Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 20 | |
| 1998 | 45 | |
| 1999 | 52 | |
| 2000 | 48 | |
| 2001 | 40 | |
| 2002 | 44 | |
| 2003 | 38 | |
| 2004 | 42 | |
| 2005 | 36 | |
| 2006 | 34 | |
| 2007 | 30 | |
| 2008 | 32 | |
| 2009 | 28 | |
| 2010 | 26 | |
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 12 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Wisden
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mark Boucher ranks #92 in Cricket
Mark Boucher ranks 92nd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 555th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 80, 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 1996–2012 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, which sets the Peak component at 90. 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 dismissals 555, tests played 147, test runs 5515, odi dismissals 424.
Immediately ahead sits Les Ames on 87.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Mark Waugh 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.
Mark Boucher GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Boucher stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- 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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Mark Boucher — frequently asked
- Is Mark Boucher the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mark Boucher ranks 92nd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.1, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Mark Boucher's GOAT Score?
- 87.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mark Boucher rank all time?
- 555th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 92nd within Cricket.
- Mark Boucher vs Les Ames: who ranks higher?
- Mark Boucher, on 87.1 against Les Ames's 87.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.