Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 6 | |
| 1959 | 12 | |
| 1960 | 24 | |
| 1961 | 26 | |
| 1962 | 22 | |
| 1963 | 20 | |
| 1964 | 18 | |
| 1965 | 24 | |
| 1966 | 27 | |
| 1967 | 22 | |
| 1968 | 20 | |
| 1969 | 19 | |
| 1970 | 18 | |
| 1971 | 16 | |
| 1972 | 14 | |
| 1973 | 12 | |
| 1974 | 9 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lance Gibbs ranks #44 in Cricket
Lance Gibbs ranks 44th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 353rd of 2289 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 92, Longevity 90, Honours 84, 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 1953–1976 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 309, test bowling average 29.09, tests played 79, five-wicket hauls 18.
Immediately ahead sits Brian Lara on 88.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Graeme Smith 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.
Lance Gibbs GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gibbs stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Gibbs comparisons
Lance Gibbs — frequently asked
- Is Lance Gibbs the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lance Gibbs ranks 44th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.8, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Lance Gibbs's GOAT Score?
- 88.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lance Gibbs rank all time?
- 353rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 44th within Cricket.
- Lance Gibbs vs Brian Lara: who ranks higher?
- Lance Gibbs, on 88.8 against Brian Lara's 88.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.