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Athapaththu vs Akram

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AthapaththuWinner
87.5

Athapaththu wins: Peak, Statistics

Akram
87.4

Akram wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇰 Chamari Athapaththu
87.5

Athapaththu leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Sri Lanka's captain and the scorer of a 178 not out at the 2017 World Cup.

1. Chamari Athapaththu
87.5
2. Wasim Akram
87.4

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. 🇵🇰 Wasim Akram5 years played · career day 2,556257 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇱🇰 Chamari Athapaththu5 years played · career day 2,190170 runs
-33.9% vs Akram at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇱🇰 Athapaththu00022124342
🇵🇰 Akram000085393

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.

MetricAthapaththuActiveAkramRetired
ODI runs3,500
T20I runs3,000
Highest ODI score195
Asia Cup titles1
Career best ODI ranking2
Test wickets414
ODI wickets502
World Cups1
Five-wicket hauls25
Test bowling average23.62
ODI hat-tricks2
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9690
Longevity w20%8688
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%9490

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GOAT Rank · the data
Athapaththu87.5
Akram87.4
The people
Athapaththu
Akram

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