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Southee vs Yousuf

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YousufWinner
87.9

Yousuf wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Southee
87.8

Southee wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇰 Mohammad Yousuf
87.9

Yousuf leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Holds the record for most Test runs in a calendar year, 1,788 in 2006.

1. Mohammad Yousuf
87.9
2. Tim Southee
87.8

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.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Centuries per year
1. 🇵🇰 Mohammad Yousuf5 years played · career day 1,825218 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇿 Tim Southee5 years played · career day 1,826102 runs
-53.2% vs Yousuf at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇿 Southee00102470258
🇵🇰 Yousuf003068218496

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.

MetricSoutheeRetiredYousufRetired
Test wickets391
ODI wickets221
Tests played107
World Test Championship titles1
Five-wicket hauls15
Test runs7,530
Test average52.29
Test centuries24
Test runs in 20061,788
ODI runs9,720
Dominance w25%8286
Peak w20%9098
Longevity w20%9282
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%9496

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GOAT Rank · the data
Yousuf87.9
Southee87.8
The people
Southee
Yousuf

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