Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 8 | |
| 1974 | 12 | |
| 1975 | 17 | |
| 1976 | 23 | |
| 1977 | 31 | |
| 1978 | 30 | |
| 1979 | 24 | |
| 1980 | 28 | |
| 1981 | 33 | |
| 1982 | 30 | |
| 1983 | 39 | |
| 1984 | 41 | |
| 1985 | 40 | |
| 1986 | 32 | |
| 1987 | 22 | |
| 1988 | 21 | |
| 1989 | 10 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Cricket Archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Richard Hadlee ranks #36 in Cricket
Richard Hadlee ranks 36th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 336th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 82, 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 1972–1990 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 431, bowling average 22.29, five-wicket hauls 36, test runs 3124.
Immediately ahead sits Dale Steyn on 87.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Adam Gilchrist on 86.5. 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.
Richard Hadlee GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hadlee stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Richard Hadlee — frequently asked
- Is Richard Hadlee the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Richard Hadlee ranks 36th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Richard Hadlee's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Richard Hadlee rank all time?
- 336th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 36th within Cricket.
- Richard Hadlee vs Dale Steyn: who ranks higher?
- Richard Hadlee, on 87.0 against Dale Steyn's 87.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.