Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 10 | |
| 1953 | 20 | |
| 1954 | 25 | |
| 1955 | 18 | |
| 1956 | 16 | |
| 1957 | 14 | |
| 1958 | 12 | |
| 1959 | 10 | |
| 1960 | 8 | |
| 1961 | 6 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Fazal Mahmood ranks #87 in Cricket
Fazal Mahmood ranks 87th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 528th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 78, 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 1952–1962 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1954, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 139, test bowling average 24.7, five-wicket hauls 13, ten-wicket matches 4.
Immediately ahead sits Sunil Gavaskar on 87.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Stafanie Taylor on 87.2. 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.
Fazal Mahmood GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Fazal stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1954. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- 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.
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Fazal Mahmood — frequently asked
- Is Fazal Mahmood the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Fazal Mahmood ranks 87th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.3, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Fazal Mahmood's GOAT Score?
- 87.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Fazal Mahmood rank all time?
- 528th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 87th within Cricket.
- Fazal Mahmood vs Sunil Gavaskar: who ranks higher?
- Fazal Mahmood, on 87.3 against Sunil Gavaskar's 87.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.