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Adams vs Barnes

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AdamsWinner
83.6

Adams wins: Longevity, Statistics

Barnes
83.6

Barnes wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Chris Adams
83.6

Adams leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Captained Sussex to their first County Championship in 2003.

1. Chris Adams
83.6
2. Billy Barnes
83.6

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. 🇬🇧 Billy Barnes5 years played · career day 1,825273 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Chris Adams5 years played · career day 1,826262 runs
-4.0% vs Barnes at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Adams004594202538
🇬🇧 Barnes004595273578

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.

MetricAdamsRetiredBarnesRetired
First-class runs19,98115,490
First-class centuries47
County championships as captain3
Tests played5
Seasons played21
Test runs725
Test wickets51
Test centuries1
First-class wickets872
Dominance w25%7680
Peak w20%8888
Longevity w20%8884
Honours w20%7880
Statistics w15%9288

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Adams83.6
Barnes83.6
The people
Adams
Barnes

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