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Burke vs Childs

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BurkeWinner
78.3

Burke wins: Dominance, Honours

Childs
77.8

Childs wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Jim Burke
78.3

Burke leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Obdurate Australian opener of the 1950s with a century on debut.

1. Jim Burke
78.3
2. John Childs
77.8

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. 🇦🇺 Jim Burke5 years played · career day 1,826263 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 John Childs5 years played · career day 1,825235 runs
-10.6% vs Burke at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Burke004086198586
🇬🇧 Childs002055235505

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.

MetricBurkeRetiredChildsRetired
Test runs1,280
Test centuries3
Test average34
First-class runs7,563
Tests played242
First-class wickets1,108
County Championship titles2
Career years22
Age on England debut36
Dominance w25%7466
Peak w20%8484
Longevity w20%7892
Honours w20%7466
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Burke78.3
Childs77.8
The people
Burke
Childs

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