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Donald vs Boycott

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DonaldWinner
87.0

Donald wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Boycott
87.0

Boycott wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Allan Donald
87.0

Donald leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. White Lightning took 330 Test wickets at 22 after South Africa's readmission.

1. Allan Donald
87.0
2. Geoffrey Boycott
87.0

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 year
1. 🇿🇦 Allan Donald5 years played · career day 1,825281 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoffrey Boycott5 years played · career day 1,826225 runs
-19.9% vs Donald at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Donald004088281633
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Boycott003575170495

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 years are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricDonaldRetiredBoycottRetired
Test wickets330
Tests played72108
Bowling average22
Five-wicket hauls20
ODI wickets272
Test runs8,114
Test centuries22
Batting average48
First-class centuries151
Dominance w25%8882
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%7892
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%9294

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GOAT Rank · the data
Donald87.0
Boycott87.0
The people
Donald
Boycott

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