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Donnelly vs Gibbs

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DonnellyWinner
83.1

Donnelly wins: Dominance, Honours

Gibbs
83.0

Gibbs wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Martin Donnelly
83.1

Donnelly leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. One of five cricketers to score a hundred at Lord's in a Test, varsity match and Gentlemen v Players.

1. Martin Donnelly
83.1
2. Herschelle Gibbs
83.0

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. 🇳🇿 Martin Donnelly5 years played · career day 1,826288 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇦 Herschelle Gibbs5 years played · career day 2,191190 runs
-34.0% vs Donnelly at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇿 Donnelly004596218631
🇿🇦 Gibbs0002898318

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.

MetricDonnellyRetiredGibbsRetired
Test average52
Highest Test score206
First-class runs9,250
First-class centuries23
Tests played7
Test runs6,167
ODI runs8,094
Test centuries14
ODI centuries21
Highest ODI score175
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%7882
Honours w20%7876
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Donnelly83.1
Gibbs83.0
The people
Donnelly
Gibbs

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