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Boucher vs Dravid

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BoucherWinner
87.1

Boucher wins: Peak

Dravid
87.1

Dravid wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Mark Boucher
87.1

Boucher leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicketkeeper.

1. Mark Boucher
87.1
2. Rahul Dravid
87.1

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. 🇮🇳 Rahul Dravid5 years played · career day 1,826244 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇦 Mark Boucher5 years played · career day 2,191205 runs
-16.0% vs Dravid at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Boucher00020117329
🇮🇳 Dravid004086194492

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.

MetricBoucherRetiredDravidRetired
Test dismissals555
Tests played147
Test runs5,51513,288
ODI dismissals424
Test centuries536
Test average52.31
ODI runs10,889
Test catches210
Balls faced in Tests31,258
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%9090
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%9494

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GOAT Rank · the data
Boucher87.1
Dravid87.1
The people
Boucher
Dravid

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