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Trueman vs Hockley

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TruemanWinner
90.1

Trueman wins: Dominance, Peak

Hockley
90.0

Hockley wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Fred Trueman
90.1

Trueman leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. First bowler to take 300 Test wickets.

1. Fred Trueman
90.1
2. Debbie Hockley
90.0

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. 🇳🇿 Debbie Hockley5 years played · career day 2,921208 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Fred Trueman5 years played · career day 2,92185 runs
-59.1% vs Hockley at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Trueman000038119
🇳🇿 Hockley000066264

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.

MetricTruemanRetiredHockleyRetired
Test wickets307
First-class wickets2,304
Test bowling average21.6
Five-wicket hauls17
Test matches67
World Cup titles1
ODI runs4,064
ODI matches118
Test runs1,301
ODI centuries4
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%9092
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9494

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GOAT Rank · the data
Trueman90.1
Hockley90.0
The people
Trueman
Hockley

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