Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 56 | |
| 2006 | 48 | |
| 2007 | 52 | |
| 2008 | 50 | |
| 2009 | 42 | |
| 2010 | 46 | |
| 2011 | 54 | |
| 2012 | 48 | |
| 2013 | 40 | |
| 2014 | 32 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kevin Pietersen ranks #57 in Cricket
Kevin Pietersen ranks 57th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 394th 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 86, Peak 96, Longevity 82, 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 2001–2018 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2005, 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 test runs 8181, test centuries 23, t20 world cup titles 1, ashes series won 3.
Immediately ahead sits Harbhajan Singh on 88.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Enid Bakewell 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.
Kevin Pietersen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pietersen stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2005. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- 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 Pietersen comparisons
Kevin Pietersen — frequently asked
- Is Kevin Pietersen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kevin Pietersen ranks 57th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.4, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Kevin Pietersen's GOAT Score?
- 88.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kevin Pietersen rank all time?
- 394th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 57th within Cricket.
- Kevin Pietersen vs Harbhajan Singh: who ranks higher?
- Kevin Pietersen, on 88.4 against Harbhajan Singh's 88.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.