Shane Watson

Australian cricketer

  • Fame52.4
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia8.3K
Claim profile
Source-basedFalling
Born 1981 · age 45Australia

Verify ownership in 2 minutes. Keeps the profile accurate and discoverable.

  • Wikipedia
    22 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Age
    45
    Born 1981
Summary
Updated 2026-07-18

Shane Robert Watson is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who played for and occasionally captained the Australian national cricket team between 2002 and 2016. He was an all-rounder who played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He was ranked as the world's No. 1 all-rounder in Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) for 150 weeks, including an all-time record of 120 consecutive weeks from 13 October 2011 to 30 January 2014. He began playing during the Australian team's golden era in the early 2000s, and was the last player from this era to retire. In his time playing for Australia, Watson was part of their winning squad in the Cricket World Cup two times in 2007, and 2015 along with the ICC Champions Trophy twice in 2006 and 2009, with Watson named as the player of the match in the final on both occasions, as he scored the winning run in the 2006 tournament, with the winning six in the 2009 tournament.

Deep cuts

Teams

Low confidence
  • Sydney Thunder
    2015
  • Brisbane Heat
    2012–2015
  • Sydney Sixers
    2011–2012
  • New South Wales cricket team
    2009–2016
  • Rajasthan Royals
    2008–2015
  • Australia national cricket team
    2005–2015
  • Hampshire County Cricket Club
    2005–2005
  • Queensland cricket team
    2004–2009
  • Tasmania cricket team
20042016
Fame through time

Through time

In the 21st century
#15,626
of 245,562 people
Most active
c. 2016
estimated from their dates

Their attention in print has not been measured yet — we measure the most notable few thousand people of every century first.

The 21st century, ranked →
By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Falling
52.4
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical16.8
Source confidence80.0
Completeness90.0
Global rank
Country rank
Category rank
Receipts

Sources