Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 89
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 42 | |
| 1997 | 45 | |
| 1998 | 50 | |
| 1999 | 55 | |
| 2000 | 48 | |
| 2001 | 58 | |
| 2002 | 62 | |
| 2003 | 68 | |
| 2004 | 60 | |
| 2005 | 55 | |
| 2006 | 52 | |
| 2007 | 48 | |
| 2008 | 45 | |
| 2009 | 42 | |
| 2010 | 38 | |
| 2011 | 36 | |
| 2012 | 34 | |
| 2013 | 32 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ricky Ponting ranks #12 in Cricket
Ricky Ponting ranks 12th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 138th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 89, Longevity 90, Honours 88, 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 1992–2013 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2003, which sets the Peak component at 89. 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 13378, odi runs 13704, world cups 3, test centuries 41.
Immediately ahead sits Sanath Jayasuriya on 89.3, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Courtney Walsh 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.
Ricky Ponting GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ponting stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak89/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2003. Scored 89/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Ponting comparisons
Ricky Ponting — frequently asked
- Is Ricky Ponting the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ricky Ponting ranks 12th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Ricky Ponting's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 89 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ricky Ponting rank all time?
- 138th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 12th within Cricket.
- Ricky Ponting vs Sanath Jayasuriya: who ranks higher?
- Sanath Jayasuriya, on 89.3 against Ricky Ponting's 88.7 — a margin of 0.6 points.