Who is better, Fazal or Gavaskar?
Fazal Mahmood leads with a GOAT score of 87.3 against 87.3 for Sunil Gavaskar — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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GOAT Rank currently scores Fazal Mahmood and Sunil Gavaskar level at 87.3. Fazal Mahmood leads on Peak, Dominance, Statistics. Sunil Gavaskar leads on Longevity, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Fazal wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics
Gavaskar wins: Longevity, Honours
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Fazal leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇰 Fazal | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 73 | 133 |
| 🇮🇳 Gavaskar | 0 | 0 | 774 | 1,460 | 3,362 | 6,272 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | FazalRetired | GavaskarRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Test wickets | 139 | — |
| Test bowling average | 24.7 | — |
| Five-wicket hauls | 13 | — |
| Ten-wicket matches | 4 | — |
| Tests played | 34 | — |
| Test runs | — | 10,122 |
| Test centuries | — | 34 |
| Test average | — | 51.12 |
| World Cups | — | 1 |
| Test matches | — | 125 |
| Double centuries | — | 4 |
| Dominance w25% | 88 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 96 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 78 | 86 |
| Honours w20% | 82 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 92 |
Fazal Mahmood leads with a GOAT score of 87.3 against 87.3 for Sunil Gavaskar — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
Gavaskar scores higher on honours, longevity. Fazal leads on peak, dominance, statistics.
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Fazal: 87.3, Gavaskar: 87.3.
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