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Cricket: the greatest of all time

GOAT Rank's data-driven ranking

Test average, century counts and World Cup impact across formats. Each cricketers below is scored on verified career data and normalised against the full Cricket reference cohort — no shortlists, no unverified provisional numbers.

Quick answer

According to GOAT Rank's current model, Don Bradman is the highest-ranked of the cricketers in Cricket, with an in-sport GOAT Score of 96.8. Next are Sachin Tendulkar (94.4), Donald Bradman (93.6).

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Category
#AthleteEraTest batting averageTest centuriesTest runsTest double centuriesAshes series won as captainFormGOAT
1
🇦🇺Don BradmanRetired
1927–194999.94296,99612496.8
2
🇮🇳Sachin TendulkarRetired
1989–201353.78—15,921——94.4
3
🇦🇺Donald BradmanRetired
1928–194899.94296,996——93.6
4
🇬🇧Wally HammondRetired
1920–195158.45227,249——93.0
5
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿James AndersonRetired
2002–2024—————92.9
6
🇧🇧Garry SobersRetired
1953–197457.78268,032——92.7
7
🇦🇺Steve WaughRetired
1984–2004—3210,927——92.7
8
🏴Clive LloydRetired
1963–1988—197,515——91.7
9
🏴Garfield SobersRetired
1953–1974—268,032——91.1
10
🇬🇧Len HuttonRetired
1934–196056.67196,971——90.9
11
🇮🇳Virat KohliActive
2008–present46.85—9,230——90.8
12
🇬🇧Herbert SutcliffeRetired
1919–1945—164,555——90.8
13
🇦🇺Karen RoltonRetired
1995–2009—————90.8
14
🇧🇩Shakib Al HasanActive
2006–present——4,600——90.8
15
🇦🇺Shane WarneRetired
1991–2013—————90.7
16
🇱🇰Muttiah MuralitharanRetired
1991–2011—————90.7
17
🇦🇬Curtly AmbroseRetired
1988–2000—————90.7
18
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Jack HobbsRetired
1905–1934—155,410——90.6
19
🇯🇲George HeadleyRetired
1927–195460.83102,190——90.6
20
🇦🇺Allan BorderRetired
1976–1996—2711,174——90.5
21
🇬🇧Stuart BroadRetired
2006–2023—————90.5
22
🇮🇳Ravichandran AshwinRetired
2010–2024——3,503——90.5
23
🇦🇺Cathryn FitzpatrickRetired
1991–2007—————90.5
24
🇦🇺Matthew HaydenRetired
1991–2009—308,625——90.4
25
🇮🇳Virender SehwagRetired
1997–2015——8,586——90.4
26
🇬🇧Katherine Sciver-BruntRetired
2004–2023—————90.4
27
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Sydney BarnesRetired
1894–1930—————90.3
28
🏴Viv RichardsRetired
1971–1993—248,540——90.2
29
🇬🇧Rachael Heyhoe FlintRetired
1960–1982——1,594——90.2
30
🇬🇧Fred TruemanRetired
1949–1969—————90.1
31
🇵🇰Younis KhanRetired
2000–2017523410,099——90.0
32
🇳🇿Debbie HockleyRetired
1979–2000——1,301——90.0
33
🇬🇧Natalie Sciver-BruntActive
2013–present—————90.0
34
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Alastair CookRetired
2006–2018—3312,472——89.9
35
🇵🇰Waqar YounisRetired
1989–2003—————89.8
36
🇿🇦Jacques KallisRetired
1995–2014—4513,289——89.6
37
🇯🇲Chris GayleRetired
1998–2021—————89.6
38
🇳🇿Sophie DevineActive
2006–present—————89.6
39
🇬🇧Sarah TaylorRetired
2006–2019—————89.6
40
🇬🇧Jim LakerRetired
1946–1965—————89.6
41
🇧🇧Malcolm MarshallRetired
1977–1996—————89.5
42
🇦🇺Betty WilsonRetired
1947–195857.46—862——89.4
43
🇬🇾Shivnarine ChanderpaulRetired
1994–2015—3011,867——89.4
44
🇱🇰Sanath JayasuriyaRetired
1989–2011——6,973——89.3
45
🇬🇧Claire TaylorRetired
1998–2011—————89.2
46
🇦🇺Megan SchuttActive
2012–present—————89.2
47
🏴Brian LaraRetired
1990–2007—3411,953——88.8
48
🏴Lance GibbsRetired
1953–1976—————88.8
49
🇿🇦Graeme SmithRetired
1999–2014—279,265——88.8
50
🇮🇳Ravindra JadejaActive
2006–present——3,500——88.8
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Top 10 Cricket cricketers of all time

The ten highest verified GOAT Scores across every era.

