Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 70
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | |
| 2012 | 51 | |
| 2013 | 56 | |
| 2014 | 62 | |
| 2015 | 68 | |
| 2016 | 73 | |
| 2017 | 79 | |
| 2018 | 84 | |
| 2019 | 90 | |
| 2020 | 87 | |
| 2021 | 84 | |
| 2022 | 81 | |
| 2023 | 79 | |
| 2024 | 76 | |
| 2025 | 73 | |
| 2026 | 70 |
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 Rory Burns ranks #276 in Cricket
Rory Burns ranks 276th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 2671st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 84, Longevity 80, Honours 70, 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 2011–present with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, which sets the Peak component at 84. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 1789, test centuries 2, first-class runs 14000, first-class centuries 30.
Immediately ahead sits Jim Burke on 78.3, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is John Childs on 77.8. 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.
Rory Burns GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Burns stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours70/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 70/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Burns comparisons
Rory Burns — frequently asked
- Is Rory Burns the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Rory Burns ranks 276th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 78.0, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Rory Burns's GOAT Score?
- 78.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 70 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Rory Burns rank all time?
- 2671st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 276th within Cricket.
- Rory Burns vs Jim Burke: who ranks higher?
- Jim Burke, on 78.3 against Rory Burns's 78.0 — a margin of 0.3 points.