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Wolvaardt vs Vettori

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VettoriWinner
87.0

Vettori wins: Longevity

Wolvaardt
86.8

Wolvaardt wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Daniel Vettori
87.0

Vettori leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. One of only a handful of players with 300 Test wickets and 4,000 Test runs.

1. Daniel Vettori
87.0
2. Laura Wolvaardt
86.8

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. 🇿🇦 Laura Wolvaardt5 years played · career day 1,826226 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇿 Daniel Vettori5 years played · career day 2,191106 runs
-53.1% vs Wolvaardt at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Wolvaardt003272170472
🇳🇿 Vettori0001048208

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.

MetricWolvaardtActiveVettoriRetired
World Cup finals reached3
ODI runs4,000
ODI centuries8
ODI average46
Career best ODI ranking2
Test wickets362
Test runs4,531
ODI wickets305
Tests played113
Five-wicket hauls20
Dominance w25%8682
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%7892
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%9494

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GOAT Rank · the data
Vettori87.0
Wolvaardt86.8
The people
Wolvaardt
Vettori

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