Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 40 | |
| 1987 | 45 | |
| 1988 | 52 | |
| 1989 | 58 | |
| 1990 | 62 | |
| 1991 | 66 | |
| 1992 | 70 | |
| 1993 | 58 | |
| 1994 | 54 | |
| 1995 | 50 | |
| 1996 | 46 | |
| 1997 | 42 | |
| 1998 | 38 | |
| 1999 | 30 | |
| 2000 | 24 |
Data sources
- ICC
- ESPNcricinfo
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Wasim Akram ranks #25 in Cricket
Wasim Akram ranks 25th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 231st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 84, Statistics 90. 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 1984–2003 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1992, 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 test wickets 414, odi wickets 502, world cups 1, five-wicket hauls 25.
Immediately ahead sits Alyssa Healy on 88.6, a gap of 1.2 points. Directly behind is Kumar Sangakkara on 87.1. 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.
Wasim Akram GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Akram 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 1992. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Akram comparisons
Wasim Akram — frequently asked
- Is Wasim Akram the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Wasim Akram ranks 25th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 87.4, behind Sachin Tendulkar on 94.4.
- What is Wasim Akram's GOAT Score?
- 87.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Wasim Akram rank all time?
- 231st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 25th within Cricket.
- Wasim Akram vs Alyssa Healy: who ranks higher?
- Alyssa Healy, on 88.6 against Wasim Akram's 87.4 — a margin of 1.2 points.