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Armstrong vs Steyn

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ArmstrongWinner
87.1

Armstrong wins: Longevity, Honours

Steyn
87.0

Steyn wins: Dominance, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Warwick Armstrong
87.1

Armstrong leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Led Australia to eight straight Ashes wins after the First World War.

1. Warwick Armstrong
87.1
2. Dale Steyn
87.0

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. 🇿🇦 Dale Steyn5 years played · career day 2,191227 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Warwick Armstrong5 years played · career day 1,825218 runs
-4.0% vs Steyn at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Armstrong003574218472
🇿🇦 Steyn0008106366

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.

MetricArmstrongRetiredSteynRetired
Test runs2,863
Test wickets87439
Consecutive Test wins as captain8
Tests played50
Test centuries6
Test matches93
Test bowling average22.95
Five-wicket hauls26
ODI wickets196
Dominance w25%8688
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8682
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8892

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GOAT Rank · the data
Armstrong87.1
Steyn87.0
The people
Armstrong
Steyn

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