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Fazal vs Sangakkara

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FazalWinner
87.3

Fazal wins: Dominance, Peak

Sangakkara
87.1

Sangakkara wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇰 Fazal Mahmood
87.3

Fazal leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Took 12 wickets at The Oval in 1954 to give Pakistan a first win in England.

1. Fazal Mahmood
87.3
2. Kumar Sangakkara
87.1

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. 🇱🇰 Kumar Sangakkara5 years played · career day 2,921243 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇰 Fazal Mahmood5 years played · career day 1,82689 runs
-63.4% vs Sangakkara at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇰 Fazal00103073133
🇱🇰 Sangakkara000080301

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.

MetricFazalRetiredSangakkaraRetired
Test wickets139
Test bowling average24.7
Five-wicket hauls13
Ten-wicket matches4
Tests played34
Test runs12,400
ODI runs14,234
Test centuries38
Test average57.4
ICC Cricketer of the Year1
World T20 titles1
Dominance w25%8884
Peak w20%9690
Longevity w20%7888
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%9494

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GOAT Rank · the data
Fazal87.3
Sangakkara87.1
The people
Fazal
Sangakkara

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