Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 93
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 72 | |
| 1994 | 70 | |
| 1995 | 27 | |
| 1996 | 32 | |
| 1997 | 74 | |
| 1998 | 58 | |
| 1999 | 40 | |
| 2000 | 32 | |
| 2001 | 53 | |
| 2002 | 68 | |
| 2003 | 26 | |
| 2004 | 76 | |
| 2005 | 53 | |
| 2006 | 24 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Shane Warne ranks #5 in Cricket
Shane Warne ranks 5th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 90th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 93, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 93. 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 1991–2013 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 708, odi wickets 293, world cups 1, five-wicket hauls 37.
Immediately ahead sits Jacques Kallis on 89.6, a gap of -1.1 points. Directly behind is Muttiah Muralitharan on 90.7. 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.
Shane Warne GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Warne stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics93/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 93/100.
Top Warne comparisons
Shane Warne — frequently asked
- Is Shane Warne the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Shane Warne ranks 5th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 90.7, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Shane Warne's GOAT Score?
- 90.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 93 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Shane Warne rank all time?
- 90th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 5th within Cricket.
- Shane Warne vs Jacques Kallis: who ranks higher?
- Shane Warne, on 90.7 against Jacques Kallis's 89.6 — a margin of 1.1 points.