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Langer vs Steyn

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LangerWinner
87.1

Langer wins: Longevity, Honours

Steyn
87.0

Steyn wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Justin Langer
87.1

Langer leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Ashes-winning opener with 23 Test centuries and later Australia's head coach.

1. Justin Langer
87.1
2. Dale Steyn
87.0

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. 🇿🇦 Dale Steyn5 years played · career day 2,191227 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Justin Langer5 years played · career day 2,556180 runs
-20.7% vs Steyn at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Langer0000102272
🇿🇦 Steyn0008106366

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.

MetricLangerRetiredSteynRetired
Test runs7,696
Test centuries23
Tests played105
Test average45.27
Ashes series won4
Test wickets439
Test matches93
Test bowling average22.95
Five-wicket hauls26
ODI wickets196
Dominance w25%8288
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8882
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Langer87.1
Steyn87.0
The people
Langer
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