Tendulkar vs Waugh
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Tendulkar wins: Dominance, Longevity, Statistics
Waugh wins: Honours
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Verdict
Tendulkar leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
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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Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Waugh — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | TendulkarRetired | WaughRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Test batting average | 53.78 | — |
| International centuries | 100 | — |
| Test runs | 15,921 | 10,927 |
| ODI runs | 18,426 | — |
| World Cups | 1 | — |
| Tests played | 200 | — |
| Test centuries | — | 32 |
| World Cup titles | — | 2 |
| Test wins as captain | — | 41 |
| Test matches | — | 168 |
| Dominance w25% | 93 | 92 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 100 | 92 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 94 |
| Statistics w15% | 98 | 94 |
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