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Agnew vs Bradman

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BradmanWinner
96.8

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

Agnew
76.5

Agnew 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. Jonathan Agnew
76.5

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. 🇦🇺 Don Bradman5 years played · career day 2,191505 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonathan Agnew5 years played · career day 1,825298 runs
-41.0% vs Bradman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Agnew0050105298622
🇦🇺 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.

MetricAgnewRetiredBradmanRetired
First-class wickets666
Test matches3
One-day internationals3
First-class matches218
Five-wicket hauls35
Test batting average99.94
Test centuries29
Test runs6,996
Test double centuries12
Ashes series won as captain4
Dominance w25%70100
Peak w20%82100
Longevity w20%8088
Honours w20%7096
Statistics w15%84100

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bradman96.8
Agnew76.5
The people
Agnew
Bradman

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