Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 30 | |
| 1992 | 35 | |
| 1993 | 40 | |
| 1994 | 45 | |
| 1995 | 55 | |
| 1996 | 60 | |
| 1997 | 52 | |
| 1998 | 48 | |
| 1999 | 50 | |
| 2000 | 45 | |
| 2001 | 42 | |
| 2002 | 40 | |
| 2003 | 38 | |
| 2004 | 36 | |
| 2005 | 34 | |
| 2006 | 30 | |
| 2007 | 28 | |
| 2008 | 24 | |
| 2009 | 20 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Cricket Archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sanath Jayasuriya ranks #11 in Cricket
Sanath Jayasuriya ranks 11th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 132nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 86, 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 1989–2011 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes odi runs 13430, odi wickets 323, world cup titles 1, test runs 6973.
Immediately ahead sits Virat Kohli on 90.8, a gap of 1.5 points. Directly behind is Ricky Ponting on 88.7. 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.
Sanath Jayasuriya GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jayasuriya stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Jayasuriya comparisons
Sanath Jayasuriya — frequently asked
- Is Sanath Jayasuriya the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sanath Jayasuriya ranks 11th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 89.3, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Sanath Jayasuriya's GOAT Score?
- 89.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sanath Jayasuriya rank all time?
- 132nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 11th within Cricket.
- Sanath Jayasuriya vs Virat Kohli: who ranks higher?
- Virat Kohli, on 90.8 against Sanath Jayasuriya's 89.3 — a margin of 1.5 points.