  1. 1🇦🇺Don Bradman96.8
  2. 2🇮🇳Sachin Tendulkar94.4
  3. 3🇦🇺Donald Bradman93.6
  4. 4🇬🇧Wally Hammond93.0
  5. 5🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿James Anderson92.9
  6. 6🇧🇧Garry Sobers92.7
  7. 7🇦🇺Steve Waugh92.7
  8. 8🏴Clive Lloyd91.7
  9. 9🏴Garfield Sobers91.1
  10. 10🇬🇧Len Hutton90.9

By position

Batter

  1. 1🇦🇺Don Bradman96.8
  2. 2🇦🇺Steve Waugh92.7
  3. 3🏴Clive Lloyd91.7
  4. 4🇬🇧Len Hutton90.9
  5. 5🇯🇲George Headley90.6

Batting

  1. 1🇮🇳Sachin Tendulkar94.4
  2. 2🇦🇺Donald Bradman93.6
  3. 3🇮🇳Virat Kohli90.8

Batting all-rounder

  1. 1🇬🇧Wally Hammond93.0
  2. 2🇮🇳Sourav Ganguly86.4

Fast bowler

  1. 1🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿James Anderson92.9
  2. 2🇦🇬Curtly Ambrose90.7
  3. 3🇬🇧Stuart Broad90.5
  4. 4🇦🇺Cathryn Fitzpatrick90.5
  5. 5🇬🇧Katherine Sciver-Brunt90.4

All-rounder

  1. 1🇧🇧Garry Sobers92.7
  2. 2🏴Garfield Sobers91.1
  3. 3🇦🇺Karen Rolton90.8
  4. 4🇧🇩Shakib Al Hasan90.8
  5. 5🇬🇧Natalie Sciver-Brunt90.0

Batsman

  1. 1🇬🇧Herbert Sutcliffe90.8
  2. 2🇦🇺Matthew Hayden90.4
  3. 3🇮🇳Virender Sehwag90.4
  4. 4🇿🇦Graeme Smith88.8
  5. 5🇬🇧Graham Gooch88.7

Bowler

  1. 1🇦🇺Shane Warne90.7
  2. 2🇱🇰Muttiah Muralitharan90.7
  3. 3🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Sydney Barnes90.3
  4. 4🇵🇰Wasim Akram87.4
  5. 5🇦🇺Glenn McGrath87.3

Opening batter

  1. 1🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Jack Hobbs90.6
  2. 2🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Alastair Cook89.9
  3. 3🇯🇲Chris Gayle89.6
  4. 4🇬🇧Bobby Abel88.8
  5. 5🇳🇿Suzie Bates88.3

By country

Australia

  1. 1🇦🇺Don Bradman96.8
  2. 2🇦🇺Donald Bradman93.6
  3. 3🇦🇺Steve Waugh92.7
  4. 4🇦🇺Karen Rolton90.8
  5. 5🇦🇺Shane Warne90.7

India

  1. 1🇮🇳Sachin Tendulkar94.4
  2. 2🇮🇳Virat Kohli90.8
  3. 3🇮🇳Ravichandran Ashwin90.5
  4. 4🇮🇳Virender Sehwag90.4
  5. 5🇮🇳Ravindra Jadeja88.8

United Kingdom

  1. 1🇬🇧Wally Hammond93.0
  2. 2🇬🇧Len Hutton90.9
  3. 3🇬🇧Herbert Sutcliffe90.8
  4. 4🇬🇧Stuart Broad90.5
  5. 5🇬🇧Katherine Sciver-Brunt90.4

England

  1. 1🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿James Anderson92.9
  2. 2🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Jack Hobbs90.6
  3. 3🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Alastair Cook89.9
  4. 4🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Ian Botham88.8
  5. 5🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Denis Compton88.4

Barbados

  1. 1🇧🇧Garry Sobers92.7
  2. 2🇧🇧Malcolm Marshall89.5

West Indies

  1. 1🏴Clive Lloyd91.7
  2. 2🏴Garfield Sobers91.1
  3. 3🏴Viv Richards90.2
  4. 4🏴Brian Lara88.8
  5. 5🏴Lance Gibbs88.8

Bangladesh

  1. 1🇧🇩Shakib Al Hasan90.8
  2. 2🇧🇩Mushfiqur Rahim85.2
  3. 3🇧🇩Tamim Iqbal84.9
  4. 4🇧🇩Mashrafe Mortaza83.7
  5. 5🇧🇩Mustafizur Rahman81.7

