Who is better, Muralitharan or Jayasuriya?
Muttiah Muralitharan leads with a GOAT score of 90.7 against 89.3 for Sanath Jayasuriya — a gap of 1.4 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Muralitharan vs Jayasuriya
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GOAT Rank currently ranks Muttiah Muralitharan above Sanath Jayasuriya: 90.7 vs 89.3. Muttiah Muralitharan leads on Dominance, Statistics. Sanath Jayasuriya leads on Peak.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
MuralitharanWinner
90.7Muralitharan wins: Dominance, Statistics
Jayasuriya
89.3Jayasuriya wins: Peak
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇰 Muttiah Muralitharan
90.7
Muralitharan leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Muttiah Muralitharan
2. Sanath Jayasuriya
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through year 5 · Form index per season1. 🇱🇰 Muttiah Muralitharan5 years played · career day 2,556265 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇱🇰 Sanath Jayasuriya5 years played · career day 2,555205 runs
-22.6% vs Muralitharan at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇱🇰 Muralitharan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 413 |
| 🇱🇰 Jayasuriya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 317 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | MuralitharanRetired | JayasuriyaRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Test wickets | 800 | — |
| ODI wickets | 534 | 323 |
| Five-wicket hauls | 67 | — |
| Ten-wicket matches | 22 | — |
| World Cups | 1 | — |
| Test bowling average | 22.72 | — |
| ODI runs | — | 13,430 |
| World Cup titles | — | 1 |
| Test runs | — | 6,973 |
| Fastest ODI fifty (balls) | — | 17 |
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 93 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 90 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 96 | 92 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Muralitharan90.7
Jayasuriya89.3
The people
Muralitharan
Jayasuriya
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Where does Jayasuriya beat Muralitharan?
Jayasuriya scores higher on peak. Muralitharan leads on dominance, statistics.
How is the Muralitharan vs Jayasuriya score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Muralitharan: 90.7, Jayasuriya: 89.3.
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