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Du Preez vs Vaughan

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Du PreezWinner
85.4

Du Preez wins: Longevity

Vaughan
85.4

Vaughan wins: Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Mignon du Preez
85.4

Du Preez leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. South Africa's long-time captain with more than 5,000 international runs.

1. Mignon du Preez
85.4
2. Michael Vaughan
85.4

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. 🇬🇧 Michael Vaughan5 years played · career day 4,016260 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇦 Mignon du Preez5 years played · career day 1,825168 runs
-35.4% vs Vaughan at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Du Preez002250168366
🇬🇧 Vaughan00000128

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.

MetricDu PreezRetiredVaughanRetired
ODI runs3,760
T20I runs2,000
ODI matches154
Matches as captain100
International seasons16
Ashes series won as captain1
Test wins as captain26
Test runs5,719
Test centuries18
Test runs in 20021,481
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%8882
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Du Preez85.4
Vaughan85.4
The people
Du Preez
Vaughan

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