Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 40 | |
| 1978 | 55 | |
| 1979 | 70 | |
| 1980 | 84 | |
| 1981 | 99 | |
| 1982 | 93 | |
| 1983 | 86 | |
| 1984 | 80 | |
| 1985 | 74 | |
| 1986 | 68 | |
| 1987 | 61 | |
| 1988 | 55 | |
| 1989 | 49 | |
| 1990 | 43 | |
| 1991 | 36 | |
| 1992 | 30 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo Statsguru
- ICC official records
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ian Botham ranks #52 in Cricket
Ian Botham ranks 52nd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 631st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 98, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 94. 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 1977–1992 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1981, which sets the Peak component at 98. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 98 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 383, test runs 5200, test centuries 14, five-wicket hauls 27.
Immediately ahead sits Marizanne Kapp on 88.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bobby Abel on 88.8. 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.
Ian Botham GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Botham stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1981. Scored 98/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Botham comparisons
Ian Botham — frequently asked
- Is Ian Botham the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ian Botham ranks 52nd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.8, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Ian Botham's GOAT Score?
- 88.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ian Botham rank all time?
- 631st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 52nd within Cricket.
- Ian Botham vs Marizanne Kapp: who ranks higher?
- Ian Botham, on 88.8 against Marizanne Kapp's 88.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.