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Buttler vs Hammond

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HammondWinner
93.0

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

Buttler
86.5

Buttler wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Wally Hammond
93.0

Hammond leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Scored 7,249 Test runs at 58.45 and 167 first-class centuries.

ButtlerInsufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Wally Hammond
93.0
2. Jos Buttler
Pending verification

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. 🇬🇧 Wally Hammond5 years played · career day 4,382340 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jos Buttler0 years played0 runs
-100.0% vs Hammond at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Buttler000000
🇬🇧 Hammond00000150

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.

MetricButtlerActiveHammondRetired
World Cup titles1
T20 World Cup titles2
T20 international runs3,600
ODI centuries11
International dismissals300
Test runs7,249
Test batting average58.45
First-class centuries167
Test centuries22
Test wickets83
Dominance w25%8292
Peak w20%9296
Longevity w20%8492
Honours w20%8890
Statistics w15%8896

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GOAT Rank · the data
Hammond93.0
Buttler86.5
The people
Buttler
Hammond

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