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Lloyd vs Sobers

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SobersWinner
92.7

Sobers wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Lloyd
91.7

Lloyd wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇧 Garry Sobers
92.7

Sobers leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. The greatest all-rounder: 8,032 Test runs, 235 wickets and six sixes in an over.

1. Garry Sobers
92.7
2. Clive Lloyd
91.7

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. 🇧🇧 Garry Sobers5 years played · career day 2,190267 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴 Clive Lloyd5 years played · career day 2,92121 runs
-92.1% vs Sobers at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴 Lloyd0000725
🇧🇧 Sobers00040195460

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.

MetricLloydRetiredSobersRetired
World Cup titles2
Test runs7,5158,032
Tests as captain74
Test wins as captain36
Test centuries1926
Test wickets235
Highest Test score365
Test batting average57.78
Dominance w25%9294
Peak w20%9296
Longevity w20%9088
Honours w20%9490
Statistics w15%9096

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GOAT Rank · the data
Sobers92.7
Lloyd91.7
The people
Lloyd
Sobers

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