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Agnew vs Dawson

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AgnewWinner
76.5

Agnew wins: Dominance, Honours

Dawson
74.9

Dawson wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonathan Agnew
76.5

Agnew leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. England fast bowler and Leicestershire wicket-taker who later became the BBC's cricket correspondent.

1. Jonathan Agnew
76.5
2. Liam Dawson
74.9

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. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonathan Agnew5 years played · career day 1,825298 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liam Dawson5 years played · career day 2,92193 runs
-68.8% vs Agnew at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Agnew0050105298622
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dawson000025128

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.

MetricAgnewRetiredDawsonActive
First-class wickets666450
Test matches3
One-day internationals3
First-class matches218
Five-wicket hauls35
First-class runs9,000
Tests played8
T20 internationals20
County Championship titles1
Dominance w25%7064
Peak w20%8282
Longevity w20%8086
Honours w20%7062
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Agnew76.5
Dawson74.9
The people
Agnew
Dawson

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