Botham vs Kapp
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Botham wins: Peak, Honours
Kapp wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Botham leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. England's great all-rounder, hero of the 1981 Ashes with 383 Test wickets.
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| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏴 Botham | 0 | 0 | 40 | 95 | 348 | 681 |
| 🇿🇦 Kapp | 0 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 116 | 278 |
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.
| Metric | BothamRetired | KappActive |
|---|---|---|
| Test wickets | 383 | — |
| Test runs | 5,200 | — |
| Test centuries | 14 | — |
| Five-wicket hauls | 27 | — |
| Tests played | 102 | — |
| International wickets | — | 300 |
| ODI wickets | — | 150 |
| T20I wickets | — | 100 |
| ODI runs | — | 2,000 |
| Career best ODI bowling ranking | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 98 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 94 |
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