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Pietersen vs Bradman

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BradmanWinner
96.8

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

Pietersen
88.4

Pietersen 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. Kevin Pietersen
88.4

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. 🇬🇧 Kevin Pietersen5 years played · career day 3,286248 runs
-50.9% vs Bradman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Pietersen000056248
🇦🇺 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.

MetricPietersenRetiredBradmanRetired
Test runs8,1816,996
Test centuries2329
T20 World Cup titles1
Ashes series won3
Test average47.28
Test batting average99.94
Test double centuries12
Ashes series won as captain4
Dominance w25%86100
Peak w20%96100
Longevity w20%8288
Honours w20%8696
Statistics w15%94100

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bradman96.8
Pietersen88.4
The people
Pietersen
Bradman

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