Who is better, le Clos or Kallis?
Chad le Clos leads with a cross-sport score of 85.2 against 84.2 for Jacques Kallis — a gap of 1.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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le Clos vs Kallis
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Chad le Clos above Jacques Kallis: 85.2 vs 84.2. Chad le Clos leads on Peak, Honours. Jacques Kallis leads on Statistics, Longevity, Dominance.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
le ClosWinner
85.2le Clos wins: Peak, Honours
Kallis
84.2Kallis wins: Dominance, Longevity, Statistics
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Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇿🇦 Chad le Clos
85.2
87.8 in-sport × 0.97 Global participation & competition depth
le Clos leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Chad le Closdepth ×0.97
2. Jacques Kallisdepth ×0.94
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · season output1. 🇿🇦 Chad le Clos5 seasons played · career day 2,556567.9 output
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇦 Jacques Kallis5 seasons played · career day 2,191247 output
-56.5% vs le Clos at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 le Clos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228.4 | 793.7 |
| 🇿🇦 Kallis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 196 | 427 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | le ClosActive | KallisRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 88 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 94 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 96 |
| Olympic golds | 1 | — |
| Olympic medals | 4 | — |
| World short course golds | 17 | — |
| Commonwealth golds | 8 | — |
| 200m butterfly best (sec) | 112.68 | — |
| Test runs | — | 13,289 |
| Test wickets | — | 292 |
| Test centuries | — | 45 |
| ODI runs | — | 11,579 |
| Test average | — | 55.37 |
| ICC Player of the Year | — | 1 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
le Clos85.2
Kallis84.2
FAQ
Where does Kallis beat le Clos?
Kallis scores higher on dominance, statistics, longevity. le Clos leads on peak, honours.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: le Clos 0.97 (swimming) and Kallis 0.94 (cricket). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
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