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Shakib Al Hasan on 90.8. 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.
Karen Rolton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rolton stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2001. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Rolton comparisons
Karen Rolton — frequently asked
- Is Karen Rolton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Karen Rolton ranks 12th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 90.8, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Karen Rolton's GOAT Score?
- 90.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Karen Rolton rank all time?
- 178th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 12th within Cricket.
- Karen Rolton vs Herbert Sutcliffe: who ranks higher?
- Karen Rolton, on 90.8 against Herbert Sutcliffe's 90.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.