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Archer vs Brearley

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ArcherWinner
83.8

Archer wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Brearley
83.8

Brearley wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Jofra Archer
83.8

Archer leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Bowled the super over that won England the 2019 World Cup.

1. Jofra Archer
83.8
2. Mike Brearley
83.8

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. 🇬🇧 Jofra Archer5 years played · career day 1,826382 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Mike Brearley5 years played · career day 1,825259 runs
-32.2% vs Archer at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Archer0050115292684
🇬🇧 Brearley004593259528

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.

MetricArcherActiveBrearleyRetired
World Cup titles1
World Cup wickets in 201920
Test wickets50
Twenty20 international wickets40
Fastest delivery recorded in km/h154
Tests as captain31
Tests won as captain18
Ashes series won as captain3
First-class runs25,185
First-class centuries45
Dominance w25%8278
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%7286
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%8682

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GOAT Rank · the data
Archer83.8
Brearley83.8
The people
Archer
Brearley

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