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Root vs Rohit

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RohitWinner
84.8

Rohit wins: Peak, Honours

Root
83.9

Root wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇳 Rohit Sharma
84.8

Rohit leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Three ODI double centuries and the captain of India's 2024 T20 World Cup win.

1. Rohit Sharma
84.8
2. Joe Root
83.9

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. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Root5 years played · career day 1,8265,063 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇳 Rohit Sharma5 years played · career day 2,1912,640 runs
-47.9% vs Root at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Root001861,1233,5869,511
🇮🇳 Rohit0004002,3005,440

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.

MetricRootActiveRohitActive
Test runs13,000
Test centuries37
Test matches155
ODI runs6,50011,000
Test batting average50.8
ODI centuries32
T20 World Cup titles1
ODI double centuries3
IPL titles as captain5
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%7682
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Rohit84.8
Root83.9
The people
Root
Rohit

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