Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 30 | |
| 1994 | 42 | |
| 1995 | 56 | |
| 1996 | 62 | |
| 1997 | 75 | |
| 1998 | 68 | |
| 1999 | 80 | |
| 2000 | 66 | |
| 2001 | 56 | |
| 2002 | 50 | |
| 2003 | 45 | |
| 2004 | 42 | |
| 2005 | 38 | |
| 2006 | 40 | |
| 2007 | 30 | |
| 2008 | 20 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Muttiah Muralitharan ranks #6 in Cricket
Muttiah Muralitharan ranks 6th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 91st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 93, Longevity 90, Honours 86, Statistics 96. 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 1991–2011 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, which sets the Peak component at 93. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 800, odi wickets 534, five-wicket hauls 67, ten-wicket matches 22.
Immediately ahead sits Shane Warne on 90.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Garfield Sobers on 91.1. 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.
Muttiah Muralitharan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Muralitharan stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
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Muttiah Muralitharan — frequently asked
- Is Muttiah Muralitharan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Muttiah Muralitharan ranks 6th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 90.7, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Muttiah Muralitharan's GOAT Score?
- 90.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Muttiah Muralitharan rank all time?
- 91st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 6th within Cricket.
- Muttiah Muralitharan vs Shane Warne: who ranks higher?
- Muttiah Muralitharan, on 90.7 against Shane Warne's 90.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.