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Cook vs Qadir

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CookWinner
87.0

Cook wins: Longevity, Statistics

Qadir
86.8

Qadir wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Jimmy Cook
87.0

Cook leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Scored 21,143 first-class runs and a century on one-day international debut.

1. Jimmy Cook
87.0
2. Abdul Qadir
86.8

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. 🇿🇦 Jimmy Cook5 years played · career day 1,826258 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇰 Abdul Qadir5 years played · career day 2,556120 runs
-53.5% vs Cook at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Cook004593200525
🇵🇰 Qadir000054210

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.

MetricCookRetiredQadirRetired
First-class runs21,143
First-class centuries64
Runs in the 1991 county season2,755
Tests played367
Seasons played22
Test wickets236
Best innings figures9
Five-wicket hauls15
ODI wickets132
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%9082
Honours w20%7680
Statistics w15%9694

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cook87.0
Qadir86.8
The people
Cook
Qadir

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