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Hobbs vs Kallis

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HobbsWinner
90.6

Hobbs wins: Dominance, Peak

Kallis
89.6

Kallis wins: Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Hobbs
90.6

Hobbs leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The Master: a record 61,760 first-class runs and 199 centuries.

1. Jack Hobbs
90.6
2. Jacques Kallis
89.6

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. 🇿🇦 Jacques Kallis5 years played · career day 2,191247 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Hobbs5 years played · career day 2,55529 runs
-88.3% vs Kallis at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Hobbs00001549
🇿🇦 Kallis00040196427

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.

MetricHobbsRetiredKallisRetired
First-class runs61,760
First-class centuries199
Test runs5,41013,289
Test average56.9455.37
Test centuries1545
Test wickets292
ODI runs11,579
ICC Player of the Year1
Dominance w25%9088
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%9494
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%9496

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GOAT Rank · the data
Hobbs90.6
Kallis89.6
The people
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Kallis

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