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Amarnath vs Hadlee

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AmarnathWinner
87.1

Amarnath wins: Longevity, Honours

Hadlee
87.0

Hadlee wins: Dominance, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇳 Mohinder Amarnath
87.1

Amarnath leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Player of the Match in the 1983 World Cup final and semi-final.

1. Mohinder Amarnath
87.1
2. Richard Hadlee
87.0

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. 🇮🇳 Mohinder Amarnath5 years played · career day 1,826262 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇿 Richard Hadlee5 years played · career day 2,19191 runs
-65.3% vs Amarnath at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇳 Amarnath004594202537
🇳🇿 Hadlee000837173

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.

MetricAmarnathRetiredHadleeRetired
World Cup titles1
World Cup final Player of the Match awards1
Test runs4,3783,124
Test centuries11
Test wickets32431
Bowling average22.29
Five-wicket hauls36
Test matches86
Dominance w25%8088
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8882
Honours w20%8882
Statistics w15%9092

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GOAT Rank · the data
Amarnath87.1
Hadlee87.0
The people
Amarnath
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