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Laxman vs Strauss

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LaxmanWinner
86.7

Laxman wins: Peak, Longevity

Strauss
86.7

Strauss wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇳 VVS Laxman
86.7

Laxman leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. His 281 at Eden Gardens in 2001 is among the greatest Test innings ever played.

1. VVS Laxman
86.7
2. Andrew Strauss
86.7

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. 🇬🇧 Andrew Strauss5 years played · career day 4,017250 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇳 VVS Laxman5 years played · career day 3,287190 runs
-24.0% vs Strauss at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇳 Laxman00000190
🇬🇧 Strauss00000156

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.

MetricLaxmanRetiredStraussRetired
Test runs8,7817,037
Test centuries1721
Highest Test score281
Tests played134
Test average45.97
Ashes series won as captain2
Tests as captain50
Test wins as captain24
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%8684
Honours w20%8086
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Laxman86.7
Strauss86.7
The people
Laxman
Strauss

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