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Burns vs Brooks

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BurnsWinner
78.2

Burns wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Brooks
78.1

Brooks wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Jack Burns
78.2

Burns leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Open champion at St Andrews in 1888.

1. Jack Burns
78.2
2. Mark Brooks
78.1

Category breakdown

Season form · Wins per season

Career timeline · Wins per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Wins per season
1. 🇬🇧 Jack Burns5 seasons played · career day 3,65223 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Mark Brooks5 seasons played · career day 3,6523 wins
-87.0% vs Burns at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Burns0000017
🇺🇸 Brooks000003

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons 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.

MetricBurnsRetiredBrooksRetired
Open Championships1
Open top-ten finishes4
Career years16
Open appearances12
Course record rounds2
Major titles1
PGA Tour wins7
Ryder Cup appearances1
Best season wins3
Career span in years30
Dominance w25%7268
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%7484
Honours w20%7472
Statistics w15%8482

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Burns78.2
Brooks78.1
The people
Burns
Brooks

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