Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Centuries per year
| Season | Centuries per year | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 40 | |
| 1970 | 46 | |
| 1971 | 53 | |
| 1972 | 59 | |
| 1973 | 65 | |
| 1974 | 72 | |
| 1975 | 78 | |
| 1976 | 84 | |
| 1977 | 91 | |
| 1978 | 97 | |
| 1979 | 88 | |
| 1980 | 79 | |
| 1981 | 70 | |
| 1982 | 62 | |
| 1983 | 53 | |
| 1984 | 44 | |
| 1985 | 35 |
Data sources
- ESPNcricinfo Statsguru
- ICC official records
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Zaheer Abbas ranks #84 in Cricket
Zaheer Abbas ranks 84th among Cricket athletes on GOAT Rank and 778th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 82, Statistics 94. 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 1969–1985 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1978, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes test runs 5062, test centuries 12, first-class centuries 108, test double centuries 4.
Immediately ahead sits Michael Clarke on 88.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Imran Khan on 87.9. 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.
Zaheer Abbas GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Abbas stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Cricket cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1978. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Abbas comparisons
Zaheer Abbas — frequently asked
- Is Zaheer Abbas the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Zaheer Abbas ranks 84th in Cricket with a GOAT Score of 88.0, behind Don Bradman on 96.8.
- What is Zaheer Abbas's GOAT Score?
- 88.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Zaheer Abbas rank all time?
- 778th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 84th within Cricket.
- Zaheer Abbas vs Michael Clarke: who ranks higher?
- Zaheer Abbas, on 88.0 against Michael Clarke's 88.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.