Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 45 | |
| 2014 | 82 | |
| 2015 | 72 | |
| 2016 | 71 | |
| 2017 | 66 | |
| 2018 | 58 | |
| 2019 | 60 | |
| 2020 | 62 | |
| 2021 | 55 | |
| 2022 | 52 | |
| 2023 | 48 | |
| 2024 | 50 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Steve Smith ranks #39 in Cricket
Steve Smith ranks 39th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 421st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 80, 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 2008–present with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 10000, test centuries 36, test average 56, world test championships 1.
Immediately ahead sits Michael Holding on 87.5, a gap of 1.9 points. Directly behind is Rohit Sharma on 84.8. 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.
Steve Smith GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Smith stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2014. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- 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.
Top Smith comparisons
Steve Smith — frequently asked
- Is Steve Smith the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Steve Smith ranks 39th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 85.6, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Steve Smith's GOAT Score?
- 85.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Steve Smith rank all time?
- 421st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 39th within Cricket.
- Steve Smith vs Michael Holding: who ranks higher?
- Michael Holding, on 87.5 against Steve Smith's 85.6 — a margin of 1.9 points.