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Kumble vs Clark

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ClarkWinner
87.6

Clark wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Kumble
85.9

Kumble wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Belinda Clark
87.6

Clark leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Two World Cup titles as captain and the first double-century in ODIs.

1. Belinda Clark
87.6
2. Anil Kumble
85.9

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. 🇮🇳 Anil Kumble5 years played · career day 3,286250 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Belinda Clark5 years played · career day 1,82520 runs
-92.0% vs Kumble at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇳 Kumble000040250
🇦🇺 Clark00252042

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.

MetricKumbleRetiredClarkRetired
Test wickets619
ODI wickets337
Ten wickets in an innings1
Five-wicket hauls35
Test bowling average29.65
Ten-wicket matches8
World Cup titles2
ODI runs4,844
ODI average47.49
Highest ODI score229
Australia caps133
Dominance w25%8288
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8882
Honours w20%8088
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Clark87.6
Kumble85.9
The people
Kumble
Clark

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