Who is better, Kom or Tendulkar?
Sachin Tendulkar leads with a cross-sport score of 88.7 against 86.9 for Mary Kom — a gap of 1.8 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Kom vs Tendulkar
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Sachin Tendulkar above Mary Kom: 88.7 vs 86.9. Sachin Tendulkar leads on Longevity, Statistics, Dominance. Mary Kom leads on Peak, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
TendulkarWinner
88.7Tendulkar wins: Dominance, Longevity, Statistics
Kom
86.9Kom wins: Peak, Honours
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Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇮🇳 Sachin Tendulkar
88.7
94.4 in-sport × 0.94 Global participation & competition depth
Tendulkar leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Sachin Tendulkardepth ×0.94
2. Mary Komdepth ×0.96
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 21 · season output
1. 🇮🇳 Sachin Tendulkar3,800 output
5 seasons by age 21 · 760 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Kom — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | KomActive | TendulkarRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 93 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 100 |
| Honours w20% | 92 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 98 |
| World Championship golds | 6 | — |
| Olympic medals | 1 | — |
| Asian Championship golds | 5 | — |
| Commonwealth golds | 1 | — |
| Asian Games golds | 1 | — |
| Test batting average | — | 53.78 |
| International centuries | — | 100 |
| Test runs | — | 15,921 |
| ODI runs | — | 18,426 |
| World Cups | — | 1 |
| Tests played | — | 200 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Tendulkar88.7
Kom86.9
FAQ
Where does Kom beat Tendulkar?
Kom scores higher on peak, honours. Tendulkar leads on dominance, statistics, longevity.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Kom 0.96 (boxing) and Tendulkar 0.94 (cricket). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
What do you think?
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