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Du Preez vs Mushfiqur

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Du PreezWinner
85.4

Du Preez wins: Dominance, Honours

Mushfiqur
85.2

Mushfiqur wins: Longevity, Statistics

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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. Mushfiqur Rahim
85.2

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. 🇿🇦 Mignon du Preez5 years played · career day 1,825168 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇩 Mushfiqur Rahim5 years played · career day 2,190160 runs
-4.8% vs Du Preez at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Du Preez002250168366
🇧🇩 Mushfiqur00020116316

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 PreezRetiredMushfiqurActive
ODI runs3,7607,795
T20I runs2,000
ODI matches154274
Matches as captain100
International seasons1620
Test runs5,900
Test double centuries3
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8894
Honours w20%8074
Statistics w15%9294

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GOAT Rank · the data
Du Preez85.4
Mushfiqur85.2
The people
Du Preez
Mushfiqur

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