Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 16 | |
| 1996 | 30 | |
| 1997 | 38 | |
| 1998 | 42 | |
| 1999 | 40 | |
| 2000 | 36 | |
| 2001 | 44 | |
| 2002 | 38 | |
| 2003 | 34 | |
| 2004 | 32 | |
| 2005 | 30 | |
| 2006 | 26 | |
| 2007 | 15 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Shaun Pollock ranks #55 in Cricket
Shaun Pollock ranks 55th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 392nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 84, Statistics 94. 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 1995–2008 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 421, odi wickets 393, test bowling average 23.11, test runs 3781.
Immediately ahead sits Inzamam-ul-Haq on 88.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Harbhajan Singh on 88.4. 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.
Shaun Pollock GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pollock stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2001. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Shaun Pollock — frequently asked
- Is Shaun Pollock the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Shaun Pollock ranks 55th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.4, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Shaun Pollock's GOAT Score?
- 88.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Shaun Pollock rank all time?
- 392nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 55th within Cricket.
- Shaun Pollock vs Inzamam-ul-Haq: who ranks higher?
- Shaun Pollock, on 88.4 against Inzamam-ul-Haq's 88.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.