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Boucher vs Bradman

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BradmanWinner
96.8

Bradman wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Boucher
87.1

Boucher wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Don Bradman
96.8

Bradman leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Averaged 99.94 in Tests, the most dominant statistic in team sport.

1. Don Bradman
96.8
2. Mark Boucher
87.1

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. 🇿🇦 Mark Boucher5 years played · career day 2,191205 runs
-59.4% vs Bradman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Boucher00020117329
🇦🇺 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.

MetricBoucherRetiredBradmanRetired
Test dismissals555
Tests played147
Test runs5,5156,996
ODI dismissals424
Test centuries529
Test batting average99.94
Test double centuries12
Ashes series won as captain4
Dominance w25%84100
Peak w20%90100
Longevity w20%9088
Honours w20%8096
Statistics w15%94100

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bradman96.8
Boucher87.1
The people
Boucher
Bradman

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