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Cook vs Denton

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CookWinner
87.0

Cook wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Denton
87.0

Denton wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Jimmy Cook
87.0

Cook leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Scored 21,143 first-class runs and a century on one-day international debut.

1. Jimmy Cook
87.0
2. David Denton
87.0

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. 🇬🇧 David Denton5 years played · career day 1,825263 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇦 Jimmy Cook5 years played · career day 1,826258 runs
-1.9% vs Denton at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Cook004593200525
🇬🇧 Denton004594263620

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.

MetricCookRetiredDentonRetired
First-class runs21,14336,479
First-class centuries6469
Runs in the 1991 county season2,755
Tests played3
Seasons played2227
Test runs424
County championships won7
Dominance w25%8482
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%9092
Honours w20%7680
Statistics w15%9694

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cook87.0
Denton87.0
The people
Cook
Denton

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