Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 3 | |
| 1979 | 5 | |
| 1980 | 12 | |
| 1981 | 21 | |
| 1982 | 33 | |
| 1983 | 50 | |
| 1984 | 58 | |
| 1985 | 42 | |
| 1986 | 35 | |
| 1987 | 41 | |
| 1988 | 30 | |
| 1989 | 24 | |
| 1990 | 15 | |
| 1991 | 7 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Cricket Archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Malcolm Marshall ranks #18 in Cricket
Malcolm Marshall ranks 18th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 196th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 94, Longevity 82, Honours 86, 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 1977–1996 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, 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 test wickets 376, test matches 81, test bowling average 20.94, five-wicket hauls 22.
Immediately ahead sits Imran Khan on 87.9, a gap of -1.6 points. Directly behind is Rahul Dravid on 87.1. 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.
Malcolm Marshall GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Marshall stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 14 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 Marshall comparisons
Malcolm Marshall — frequently asked
- Is Malcolm Marshall the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Malcolm Marshall ranks 18th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 89.5, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Malcolm Marshall's GOAT Score?
- 89.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Malcolm Marshall rank all time?
- 196th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 18th within Cricket.
- Malcolm Marshall vs Imran Khan: who ranks higher?
- Malcolm Marshall, on 89.5 against Imran Khan's 87.9 — a margin of 1.6 points.