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Davidson vs Barnett

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BarnettWinner
85.4

Barnett wins: Longevity

Davidson
85.3

Davidson wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Charlie Barnett
85.4

Barnett leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Scored 98 before lunch on the first morning of the 1938 Trent Bridge Test.

1. Charlie Barnett
85.4
2. Alan Davidson
85.3

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. 🇬🇧 Charlie Barnett5 years played · career day 1,825271 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Alan Davidson5 years played · career day 1,825264 runs
-2.6% vs Barnett at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Davidson003579264604
🇬🇧 Barnett004595271569

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.

MetricDavidsonRetiredBarnettRetired
Test wickets186
Bowling average21
Test runs1,3281,098
Five-wicket hauls14
Tests played44
Test centuries2
First-class runs25,389
First-class centuries48
Runs before lunch in 193898
Dominance w25%8680
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%7488
Honours w20%8278
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Barnett85.4
Davidson85.3
The people
Davidson
Barnett

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