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Border vs Richards
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BorderWinner
90.5Border wins: Longevity, Statistics
Richards
90.2Richards wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
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Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Allan Border
90.5
Border leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Allan Border
2. Viv Richards
Category breakdown
Season form · Centuries per year
Career timeline · Centuries per year
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through year 5 · Centuries per year1. 🏴 Viv Richards5 years played · career day 3,286316 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Allan Border5 years played · career day 2,92119 runs
-94.0% vs Richards at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Border | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| 🏴 Richards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 316 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Border90.5
Richards90.2
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