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Ashton vs Compton

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ComptonWinner
79.6

Compton wins: Longevity, Statistics

Ashton
79.4

Ashton wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Nick Compton
79.6

Compton leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Scored two Test centuries in New Zealand in 2013.

1. Nick Compton
79.6
2. Hubert Ashton
79.4

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. 🇬🇧 Hubert Ashton5 years played · career day 1,825370 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Nick Compton5 years played · career day 1,825268 runs
-27.6% vs Ashton at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Ashton0050114370698
🇬🇧 Compton004594268559

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.

MetricAshtonRetiredComptonRetired
First-class runs4,14712,963
First-class centuries926
Wisden Cricketer of the Year1
First-class matches90
Batting average38
Test runs775
Test centuries2
Tests played16
Dominance w25%7472
Peak w20%8686
Longevity w20%7684
Honours w20%7872
Statistics w15%8688

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Compton79.6
Ashton79.4
The people
Ashton
Compton

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