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Alleyne vs Burge

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AlleyneWinner
81.6

Alleyne wins: Longevity, Honours

Burge
80.9

Burge wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Mark Alleyne
81.6

Alleyne leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Captained Gloucestershire to six one-day trophies between 1999 and 2004.

1. Mark Alleyne
81.6
2. Peter Burge
80.9

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. 🇬🇧 Mark Alleyne5 years played · career day 1,8252,950 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Peter Burge5 years played · career day 2,9211,050 runs
-64.4% vs Alleyne at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Alleyne002006502,9506,870
🇦🇺 Burge00001201,310

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.

MetricAlleyneRetiredBurgeRetired
First-class runs14,49814,640
First-class wickets431
One-day trophies as captain6
First-class centuries22
Career years20
Test runs2,290
Tests played42
Test centuries4
Test batting average38.16
Dominance w25%7274
Peak w20%8690
Longevity w20%9082
Honours w20%7674
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Alleyne81.6
Burge80.9
The people
Alleyne
Burge

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