Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 45 | |
| 2006 | 52 | |
| 2007 | 48 | |
| 2008 | 55 | |
| 2009 | 60 | |
| 2010 | 58 | |
| 2011 | 52 | |
| 2012 | 50 | |
| 2013 | 55 | |
| 2014 | 48 | |
| 2015 | 45 | |
| 2016 | 42 | |
| 2017 | 40 | |
| 2018 | 38 | |
| 2019 | 35 | |
| 2020 | 30 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why MS Dhoni ranks #20 in Cricket
MS Dhoni ranks 20th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 215th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 90, Statistics 88. 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 2004–2020 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, 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 world cups 1, world t20 titles 1, champions trophy titles 1, odi runs 10773.
Immediately ahead sits Rahul Dravid on 87.1, a gap of -0.8 points. Directly behind is Charlotte Edwards on 87.0. 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.
MS Dhoni GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dhoni stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Dhoni comparisons
MS Dhoni — frequently asked
- Is MS Dhoni the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. MS Dhoni ranks 20th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.9, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is MS Dhoni's GOAT Score?
- 87.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does MS Dhoni rank all time?
- 215th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 20th within Cricket.
- MS Dhoni vs Rahul Dravid: who ranks higher?
- MS Dhoni, on 87.9 against Rahul Dravid's 87.1 — a margin of 0.8 points.