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Burns vs Kidd

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BurnsWinner
78.2

Burns wins: no category outright

Kidd
78.2

Kidd 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
78.2
2. Tom Kidd
78.2

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. 🇬🇧 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 day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Burns0000017
🇬🇧 Kidd0000027

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.

MetricBurnsRetiredKiddRetired
Open Championships11
Open top-ten finishes45
Career years1617
Open appearances1210
Course record rounds2
First Open at St Andrews won1
Dominance w25%7272
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%7474
Honours w20%7474
Statistics w15%8484

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Burns78.2
Kidd78.2
The people
Burns
Kidd

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