Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 45 | |
| 2016 | 52 | |
| 2017 | 58 | |
| 2018 | 62 | |
| 2019 | 68 | |
| 2020 | 60 | |
| 2021 | 55 | |
| 2022 | 50 | |
| 2023 | 48 | |
| 2024 | 45 | |
| 2025 | 42 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Cricket Archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Babar Azam ranks #47 in Cricket
Babar Azam ranks 47th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 678th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 72, Honours 78, 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 2015–present with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, 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 odi centuries 19, test centuries 9, t20i runs 4223, odi batting average 56.
Immediately ahead sits Kane Williamson on 82.4, a gap of -0.8 points. 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.
Babar Azam GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Babar 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 2019. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Babar Azam — frequently asked
- Is Babar Azam the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Babar Azam ranks 47th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 83.2, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Babar Azam's GOAT Score?
- 83.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Babar Azam rank all time?
- 678th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 47th within Cricket.
- Babar Azam vs Kane Williamson: who ranks higher?
- Babar Azam, on 83.2 against Kane Williamson's 82.4 — a margin of 0.8 points.