Sri Lanka

  1. 1🇱🇰Muttiah Muralitharan90.7
  2. 2🇱🇰Sanath Jayasuriya89.3
  3. 3🇱🇰Aravinda de Silva88.5
  4. 4🇱🇰Mahela Jayawardene88.3
  5. 5🇱🇰Lasith Malinga88.1

By era

1900s

  1. 1🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Jack Hobbs90.6
  2. 2🇦🇺Warwick Armstrong87.1
  3. 3🇦🇺Warren Bardsley85.3
  4. 4🇬🇧Johnny Douglas85.3
  5. 5🇬🇧Ewart Astill85.2

1910s

  1. 1🇬🇧Herbert Sutcliffe90.8
  2. 2🇳🇿Roger Blunt84.4
  3. 3🇬🇧Ted Bowley83.7
  4. 4🇬🇧Arthur Carr82.9
  5. 5🇬🇧Hubert Ashton79.4

1920s

  1. 1🇦🇺Don Bradman96.8
  2. 2🇦🇺Donald Bradman93.6
  3. 3🇬🇧Wally Hammond93.0
  4. 4🇯🇲George Headley90.6
  5. 5🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Les Ames87.1

1930s

  1. 1🇬🇧Len Hutton90.9
  2. 2🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Denis Compton88.4
  3. 3🇬🇧Bill Copson84.2
  4. 4🇬🇧Tom Dollery84.1
  5. 5🇬🇧Freddie Brown83.5

1950s

  1. 1🇧🇧Garry Sobers92.7
  2. 2🏴Garfield Sobers91.1
  3. 3🏴Lance Gibbs88.8
  4. 4🇵🇰Hanif Mohammad88.4
  5. 5🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Colin Cowdrey87.9

1960s

  1. 1🏴Clive Lloyd91.7
  2. 2🇬🇧Rachael Heyhoe Flint90.2
  3. 3🇬🇧Enid Bakewell88.4
  4. 4🇵🇰Zaheer Abbas88.0
  5. 5🇮🇳Mohinder Amarnath87.1

1970s

  1. 1🇦🇺Allan Border90.5
  2. 2🏴Viv Richards90.2
  3. 3🇳🇿Debbie Hockley90.0
  4. 4🇧🇧Malcolm Marshall89.5
  5. 5🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Ian Botham88.8

1980s

  1. 1🇮🇳Sachin Tendulkar94.4
  2. 2🇦🇺Steve Waugh92.7
  3. 3🇦🇬Curtly Ambrose90.7
  4. 4🇵🇰Waqar Younis89.8
  5. 5🇱🇰Sanath Jayasuriya89.3

1990s

  1. 1🇦🇺Karen Rolton90.8
  2. 2🇦🇺Shane Warne90.7
  3. 3🇱🇰Muttiah Muralitharan90.7
  4. 4🇦🇺Cathryn Fitzpatrick90.5
  5. 5🇦🇺Matthew Hayden90.4

2000s

  1. 1🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿James Anderson92.9
  2. 2🇮🇳Virat Kohli90.8
  3. 3🇧🇩Shakib Al Hasan90.8
  4. 4🇬🇧Stuart Broad90.5
  5. 5🇬🇧Katherine Sciver-Brunt90.4

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Cricket GOAT debates

The closest calls in the ranking, with a full side-by-side breakdown.

Bradman vs Tendulkar· Bradman ranks higher at 96.8 versus Tendulkar at 94.4, a margin of 2.4 points.Tendulkar vs Bradman· Tendulkar ranks higher at 94.4 versus Bradman at 93.6, a margin of 0.8 points.Bradman vs Hammond· Bradman ranks higher at 93.6 versus Hammond at 93.0, a margin of 0.6 points.Hammond vs Anderson· Hammond ranks higher at 93.0 versus Anderson at 92.9, a margin of 0.1 points.Anderson vs Sobers· Anderson ranks higher at 92.9 versus Sobers at 92.7, a margin of 0.2 points.

How the Cricket ranking works

Every athlete is scored on five verified components — Dominance (25%), Peak (20%), Longevity (20%), Honours (20%) and Statistics (15%) — normalised against the full Cricket reference cohort rather than a shortlist. A record only receives a published score once it is editorially verified and complete: a season-by-season series, at least three career metrics, documented honours and independent sources. Read the full methodology.

Cricket GOAT — frequently asked

Who is the greatest Cricket Athlete of all time?
Don Bradman leads Cricket with a verified GOAT Score of 96.8/100.
How is the Cricket GOAT ranking calculated?
Five verified categories are weighted against 483 reference records. Only eligible profiles receive a score.
How many Cricket cricketers are ranked?
372 eligible Cricket athletes currently have a published GOAT Score, from 483 reference records.