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Duckworth vs Mathews

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DuckworthWinner
86.2

Duckworth wins: Honours

Mathews
86.1

Mathews wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 George Duckworth
86.2

Duckworth leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Took 1,095 first-class dismissals and won the Ashes in 1928-29.

1. George Duckworth
86.2
2. Angelo Mathews
86.1

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. 🇬🇧 George Duckworth5 years played · career day 1,825294 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇱🇰 Angelo Mathews5 years played · career day 2,191190 runs
-35.4% vs Duckworth at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Duckworth004597294642
🇱🇰 Mathews0002696358

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.

MetricDuckworthRetiredMathewsActive
First-class dismissals1,095
Test dismissals60
Ashes series won3
Tests played24
Seasons played25
T20 World Cup titles1
Test runs8,000
ODI runs5,900
Test centuries16
ODI wickets120
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%9090
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%9294

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GOAT Rank · the data
Duckworth86.2
Mathews86.1
The people
Duckworth
Mathews

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