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Shakib vs Sutcliffe

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ShakibWinner
90.8

Shakib wins: Longevity

Sutcliffe
90.8

Sutcliffe wins: Dominance, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇩 Shakib Al Hasan
90.8

Shakib leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. The only cricketer to top the ICC all-rounder rankings in all three formats.

1. Shakib Al Hasan
90.8
2. Herbert Sutcliffe
90.8

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Centuries per year
1. 🇬🇧 Herbert Sutcliffe5 years played · career day 3,652322 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇩 Shakib Al Hasan5 years played · career day 1,825228 runs
-29.2% vs Sutcliffe at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇩 Shakib003068228504
🇬🇧 Sutcliffe00000264

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.

MetricShakibActiveSutcliffeRetired
Test wickets246
ODI wickets317
ODI runs7,570
Test runs4,6004,555
Number one all-rounder formats3
Test average60.73
Test centuries16
First-class runs50,138
First-class centuries151
Dominance w25%8890
Peak w20%9696
Longevity w20%9288
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%9698

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GOAT Rank · the data
Shakib90.8
Sutcliffe90.8
The people
Shakib
Sutcliffe

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