GOAT Rank · 30

Greatest athletes from Pakistan

This ranking uses verified career records and GOAT Rank's published model. Every listed athlete clears the data eligibility threshold.

#AthleteGOAT Score

452

88.1

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2000–2017
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Younis Khan

479

86.2

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1989–2003
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Waqar Younis

689

86.4

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1991–2007
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Inzamam-ul-Haq

696

85.4

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1952–1969
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Hanif Mohammad

778

85.2

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1969–1985
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Zaheer Abbas

784

85.6

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1971–1992
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Imran Khan

789

Mohammad Yousuf

84.2

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1998–2010
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 98.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Mohammad Yousuf

854

85.1

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1984–2003
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Wasim Akram

880

83.0

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1952–1962
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Fazal Mahmood

978

83.4

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1975–1993
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Abdul Qadir

1006

84.9

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1995–2018
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Shahid Afridi

1018

84.9

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1975–1996
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Javed Miandad

1066

84.4

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2005–2019
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Sana Mir

1067

84.2

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1961–1985
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Majid Khan

1122

83.7

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1998–2017
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Misbah-ul-Haq

1134

83.8

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1986–2006
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Mushtaq Ahmed

1254

Mohammad Rizwan

81.3

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2015–active
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Mohammad Rizwan

1313

Saqlain Mushtaq

80.7

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1994–2008
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Saqlain Mushtaq

1354

82.6

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2010–active
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Nida Dar

1411

80.7

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1989–2003
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Saeed Anwar

1425

82.7

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2006–2023
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Bismah Maroof

1451

Shaheen Shah Afridi

79.4

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2017–active
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Shaheen Shah Afridi

1505

82.6

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1964–1984
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Wasim Bari

1594

78.7

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2015–active
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Babar Azam

1840

80.2

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1971–1985
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Wasim Raja

1841

79.0

Sport: Cricket
Career: 1988–1998
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Aaqib Javed

2118

79.0

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2003–2016
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Umar Gul

2997

70.2

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2005–2010
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 66.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Mohammad Asif

3129

69.0

Sport: Cricket
Career: 2019–active
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 66.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Naseem Shah

3559

Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan

74.8

Sport: Esports
Career: 2014–active
Country: 🇵🇰 Pakistan

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
452	Younis Khan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2000–2017	88.1
479	Waqar Younis	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1989–2003	86.2
689	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1991–2007	86.4
696	Hanif Mohammad	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1952–1969	85.4
778	Zaheer Abbas	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1969–1985	85.2
784	Imran Khan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1971–1992	85.6
789	Mohammad Yousuf	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1998–2010	84.2
854	Wasim Akram	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1984–2003	85.1
880	Fazal Mahmood	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1952–1962	83.0
978	Abdul Qadir	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1975–1993	83.4
1006	Shahid Afridi	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1995–2018	84.9
1018	Javed Miandad	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1975–1996	84.9
1066	Sana Mir	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2005–2019	84.4
1067	Majid Khan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1961–1985	84.2
1122	Misbah-ul-Haq	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1998–2017	83.7
1134	Mushtaq Ahmed	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1986–2006	83.8
1254	Mohammad Rizwan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2015–—	81.3
1313	Saqlain Mushtaq	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1994–2008	80.7
1354	Nida Dar	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2010–—	82.6
1411	Saeed Anwar	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1989–2003	80.7
1425	Bismah Maroof	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2006–2023	82.7
1451	Shaheen Shah Afridi	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2017–—	79.4
1505	Wasim Bari	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1964–1984	82.6
1594	Babar Azam	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2015–—	78.7
1840	Wasim Raja	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1971–1985	80.2
1841	Aaqib Javed	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1988–1998	79.0
2118	Umar Gul	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2003–2016	79.0
2997	Mohammad Asif	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2005–2010	70.2
3129	Naseem Shah	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2019–—	69.0
3559	Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan	Esports	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2014–—	74.8

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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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