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Waugh vs Lloyd

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WaughWinner
92.7

Waugh wins: Longevity, Statistics

Lloyd
91.7

Lloyd wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Steve Waugh
92.7

Waugh leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Captained Australia to 41 Test wins and the 1999 World Cup.

1. Steve Waugh
92.7
2. Clive Lloyd
91.7

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. 🏴 Clive Lloyd5 years played · career day 2,92121 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Steve Waugh5 years played · career day 2,55618 runs
-14.3% vs Lloyd at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Waugh0000529
🏴 Lloyd0000725

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.

MetricWaughRetiredLloydRetired
Test runs10,9277,515
Test centuries3219
World Cup titles22
Test wins as captain4136
Test matches168
Tests as captain74
Dominance w25%9292
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%9290
Honours w20%9494
Statistics w15%9490

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GOAT Rank · the data
Waugh92.7
Lloyd91.7
The people
Waugh
Lloyd

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