Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 30 | |
| 1977 | 35 | |
| 1978 | 40 | |
| 1979 | 48 | |
| 1980 | 52 | |
| 1981 | 45 | |
| 1982 | 40 | |
| 1983 | 38 | |
| 1984 | 42 | |
| 1985 | 36 | |
| 1986 | 30 | |
| 1987 | 25 | |
| 1988 | 20 | |
| 1989 | 15 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Imran Khan ranks #17 in Cricket
Imran Khan ranks 17th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 195th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 88, Statistics 88. 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 1971–1992 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1980, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cups 1, test wickets 362, test runs 3807, test bowling average 22.81.
Immediately ahead sits Brian Lara on 88.8, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Malcolm Marshall on 89.5. 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.
Imran Khan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Imran stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1980. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Imran Khan — frequently asked
- Is Imran Khan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Imran Khan ranks 17th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.9, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Imran Khan's GOAT Score?
- 87.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Imran Khan rank all time?
- 195th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Cricket.
- Imran Khan vs Brian Lara: who ranks higher?
- Brian Lara, on 88.8 against Imran Khan's 87.9 — a margin of 0.9 points.