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Goswami vs Kapil

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KapilWinner
86.6

Kapil wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Goswami
85.6

Goswami wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇳 Kapil Dev
86.6

Kapil leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Lifted India's first World Cup in 1983 and took 434 Test wickets.

1. Kapil Dev
86.6
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. 🇮🇳 Kapil Dev5 years played · career day 3,286215 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇳 Jhulan Goswami5 years played · career day 2,19087 runs
-59.5% vs Kapil at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇳 Goswami0001265141
🇮🇳 Kapil000032215

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.

MetricGoswamiRetiredKapilRetired
ODI wickets255253
International wickets353
ODI average22
World Cup finals2
ICC Player of the Year1
Years at international level20
World Cups1
Test wickets434
Test runs5,248
Five-wicket hauls23
175 not out at 1983 World Cup1
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%9288
Honours w20%8086
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Kapil86.6
Goswami85.6
The people
Goswami
Kapil

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