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Mushfiqur vs Lillee

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MushfiqurWinner
85.2

Mushfiqur wins: Longevity, Statistics

Lillee
85.0

Lillee wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇩 Mushfiqur Rahim
85.2

Mushfiqur leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. First Bangladeshi to score a Test double century, and he did it three times.

1. Mushfiqur Rahim
85.2
2. Dennis Lillee
85.0

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. 🇧🇩 Mushfiqur Rahim5 years played · career day 2,190160 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Dennis Lillee5 years played · career day 2,555105 runs
-34.4% vs Mushfiqur at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇩 Mushfiqur00020116316
🇦🇺 Lillee000059171

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.

MetricMushfiqurActiveLilleeRetired
Test runs5,900
ODI runs7,795
Test double centuries3
ODI matches274
International seasons20
Test wickets355
Bowling average23.92
Five-wicket hauls23
Test matches70
ODI wickets103
Dominance w25%7886
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%9478
Honours w20%7480
Statistics w15%9490

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GOAT Rank · the data
Mushfiqur85.2
Lillee85.0
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