Richards vs Jayasuriya
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Richards wins: Dominance, Honours
Jayasuriya wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics
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Verdict
Richards leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Never lost a Test series as captain and batted without a helmet.
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| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏴 Richards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 316 |
| 🇱🇰 Jayasuriya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 317 |
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.
| Metric | RichardsRetired | JayasuriyaRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Test runs | 8,540 | 6,973 |
| Test centuries | 24 | — |
| World Cups | 2 | — |
| Test average | 50.23 | — |
| ODI runs | 6,721 | 13,430 |
| Wisden Cricketer of the Century | 1 | — |
| ODI wickets | — | 323 |
| World Cup titles | — | 1 |
| Fastest ODI fifty (balls) | — | 17 |
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 93 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 92 |
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