Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 29 | |
| 1991 | 56 | |
| 1992 | 22 | |
| 1993 | 40 | |
| 1994 | 27 | |
| 1995 | 35 | |
| 1996 | 30 | |
| 1997 | 25 | |
| 1998 | 28 | |
| 1999 | 26 | |
| 2000 | 20 | |
| 2001 | 18 | |
| 2002 | 12 | |
| 2003 | 5 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Wisden
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Waqar Younis ranks #32 in Cricket
Waqar Younis ranks 32nd among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 266th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 96, Longevity 84, Honours 86, 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 1989–2003 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1991, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test wickets 373, odi wickets 416, test strike rate 43.4, five-wicket hauls 22.
Immediately ahead sits Natalie Sciver-Brunt on 90.0, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Jacques Kallis on 89.6. 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.
Waqar Younis GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Waqar stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1991. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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.
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Waqar Younis — frequently asked
- Is Waqar Younis the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Waqar Younis ranks 32nd in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 89.8, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Waqar Younis's GOAT Score?
- 89.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Waqar Younis rank all time?
- 266th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 32nd within Cricket.
- Waqar Younis vs Natalie Sciver-Brunt: who ranks higher?
- Natalie Sciver-Brunt, on 90.0 against Waqar Younis's 89.8 — a margin of 0.2 points.