Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 40 | |
| 1998 | 45 | |
| 1999 | 50 | |
| 2000 | 48 | |
| 2001 | 55 | |
| 2002 | 60 | |
| 2003 | 58 | |
| 2004 | 62 | |
| 2005 | 55 | |
| 2006 | 70 | |
| 2007 | 58 | |
| 2008 | 54 | |
| 2009 | 60 | |
| 2010 | 55 | |
| 2011 | 50 | |
| 2012 | 48 | |
| 2013 | 45 | |
| 2014 | 40 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Cricket Archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mahela Jayawardene ranks #14 in Cricket
Mahela Jayawardene ranks 14th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 159th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 90, Honours 84, Statistics 94. 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 1995–2015 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 11814, test centuries 34, odi runs 12650, highest test score 374.
Immediately ahead sits Courtney Walsh on 88.0, a gap of -0.3 points. Directly behind is Ellyse Perry on 88.2. 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.
Mahela Jayawardene GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jayawardene stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2006. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Mahela Jayawardene — frequently asked
- Is Mahela Jayawardene the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mahela Jayawardene ranks 14th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.3, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Mahela Jayawardene's GOAT Score?
- 88.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mahela Jayawardene rank all time?
- 159th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 14th within Cricket.
- Mahela Jayawardene vs Courtney Walsh: who ranks higher?
- Mahela Jayawardene, on 88.3 against Courtney Walsh's 88.0 — a margin of 0.3 points.