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Compton vs Caddick

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CaddickWinner
80.0

Caddick wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Compton
79.6

Compton wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Caddick
80.0

Caddick leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. 234 Test wickets for England including 7-46 against West Indies.

1. Andy Caddick
80.0
2. Nick Compton
79.6

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. 🇬🇧 Nick Compton5 years played · career day 1,825268 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Caddick5 years played · career day 2,55647 runs
-82.5% vs Compton at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Compton004594268559
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Caddick00005105

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.

MetricComptonRetiredCaddickRetired
Test runs775
Test centuries2
First-class runs12,963
First-class centuries26
Tests played1662
Test wickets234
Five-wicket hauls13
Best innings figures7
First-class wickets852
Dominance w25%7274
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%7270
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
Caddick80.0
Compton79.6
The people
Compton
Caddick

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