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Muralitharan vs Jayasuriya
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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 · 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 year1. 🇱🇰 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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