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Strauss vs Laxman

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StraussWinner
86.7

Strauss wins: Honours

Laxman
86.7

Laxman wins: Peak, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Andrew Strauss
86.7

Strauss leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Led England to Ashes wins home and away and to the world number one Test ranking.

1. Andrew Strauss
86.7
2. VVS Laxman
86.7

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. 🇬🇧 Andrew Strauss5 years played · career day 4,017250 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇳 VVS Laxman5 years played · career day 3,287190 runs
-24.0% vs Strauss at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Strauss00000156
🇮🇳 Laxman00000190

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.

MetricStraussRetiredLaxmanRetired
Ashes series won as captain2
Test runs7,0378,781
Test centuries2117
Tests as captain50
Test wins as captain24
Highest Test score281
Tests played134
Test average45.97
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9296
Longevity w20%8486
Honours w20%8680
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Strauss86.7
Laxman86.7
The people
Strauss
Laxman

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