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Arnold vs Alleyne

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AlleyneWinner
81.6

Alleyne wins: Longevity, Honours

Arnold
81.3

Arnold wins: Dominance, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Mark Alleyne
81.6

Alleyne leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Captained Gloucestershire to six one-day trophies between 1999 and 2004.

1. Mark Alleyne
81.6
2. Geoff Arnold
81.3

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. 🇬🇧 Mark Alleyne5 years played · career day 1,8252,950 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Geoff Arnold5 years played · career day 1,825277 runs
-90.6% vs Alleyne at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Arnold004595277593
🇬🇧 Alleyne002006502,9506,870

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.

MetricArnoldRetiredAlleyneRetired
Test wickets115
First-class wickets1,130431
Test average28
Five-wicket hauls in Tests6
Tests played34
First-class runs14,498
One-day trophies as captain6
First-class centuries22
Career years20
Dominance w25%7672
Peak w20%8686
Longevity w20%8490
Honours w20%7476
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Alleyne81.6
Arnold81.3
The people
Arnold
Alleyne

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