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Dhawan vs Donald

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DhawanWinner
87.0

Dhawan wins: Longevity, Statistics

Donald
87.0

Donald wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇳 Shikhar Dhawan
87.0

Dhawan leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Champions Trophy run-scoring leader in 2013 and 2017.

1. Shikhar Dhawan
87.0
2. Allan Donald
87.0

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. 🇿🇦 Allan Donald5 years played · career day 1,825281 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇳 Shikhar Dhawan5 years played · career day 1,826275 runs
-2.1% vs Donald at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇳 Dhawan004595210585
🇿🇦 Donald004088281633

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.

MetricDhawanRetiredDonaldRetired
One-day international runs6,793
One-day international centuries17
Champions Trophy titles1
Indian Premier League runs6,769
Test runs2,315
Test wickets330
Tests played72
Bowling average22
Five-wicket hauls20
ODI wickets272
Dominance w25%8288
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8678
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%9492

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GOAT Rank · the data
Dhawan87.0
Donald87.0
The people
Dhawan
Donald

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