Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 12 | |
| 2006 | 30 | |
| 2007 | 40 | |
| 2008 | 45 | |
| 2009 | 52 | |
| 2010 | 48 | |
| 2011 | 40 | |
| 2012 | 35 | |
| 2013 | 28 | |
| 2014 | 20 | |
| 2015 | 14 | |
| 2016 | 10 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo
- ICC records
- Wisden Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Umar Gul ranks #154 in Cricket
Umar Gul ranks 154th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 1209th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 76, Statistics 88. 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 2003–2016 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 163, odi wickets 179, t20 international wickets 85, t20 world cup titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Peter Burge on 80.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Kim Barnett on 80.6. 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.
Umar Gul GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gul stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Gul comparisons
Umar Gul — frequently asked
- Is Umar Gul the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Umar Gul ranks 154th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 80.9, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Umar Gul's GOAT Score?
- 80.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Umar Gul rank all time?
- 1209th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 154th within Cricket.
- Umar Gul vs Peter Burge: who ranks higher?
- Umar Gul, on 80.9 against Peter Burge's 80.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.