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Brockwell vs Brown

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BrockwellWinner
81.8

Brockwell wins: Longevity

Brown
81.8

Brown wins: Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Bill Brockwell
81.8

Brockwell leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Surrey all-rounder who won the Ashes with England in 1894-95.

1. Bill Brockwell
81.8
2. Bill Brown
81.8

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. 🇦🇺 Bill Brown5 years played · career day 2,5562,100 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Bill Brockwell5 years played · career day 1,825277 runs
-86.8% vs Brown at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Brockwell004595277593
🇦🇺 Brown00008002,540

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.

MetricBrockwellRetiredBrownRetired
First-class runs13,23913,838
First-class wickets725
Test runs2021,592
County championships won5
Tests played722
Test centuries4
Test batting average46.82
Dominance w25%7676
Peak w20%8690
Longevity w20%8478
Honours w20%7880
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Brockwell81.8
Brown81.8
The people
Brockwell
Brown

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