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Vettori vs Hadlee

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VettoriWinner
87.0

Vettori wins: Longevity, Statistics

Hadlee
87.0

Hadlee wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Daniel Vettori
87.0

Vettori leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. One of only a handful of players with 300 Test wickets and 4,000 Test runs.

1. Daniel Vettori
87.0
2. Richard Hadlee
87.0

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. 🇳🇿 Daniel Vettori5 years played · career day 2,191106 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇿 Richard Hadlee5 years played · career day 2,19191 runs
-14.2% vs Vettori at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇿 Vettori0001048208
🇳🇿 Hadlee000837173

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.

MetricVettoriRetiredHadleeRetired
Test wickets362431
Test runs4,5313,124
ODI wickets305
Tests played113
Five-wicket hauls2036
Bowling average22.29
Test matches86
Dominance w25%8288
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%9282
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%9492

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GOAT Rank · the data
Vettori87.0
Hadlee87.0
The people
Vettori
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