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Kohli vs Tendulkar

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🇮🇳 Virat Kohli🇮🇳 Sachin Tendulkar

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Time range

Showing full careers. Pick a window to re-score dominance, peak, longevity and honours for that period only.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score

🇮🇳 Sachin Tendulkar

0.0

Tendulkar leads on 4 of 5 weighted categories. One hundred international centuries and 24 years at the top.

1. Sachin Tendulkar

94.4

2. Virat Kohli

90.8

Category breakdown

Season form · Centuries per year

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Centuries per year

Year 1 – 24

1. 🇮🇳 Virat Kohli5 years played6,800 runs

Setting the pace at this stage

2. 🇮🇳 Sachin Tendulkar5 years played3,800 runs

-44.1% vs Kohli at the same stage

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.

Metric	KohliActive	TendulkarRetired
Test batting average	46.85	53.78
International centuries	82	100
ODI runs	14,181	18,426
Test runs	9,230	15,921
World Cups	2	1
ODI average	57.7	—
Tests played	—	200
Dominance w25%	92	93
Peak w20%	95	92
Longevity w20%	84	100
Honours w20%	88	90
Statistics w15%	96	98

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