Taylor vs Malinga
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Taylor wins: Longevity, Statistics
Malinga wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
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Verdict
Taylor leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. World Test Championship winner and New Zealand's leading Test run-scorer.
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| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇿 Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 158 | 404 |
| 🇱🇰 Malinga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 85 | 290 |
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.
| Metric | TaylorRetired | MalingaRetired |
|---|---|---|
| World Test Championship titles | 1 | — |
| Test runs | 7,683 | — |
| ODI runs | 8,607 | — |
| International centuries | 40 | — |
| ODI matches | 236 | — |
| T20 World Cup titles | — | 1 |
| ODI wickets | — | 338 |
| T20 international wickets | — | 107 |
| ODI hat-tricks | — | 3 |
| IPL titles | — | 4 |
| Dominance w25% | 82 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 92 | 84 |
| Honours w20% | 82 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 96 | 92 |
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