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Sutcliffe vs Shakib

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SutcliffeWinner
90.8

Sutcliffe wins: Dominance, Statistics

Shakib
90.8

Shakib wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Herbert Sutcliffe
90.8

Sutcliffe leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Holds the highest Test batting average of any English batsman at 60.73.

1. Herbert Sutcliffe
90.8
2. Shakib Al Hasan
90.8

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. 🇬🇧 Herbert Sutcliffe5 years played · career day 3,652322 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇩 Shakib Al Hasan5 years played · career day 1,825228 runs
-29.2% vs Sutcliffe at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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🇧🇩 Shakib003068228504

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.

MetricSutcliffeRetiredShakibActive
Test average60.73
Test runs4,5554,600
Test centuries16
First-class runs50,138
First-class centuries151
Test wickets246
ODI wickets317
ODI runs7,570
Number one all-rounder formats3
Dominance w25%9088
Peak w20%9696
Longevity w20%8892
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%9896

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GOAT Rank · the data
Sutcliffe90.8
Shakib90.8
The people
Sutcliffe
Shakib

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