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Curran vs Williamson

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CurranWinner
82.4

Curran wins: Peak, Honours

Williamson
82.4

Williamson wins: Dominance, Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Sam Curran
82.4

Curran leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Player of the Tournament as England won the 2022 T20 World Cup.

1. Sam Curran
82.4
2. Kane Williamson
82.4

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. 🇳🇿 Kane Williamson5 years played · career day 1,8253,372 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Sam Curran5 years played · career day 1,825296 runs
-91.2% vs Williamson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Curran004597296651
🇳🇿 Williamson002807603,3726,438

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.

MetricCurranActiveWilliamsonActive
Twenty20 World Cup titles1
Player of the Tournament awards1
Twenty20 international wickets60
Test wickets47
Test runs8159,200
Test centuries33
Test matches105
ODI runs6,800
Test batting average54.9
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%9286
Longevity w20%7482
Honours w20%8478
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Curran82.4
Williamson82.4
The people
Curran
Williamson

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