Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 22 | |
| 1976 | 30 | |
| 1977 | 37 | |
| 1978 | 42 | |
| 1979 | 46 | |
| 1980 | 44 | |
| 1981 | 40 | |
| 1982 | 39 | |
| 1983 | 45 | |
| 1984 | 48 | |
| 1985 | 52 | |
| 1986 | 58 | |
| 1987 | 61 | |
| 1988 | 42 | |
| 1989 | 38 | |
| 1990 | 33 | |
| 1991 | 30 | |
| 1992 | 28 | |
| 1993 | 24 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Graham Gooch ranks #50 in Cricket
Graham Gooch ranks 50th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 364th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 92, 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 1973–1997 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1987, 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 8900, test centuries 20, highest test score 333, odi runs 4290.
Immediately ahead sits Meg Lanning on 88.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Alex Blackwell on 88.7. 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.
Graham Gooch GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gooch stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1987. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- 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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Graham Gooch — frequently asked
- Is Graham Gooch the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Graham Gooch ranks 50th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Graham Gooch's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Graham Gooch rank all time?
- 364th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 50th within Cricket.
- Graham Gooch vs Meg Lanning: who ranks higher?
- Graham Gooch, on 88.7 against Meg Lanning's 88.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.