Professor Gazzard has been ranked as one of the Top 100 Ophthalmologists in the world since 2020, and in 2026 has been ranked as Number 1

The Ophthalmologist asked readers to nominate individuals whose influence and achievements are a continuing source of inspiration and admiration among their peers. The resulting nominations were pared down by an international judging panel to a final Top 50, in 2025 year divided into five categories – Cataract & Refractive, Glaucoma, Retina, Research, and Innovation.

Mr. Gazzard has been in the list in:

• 2026 – Number One in the World
• 2025 – top 10 for Glaucoma globally (no ranking given; top 50 listed globally)
• 2024 – number 18 of top 20 globally
• 2023 – number 3 of top 10 globally
• 2022 – number 9 of top 10 globally
• 2021  – n/a (women only list)
• 2020 – unranked, top 100 (first entry)