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Carr vs Burke

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CarrWinner
78.7

Carr wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Burke
78.3

Burke wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Douglas Carr
78.7

Carr leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Googly bowler who took five wickets on Test debut at the age of 37.

1. Douglas Carr
78.7
2. Jim Burke
78.3

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. 🇬🇧 Douglas Carr5 years played · career day 1,825361 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Jim Burke5 years played · career day 1,826263 runs
-27.1% vs Carr at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Carr0055147361411
🇦🇺 Burke004086198586

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.

MetricCarrRetiredBurkeRetired
Test appearances1
Test wickets7
First-class wickets334
Wisden Cricketer of the Year1
First-class matches77
Test runs1,280
Test centuries3
Test average34
First-class runs7,563
Tests played24
Dominance w25%7674
Peak w20%8884
Longevity w20%6678
Honours w20%8074
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Carr78.7
Burke78.3
The people
Carr
Burke

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