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Butcher vs Babar

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ButcherWinner
83.4

Butcher wins: Longevity, Honours

Babar
83.2

Babar wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇾 Basil Butcher
83.4

Butcher leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Scored 209 not out at Trent Bridge in the 1966 series win.

1. Basil Butcher
83.4
2. Babar Azam
83.2

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. 🇵🇰 Babar Azam5 years played · career day 1,825285 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇾 Basil Butcher5 years played · career day 1,825278 runs
-2.5% vs Babar at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇾 Butcher004595278597
🇵🇰 Babar004597285498

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.

MetricButcherRetiredBabarActive
Test runs3,104
Test centuries79
Highest Test score209
First-class runs11,628
Tests played44
ODI centuries19
T20I runs4,223
ODI batting average56
Months as world No. 130
Dominance w25%7884
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%8472
Honours w20%8078
Statistics w15%9092

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GOAT Rank · the data
Butcher83.4
Babar83.2
The people
Butcher
Babar

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