Walsh vs Ponting
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Ponting wins: Dominance, Honours
Walsh wins: Peak, Longevity
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Verdict
Ponting leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Two World Cups as captain and 71 international centuries.
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| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇲 Walsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 157 |
| 🇦🇺 Ponting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 |
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.
| Metric | WalshRetired | PontingRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Test wickets | 519 | — |
| Tests played | 132 | — |
| ODI wickets | 227 | — |
| Five-wicket hauls | 22 | — |
| Test bowling average | 24.44 | — |
| Test runs | — | 13,378 |
| ODI runs | — | 13,704 |
| World Cups | — | 3 |
| Test centuries | — | 41 |
| Test average | — | 51.85 |
| Test wins as captain | — | 48 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 89 |
| Longevity w20% | 92 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 84 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 92 |
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