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Sangakkara vs Miandad

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SangakkaraWinner
87.1

Sangakkara wins: Peak, Statistics

Miandad
86.5

Miandad wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇰 Kumar Sangakkara
87.1

Sangakkara leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. 28,016 international runs and four consecutive World Cup centuries.

1. Kumar Sangakkara
87.1
2. Javed Miandad
86.5

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. 🇱🇰 Kumar Sangakkara5 years played · career day 2,921243 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇰 Javed Miandad5 years played · career day 2,1919 runs
-96.3% vs Sangakkara at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇱🇰 Sangakkara000080301
🇵🇰 Miandad0003816

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.

MetricSangakkaraRetiredMiandadRetired
Test runs12,4008,832
ODI runs14,234
Test centuries3823
Test average57.452.57
ICC Cricketer of the Year1
World T20 titles1
World Cup titles1
World Cups played6
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%8890
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%9490

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GOAT Rank · the data
Sangakkara87.1
Miandad86.5
The people
Sangakkara
Miandad

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