Lillee vs Tendulkar
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Tendulkar wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Lillee wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Tendulkar leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. One hundred international centuries and 24 years at the top.
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.
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Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Lillee — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | LilleeRetired | TendulkarRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Test wickets | 355 | — |
| Bowling average | 23.92 | — |
| Five-wicket hauls | 23 | — |
| Test matches | 70 | — |
| ODI wickets | 103 | — |
| Test batting average | — | 53.78 |
| International centuries | — | 100 |
| Test runs | — | 15,921 |
| ODI runs | — | 18,426 |
| World Cups | — | 1 |
| Tests played | — | 200 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 93 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 78 | 100 |
| Honours w20% | 80 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 98 |
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