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Pollock vs de Silva

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de SilvaWinner
88.5

de Silva wins: Peak, Longevity, Honours

Pollock
88.4

Pollock wins: Dominance, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇰 Aravinda de Silva
88.5

de Silva leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Player of the match in Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup final win.

1. Aravinda de Silva
88.5
2. Shaun Pollock
88.4

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. 🇿🇦 Shaun Pollock5 years played · career day 1,825166 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇱🇰 Aravinda de Silva5 years played · career day 1,826148 runs
-10.8% vs Pollock at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Pollock001646166318
🇱🇰 de Silva001843108335

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.

MetricPollockRetiredde SilvaRetired
Test wickets421
ODI wickets393
Test bowling average23.11
Test runs3,7816,361
Tests played108
World Cup titles1
ODI runs9,284
Test centuries20
Test batting average42.9
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8890
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%9490

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GOAT Rank · the data
de Silva88.5
Pollock88.4
The people
Pollock
de Silva

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