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Brookes vs Gibbs

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BrookesWinner
83.1

Brookes wins: Longevity, Statistics

Gibbs
83.0

Gibbs wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Dennis Brookes
83.1

Brookes leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Northamptonshire's record run-scorer with 28,980 first-class runs.

1. Dennis Brookes
83.1
2. Herschelle Gibbs
83.0

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. 🇬🇧 Dennis Brookes5 years played · career day 1,825258 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇦 Herschelle Gibbs5 years played · career day 2,191190 runs
-26.4% vs Brookes at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Brookes004593258526
🇿🇦 Gibbs0002898318

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.

MetricBrookesRetiredGibbsRetired
First-class runs28,980
First-class centuries71
Seasons played25
Tests played1
Highest score257
Test runs6,167
ODI runs8,094
Test centuries14
ODI centuries21
Highest ODI score175
Dominance w25%7678
Peak w20%8692
Longevity w20%9282
Honours w20%7276
Statistics w15%9490

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GOAT Rank · the data
Brookes83.1
Gibbs83.0
The people
Brookes
Gibbs

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