Who is better, Chandrasekhar or Saqlain?
Saqlain Mushtaq leads with a GOAT score of 84.8 against 84.7 for B. S. Chandrasekhar — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Chandrasekhar vs Saqlain
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GOAT Rank currently ranks Saqlain Mushtaq above B. S. Chandrasekhar: 84.8 vs 84.7. Saqlain Mushtaq leads on Honours, Dominance. B. S. Chandrasekhar leads on Longevity.
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SaqlainWinner
84.8Saqlain wins: Dominance, Honours
Chandrasekhar
84.7Chandrasekhar wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇰 Saqlain Mushtaq
84.8
Saqlain leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Saqlain Mushtaq
2. B. S. Chandrasekhar
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through year 5 · Form index per season1. 🇵🇰 Saqlain Mushtaq5 years played · career day 2,190228 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇳 B. S. Chandrasekhar5 years played · career day 2,19186 runs
-62.3% vs Saqlain at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇳 Chandrasekhar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 66 | 145 |
| 🇵🇰 Saqlain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 180 | 328 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | ChandrasekharRetired | SaqlainRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Test wickets | 242 | 208 |
| Tests played | 58 | 49 |
| Five-wicket hauls | 16 | 13 |
| Ten-wicket matches | 2 | — |
| Test bowling average | 29.74 | — |
| ODI wickets | — | 288 |
| Fastest to 100 ODI wickets (matches) | — | 53 |
| Dominance w25% | 82 | 84 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 76 |
| Honours w20% | 76 | 80 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 92 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Saqlain84.8
Chandrasekhar84.7
The people
Chandrasekhar
Saqlain
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Where does Chandrasekhar beat Saqlain?
Chandrasekhar scores higher on longevity. Saqlain leads on dominance, honours.
How is the Chandrasekhar vs Saqlain score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Chandrasekhar: 84.7, Saqlain: 84.8.
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