Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 38 | |
| 2002 | 52 | |
| 2003 | 62 | |
| 2004 | 58 | |
| 2005 | 54 | |
| 2006 | 44 | |
| 2007 | 48 | |
| 2008 | 66 | |
| 2009 | 56 | |
| 2010 | 46 | |
| 2011 | 40 | |
| 2012 | 30 | |
| 2013 | 22 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Virender Sehwag ranks #23 in Cricket
Virender Sehwag ranks 23rd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 213th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 98, Longevity 84, Honours 88, Statistics 96. 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 1997–2015 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, which sets the Peak component at 98. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 98 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 8586, test triple centuries 2, highest test score 319, world cup titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Matthew Hayden on 90.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Katherine Sciver-Brunt on 90.4. 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.
Virender Sehwag GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sehwag stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 98/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
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Virender Sehwag — frequently asked
- Is Virender Sehwag the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Virender Sehwag ranks 23rd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 90.4, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Virender Sehwag's GOAT Score?
- 90.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Virender Sehwag rank all time?
- 213th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 23rd within Cricket.
- Virender Sehwag vs Matthew Hayden: who ranks higher?
- Virender Sehwag, on 90.4 against Matthew Hayden's 90.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.