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Yousuf vs Southee

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YousufWinner
87.9

Yousuf wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Southee
87.8

Southee 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. Tim Southee
87.8

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. 🇳🇿 Tim Southee5 years played · career day 1,826102 runs
-53.2% vs Yousuf at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇰 Yousuf003068218496
🇳🇿 Southee00102470258

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.

MetricYousufRetiredSoutheeRetired
Test runs7,530
Test average52.29
Test centuries24
Test runs in 20061,788
ODI runs9,720
Test wickets391
ODI wickets221
Tests played107
World Test Championship titles1
Five-wicket hauls15
Dominance w25%8682
Peak w20%9890
Longevity w20%8292
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%9694

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GOAT Rank · the data
Yousuf87.9
Southee87.8
The people
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