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Davidson vs Bailey

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DavidsonWinner
85.3

Davidson wins: Dominance, Peak

Bailey
85.3

Bailey wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Alan Davidson
85.3

Davidson leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Took 186 Test wickets at 20.53 and starred in the 1960 tied Test.

1. Alan Davidson
85.3
2. Trevor Bailey
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. 🇬🇧 Trevor Bailey5 years played · career day 1,825277 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Alan Davidson5 years played · career day 1,825264 runs
-4.7% vs Bailey at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Davidson003579264604
🇬🇧 Bailey004595277593

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.

MetricDavidsonRetiredBaileyRetired
Test wickets186132
Bowling average21
Test runs1,3282,290
Five-wicket hauls14
Tests played4461
First-class runs28,641
First-class wickets2,082
Dominance w25%8678
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%7488
Honours w20%8284
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Davidson85.3
Bailey85.3
The people
Davidson
Bailey

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