Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 12 | |
| 1999 | 18 | |
| 2000 | 24 | |
| 2001 | 30 | |
| 2002 | 36 | |
| 2003 | 44 | |
| 2004 | 56 | |
| 2005 | 48 | |
| 2006 | 40 | |
| 2007 | 34 | |
| 2008 | 26 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 10 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Makhaya Ntini ranks #139 in Cricket
Makhaya Ntini ranks 139th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 876th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 78, Statistics 90. 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 1995–2011 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 390, odi wickets 266, tests played 101, ten-wicket matches 4.
Immediately ahead sits Joe Root on 83.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Shafali Verma on 83.9. 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.
Makhaya Ntini GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ntini stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Makhaya Ntini — frequently asked
- Is Makhaya Ntini the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Makhaya Ntini ranks 139th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 83.9, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Makhaya Ntini's GOAT Score?
- 83.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Makhaya Ntini rank all time?
- 876th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 139th within Cricket.
- Makhaya Ntini vs Joe Root: who ranks higher?
- Makhaya Ntini, on 83.9 against Joe Root's 83.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.