Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 28 | |
| 2008 | 36 | |
| 2009 | 44 | |
| 2010 | 50 | |
| 2011 | 56 | |
| 2012 | 60 | |
| 2013 | 64 | |
| 2014 | 66 | |
| 2015 | 62 | |
| 2016 | 60 | |
| 2017 | 58 | |
| 2018 | 54 | |
| 2019 | 50 | |
| 2020 | 44 | |
| 2021 | 38 | |
| 2022 | 32 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ross Taylor ranks #67 in Cricket
Ross Taylor ranks 67th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 441st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 92, Honours 82, Statistics 96. Those categories are normalised against the full Cricket reference universe of 297 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2006–2022 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, which sets the Peak component at 92. 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 world test championship titles 1, test runs 7683, odi runs 8607, international centuries 40.
Immediately ahead sits Lasith Malinga on 88.1, a gap of 0.0 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.
Ross Taylor GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Taylor stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2014. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Taylor comparisons
Ross Taylor — frequently asked
- Is Ross Taylor the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ross Taylor ranks 67th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.1, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Ross Taylor's GOAT Score?
- 88.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ross Taylor rank all time?
- 441st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 67th within Cricket.
- Ross Taylor vs Lasith Malinga: who ranks higher?
- Ross Taylor, on 88.1 against Lasith Malinga's 88.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.