Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 40 | |
| 1992 | 45 | |
| 1993 | 42 | |
| 1994 | 48 | |
| 1995 | 44 | |
| 1996 | 40 | |
| 1997 | 46 | |
| 1998 | 42 | |
| 1999 | 48 | |
| 2000 | 45 | |
| 2001 | 39 | |
| 2002 | 35 | |
| 2003 | 30 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mark Waugh ranks #93 in Cricket
Mark Waugh ranks 93rd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 557th 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 82, Peak 90, Longevity 88, 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 1985–2004 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1994, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 8029, test centuries 20, odi runs 8500, world cup titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Mark Boucher on 87.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Justin Langer 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 Waugh GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Waugh stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1994. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- 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.
Top Waugh comparisons
Mark Waugh — frequently asked
- Is Mark Waugh the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mark Waugh ranks 93rd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.1, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Mark Waugh's GOAT Score?
- 87.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mark Waugh rank all time?
- 557th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 93rd within Cricket.
- Mark Waugh vs Mark Boucher: who ranks higher?
- Mark Waugh, on 87.1 against Mark Boucher's 87.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.