Malinga vs Taylor
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Malinga wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
Taylor wins: Longevity, Statistics
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Verdict
Malinga leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Slinga Malinga: T20 World Cup winner and the format's leading wicket-taker of his era.
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| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇱🇰 Malinga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 85 | 290 |
| 🇳🇿 Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 158 | 404 |
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 | MalingaRetired | TaylorRetired |
|---|---|---|
| T20 World Cup titles | 1 | — |
| ODI wickets | 338 | — |
| T20 international wickets | 107 | — |
| ODI hat-tricks | 3 | — |
| IPL titles | 4 | — |
| World Test Championship titles | — | 1 |
| Test runs | — | 7,683 |
| ODI runs | — | 8,607 |
| International centuries | — | 40 |
| ODI matches | — | 236 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 82 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 84 | 92 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 82 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 96 |
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