Who is better, Bairstow or Hammond?
Wally Hammond leads with a GOAT score of 93.0 against 85.4 for Jonny Bairstow — a gap of 7.6 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Bairstow vs Hammond
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Wally Hammond above Jonny Bairstow: 93.0 vs 85.4. Wally Hammond leads on Dominance, Longevity, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
HammondWinner
93.0Hammond wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Bairstow
85.4Bairstow wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Wally Hammond
93.0
Hammond leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
Bairstow — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
1. Wally Hammond
2. Jonny Bairstow
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through year 5 · Form index per season1. 🇬🇧 Wally Hammond5 years played · career day 4,382340 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴 Jonny Bairstow0 years played0 runs
-100.0% vs Hammond at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏴 Bairstow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 🇬🇧 Hammond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Hammond93.0
Bairstow85.4
FAQ
Where does Bairstow beat Hammond?
Bairstow does not lead any of the five categories; Hammond is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Bairstow vs Hammond score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Bairstow: 85.4, Hammond: 93.0.
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