Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 35 | |
| 2004 | 43 | |
| 2005 | 51 | |
| 2006 | 58 | |
| 2007 | 66 | |
| 2008 | 74 | |
| 2009 | 82 | |
| 2010 | 89 | |
| 2011 | 97 | |
| 2012 | 82 | |
| 2013 | 66 | |
| 2014 | 51 | |
| 2015 | 35 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo Statsguru
- ICC official records
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Michael Clarke ranks #83 in Cricket
Michael Clarke ranks 83rd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 777th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 82, Honours 90, Statistics 92. 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 2003–2015 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2011, 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 runs 8643, test centuries 28, world cup titles 1, highest score 329.
Immediately ahead sits Shabnim Ismail on 88.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Zaheer Abbas on 88.0. 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.
Michael Clarke GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Clarke stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2011. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Clarke comparisons
Michael Clarke — frequently asked
- Is Michael Clarke the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Michael Clarke ranks 83rd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.0, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Michael Clarke's GOAT Score?
- 88.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Michael Clarke rank all time?
- 777th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 83rd within Cricket.
- Michael Clarke vs Shabnim Ismail: who ranks higher?
- Michael Clarke, on 88.0 against Shabnim Ismail's 88.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.