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Burns vs Kidd
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BurnsWinner
78.2Burns wins: no category outright
Kidd
78.2Kidd wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Jack Burns
78.2
Burns leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Open champion at St Andrews in 1888.
1. Jack Burns
2. Tom Kidd
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 season1. 🇬🇧 Tom Kidd5 seasons played · career day 3,28727 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Jack Burns5 seasons played · career day 3,65223 wins
-14.8% vs Kidd at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 🇬🇧 Kidd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
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.
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GOAT Rank · the data
Burns78.2
Kidd78.2
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