Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 20 | |
| 2006 | 30 | |
| 2007 | 35 | |
| 2008 | 40 | |
| 2009 | 38 | |
| 2010 | 42 | |
| 2011 | 45 | |
| 2012 | 40 | |
| 2013 | 38 | |
| 2014 | 35 | |
| 2015 | 30 | |
| 2016 | 25 | |
| 2017 | 22 | |
| 2018 | 18 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 5 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lasith Malinga ranks #66 in Cricket
Lasith Malinga ranks 66th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 437th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 84, 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 2004–2021 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2011, 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 t20 world cup titles 1, odi wickets 338, t20 international wickets 107, odi hat-tricks 3.
Immediately ahead sits Ellyse Perry on 88.2, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Ross Taylor on 88.1. 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.
Lasith Malinga GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Malinga stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2011. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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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Lasith Malinga — frequently asked
- Is Lasith Malinga the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lasith Malinga ranks 66th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.1, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Lasith Malinga's GOAT Score?
- 88.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lasith Malinga rank all time?
- 437th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 66th within Cricket.
- Lasith Malinga vs Ellyse Perry: who ranks higher?
- Ellyse Perry, on 88.2 against Lasith Malinga's 88.1 — a margin of 0.1 points.