Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 3 | |
| 1967 | 4 | |
| 1968 | 5 | |
| 1969 | 4 | |
| 1970 | 5 | |
| 1971 | 4 | |
| 1972 | 5 | |
| 1973 | 4 | |
| 1974 | 5 | |
| 1975 | 4 | |
| 1976 | 3 | |
| 1977 | 4 | |
| 1978 | 3 | |
| 1979 | 2 | |
| 1980 | 2 | |
| 1981 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 1 | |
| 1983 | 1 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Clive Lloyd ranks #7 in Cricket
Clive Lloyd ranks 7th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 137th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 92, Longevity 90, Honours 94, Statistics 90. 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 1963–1988 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1968, which sets the Peak component at 92. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 2, test runs 7515, tests as captain 74, test wins as captain 36.
Immediately ahead sits Steve Waugh on 92.7, a gap of 1.0 points. Directly behind is Garfield Sobers on 91.1. 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.
Clive Lloyd GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lloyd stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1968. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 25 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Lloyd comparisons
Clive Lloyd — frequently asked
- Is Clive Lloyd the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Clive Lloyd ranks 7th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 91.7, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Clive Lloyd's GOAT Score?
- 91.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Clive Lloyd rank all time?
- 137th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 7th within Cricket.
- Clive Lloyd vs Steve Waugh: who ranks higher?
- Steve Waugh, on 92.7 against Clive Lloyd's 91.7 — a margin of 1.0 points.