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Yousuf vs Ranatunga

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YousufWinner
87.9

Yousuf wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Ranatunga
87.9

Ranatunga wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇰 Mohammad Yousuf
87.9

Yousuf leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Holds the record for most Test runs in a calendar year, 1,788 in 2006.

1. Mohammad Yousuf
87.9
2. Arjuna Ranatunga
87.9

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. 🇵🇰 Mohammad Yousuf5 years played · career day 1,825218 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇱🇰 Arjuna Ranatunga5 years played · career day 1,825164 runs
-24.8% vs Yousuf at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇰 Yousuf003068218496
🇱🇰 Ranatunga002250164372

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.

MetricYousufRetiredRanatungaRetired
Test runs7,5305,105
Test average52.29
Test centuries24
Test runs in 20061,788
ODI runs9,7207,456
World Cup titles1
ODI matches269
Tests as captain56
Dominance w25%8682
Peak w20%9894
Longevity w20%8290
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%9692

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GOAT Rank · the data
Yousuf87.9
Ranatunga87.9
The people
Yousuf
Ranatunga

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