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Kallis vs Smith
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KallisWinner
89.6Kallis wins: Dominance, Longevity, Statistics
Smith
88.8Smith wins: Peak, Honours
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Jacques Kallis
89.6
Kallis leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Jacques Kallis
2. Graeme Smith
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 year1. 🇿🇦 Jacques Kallis5 years played · career day 2,191247 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇦 Graeme Smith5 years played · career day 2,921246 runs
-0.4% vs Kallis at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 Kallis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 196 | 427 |
| 🇿🇦 Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 298 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Kallis89.6
Smith88.8
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