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Chappell vs Flintoff

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FlintoffWinner
86.4

Flintoff wins: Peak, Statistics

Chappell
86.3

Chappell wins: Dominance, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Andrew Flintoff
86.4

Flintoff leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. The defining figure of the 2005 Ashes with 226 Test wickets and 3,845 runs.

1. Andrew Flintoff
86.4
2. Ian Chappell
86.3

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. 🇬🇧 Andrew Flintoff5 years played · career day 2,921124 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Ian Chappell5 years played · career day 2,92118 runs
-85.5% vs Flintoff at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Chappell0000523
🇬🇧 Flintoff000032170

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.

MetricChappellRetiredFlintoffRetired
Test runs5,3453,845
Test centuries14
Tests as captain30
Series won as captain15
Test batting average42.42
Test wickets226
Ashes series won2
Man of the Series awards3
Tests played79
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9096
Longevity w20%8478
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8892

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GOAT Rank · the data
Flintoff86.4
Chappell86.3
The people
Chappell
Flintoff

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