Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 34 | |
| 1979 | 42 | |
| 1980 | 48 | |
| 1981 | 54 | |
| 1982 | 58 | |
| 1983 | 62 | |
| 1984 | 66 | |
| 1985 | 74 | |
| 1986 | 60 | |
| 1987 | 56 | |
| 1988 | 52 | |
| 1989 | 48 | |
| 1990 | 42 | |
| 1991 | 36 | |
| 1992 | 30 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why David Gower ranks #84 in Cricket
David Gower ranks 84th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 513th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 82, Statistics 94. 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 1975–1993 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1985, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak 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 test runs 8231, test centuries 18, ashes series won as captain 1, runs in the 1985 ashes 732.
Immediately ahead sits Wasim Akram on 87.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Glenn McGrath on 87.3. 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.
David Gower GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gower stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1985. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Gower comparisons
David Gower — frequently asked
- Is David Gower the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. David Gower ranks 84th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.4, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is David Gower's GOAT Score?
- 87.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does David Gower rank all time?
- 513th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 84th within Cricket.
- David Gower vs Wasim Akram: who ranks higher?
- David Gower, on 87.4 against Wasim Akram's 87.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.