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Childs vs Cuttell

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ChildsWinner
77.8

Childs wins: Longevity

Cuttell
77.5

Cuttell wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 John Childs
77.8

Childs leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Left-arm spinner who made his England debut at 36, the oldest since the war.

1. John Childs
77.8
2. Willis Cuttell
77.5

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. 🇬🇧 Willis Cuttell5 years played · career day 4,016520 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 John Childs5 years played · career day 1,825235 runs
-54.8% vs Cuttell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Childs002055235505
🇬🇧 Cuttell00000300

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.

MetricChildsRetiredCuttellRetired
First-class wickets1,1081,013
Tests played22
County Championship titles2
Career years2217
Age on England debut36
First-class runs8,562
Wisden Cricketer of the Year awards1
Dominance w25%6668
Peak w20%8486
Longevity w20%9282
Honours w20%6670
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Childs77.8
Cuttell77.5
The people
Childs
Cuttell

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