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Shaheen vs Ntini

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ShaheenWinner
84.0

Shaheen wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Ntini
83.9

Ntini wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇰 Shaheen Shah Afridi
84.0

Shaheen leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. ICC Cricketer of the Year in 2021 and Pakistan's spearhead with the new ball.

1. Shaheen Shah Afridi
84.0
2. Makhaya Ntini
83.9

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. 🇵🇰 Shaheen Shah Afridi5 years played · career day 2,190236 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇦 Makhaya Ntini5 years played · career day 2,921120 runs
-49.2% vs Shaheen at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇰 Shaheen00028180386
🇿🇦 Ntini000030164

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.

MetricShaheenActiveNtiniRetired
ICC Cricketer of the Year awards1
Test wickets120390
ODI wickets130266
T20I wickets100
Champions Trophy titles1
Tests played101
Ten-wicket matches4
Five-wicket hauls18
Dominance w25%8480
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%7284
Honours w20%8078
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Shaheen84.0
Ntini83.9
The people
Shaheen
Ntini

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