Who is better, Fitzsimmons or Hammond?
Wally Hammond leads with a cross-sport score of 87.4 against 86.5 for Bob Fitzsimmons — a gap of 0.9 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Fitzsimmons vs Hammond
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Wally Hammond above Bob Fitzsimmons: 87.4 vs 86.5. Wally Hammond leads on Statistics, Longevity, Dominance.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
HammondWinner
87.4Hammond wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Statistics
Fitzsimmons
86.5Fitzsimmons wins: no category outright
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Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇬🇧 Wally Hammond
87.4
93.0 in-sport × 0.94 Global participation & competition depth
Hammond leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Wally Hammonddepth ×0.94
2. Bob Fitzsimmonsdepth ×0.96
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · season output1. 🇬🇧 Wally Hammond5 seasons played · career day 4,382340 output
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Bob Fitzsimmons5 seasons played · career day 4,38219 output
-94.4% vs Hammond at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Fitzsimmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 🇬🇧 Hammond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | FitzsimmonsRetired | HammondRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 92 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 96 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 92 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 96 |
| World titles in divisions | 3 | — |
| Professional wins | 68 | — |
| Career knockouts | 59 | — |
| Professional bouts | 92 | — |
| Career span in years | 31 | — |
| Test runs | — | 7,249 |
| Test batting average | — | 58.45 |
| First-class centuries | — | 167 |
| Test centuries | — | 22 |
| Test wickets | — | 83 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Hammond87.4
Fitzsimmons86.5
FAQ
Where does Fitzsimmons beat Hammond?
Fitzsimmons does not lead any of the five categories; Hammond is ahead or level on all of them.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Fitzsimmons 0.96 (boxing) and Hammond 0.94 (cricket). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
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