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Anderson vs Ambrose
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AndersonWinner
92.9Anderson wins: Longevity, Statistics
Ambrose
90.7Ambrose wins: Dominance, Peak
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Time range
Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.
Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🏴 James Anderson
92.9
Anderson leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. James Anderson
2. Curtly Ambrose
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 year1. 🇦🇬 Curtly Ambrose5 years played · career day 1,826283 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴 James Anderson5 years played · career day 1,825206 runs
-27.2% vs Ambrose at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏴 Anderson | 0 | 0 | 30 | 66 | 206 | 470 |
| 🇦🇬 Ambrose | 0 | 0 | 40 | 88 | 210 | 638 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Anderson92.9
Ambrose90.7
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