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Darling vs Bradman

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BradmanWinner
96.8

Bradman wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Darling
84.3

Darling wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Don Bradman
96.8

Bradman leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Averaged 99.94 in Tests, the most dominant statistic in team sport.

1. Don Bradman
96.8
2. Joe Darling
84.3

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. 🇦🇺 Don Bradman5 years played · career day 2,191505 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Joe Darling5 years played · career day 1,825294 runs
-41.8% vs Bradman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Darling004597294718
🇦🇺 Bradman00066395803

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.

MetricDarlingRetiredBradmanRetired
Ashes series won as captain34
Tests played34
Test runs1,6576,996
First-class runs10,635
Test centuries329
Test batting average99.94
Test double centuries12
Dominance w25%82100
Peak w20%88100
Longevity w20%8288
Honours w20%8696
Statistics w15%84100

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bradman96.8
Darling84.3
The people
Darling
Bradman

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