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Boycott vs Vettori

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BoycottWinner
87.0

Boycott wins: no category outright

Vettori
87.0

Vettori wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoffrey Boycott
87.0

Boycott leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Scored 8,114 Test runs and 151 first-class centuries in a famously disciplined career.

1. Geoffrey Boycott
87.0
2. Daniel Vettori
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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Centuries per year
1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoffrey Boycott5 years played · career day 1,826225 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇿 Daniel Vettori5 years played · career day 2,191106 runs
-52.9% vs Boycott at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Boycott003575170495
🇳🇿 Vettori0001048208

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.

MetricBoycottRetiredVettoriRetired
Test runs8,1144,531
Test centuries22
Batting average48
First-class centuries151
Tests played108113
Test wickets362
ODI wickets305
Five-wicket hauls20
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%9292
Honours w20%8080
Statistics w15%9494

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GOAT Rank · the data
Boycott87.0
Vettori87.0
The people
Boycott
Vettori

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