Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 30 | |
| 1997 | 34 | |
| 1998 | 40 | |
| 1999 | 44 | |
| 2000 | 42 | |
| 2001 | 46 | |
| 2002 | 40 | |
| 2003 | 38 | |
| 2004 | 44 | |
| 2005 | 48 | |
| 2006 | 42 | |
| 2007 | 40 | |
| 2008 | 38 | |
| 2009 | 34 | |
| 2010 | 30 | |
| 2011 | 26 | |
| 2012 | 22 | |
| 2013 | 18 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Shahid Afridi ranks #104 in Cricket
Shahid Afridi ranks 104th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 604th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 80, Statistics 92. 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 1995–2018 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2005, 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 wickets 395, odi runs 8064, t20 world cup titles 1, fastest odi century (balls) 37.
Immediately ahead sits Kapil Dev on 86.6, 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.
Shahid Afridi GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Afridi stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2005. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- 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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Shahid Afridi — frequently asked
- Is Shahid Afridi the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Shahid Afridi ranks 104th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 86.6, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Shahid Afridi's GOAT Score?
- 86.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Shahid Afridi rank all time?
- 604th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 104th within Cricket.
- Shahid Afridi vs Kapil Dev: who ranks higher?
- Shahid Afridi, on 86.6 against Kapil Dev's 86.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.