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Goswami vs McGrath

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
McGrathWinner
87.3

McGrath wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Goswami
85.6

Goswami wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Glenn McGrath
87.3

McGrath leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. 563 Test wickets and 71 World Cup wickets, almost all on the same length.

1. Glenn McGrath
87.3
2. Jhulan Goswami
85.6

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.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Centuries per year
1. 🇦🇺 Glenn McGrath5 years played · career day 2,556238 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇳 Jhulan Goswami5 years played · career day 2,19087 runs
-63.4% vs McGrath at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇳 Goswami0001265141
🇦🇺 McGrath000072338

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.

MetricGoswamiRetiredMcGrathRetired
ODI wickets255381
International wickets353
ODI average22
World Cup finals2
ICC Player of the Year1
Years at international level20
Test wickets563
World Cups3
Five-wicket hauls29
Test bowling average21.64
World Cup wickets71
Dominance w25%8286
Peak w20%8690
Longevity w20%9284
Honours w20%8086
Statistics w15%9092

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GOAT Rank · the data
McGrath87.3
Goswami85.6
The people
Goswami
McGrath

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