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Dollery vs Shaheen

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DolleryWinner
84.1

Dollery wins: Longevity

Shaheen
84.0

Shaheen wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Tom Dollery
84.1

Dollery leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. First professional captain to win the County Championship, in 1951.

1. Tom Dollery
84.1
2. Shaheen Shah Afridi
84.0

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. 🇬🇧 Tom Dollery5 years played · career day 1,825262 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇰 Shaheen Shah Afridi5 years played · career day 2,190236 runs
-9.9% vs Dollery at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Dollery004594262538
🇵🇰 Shaheen00028180386

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.

MetricDolleryRetiredShaheenActive
First-class runs24,413
First-class centuries50
County championships as captain1
Tests played4
Seasons played21
ICC Cricketer of the Year awards1
Test wickets120
ODI wickets130
T20I wickets100
Champions Trophy titles1
Dominance w25%7884
Peak w20%8894
Longevity w20%8872
Honours w20%7880
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Dollery84.1
Shaheen84.0
The people
Dollery
Shaheen

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