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Collingwood vs Alderman

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CollingwoodWinner
85.8

Collingwood wins: Longevity, Honours

Alderman
85.7

Alderman wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Paul Collingwood
85.8

Collingwood leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Captained England to the 2010 World Twenty20 title.

1. Paul Collingwood
85.8
2. Terry Alderman
85.7

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. 🇦🇺 Terry Alderman5 years played · career day 1,825280 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Paul Collingwood5 years played · career day 1,826268 runs
-4.3% vs Alderman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Collingwood004594206562
🇦🇺 Alderman004088280635

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.

MetricCollingwoodRetiredAldermanRetired
World Twenty20 titles as captain1
Test runs4,259
One-day international runs5,092
Test centuries10
International caps264
Test wickets170
Wickets in the 1981 Ashes42
Wickets in the 1989 Ashes41
First-class wickets956
Five-wicket hauls14
Dominance w25%7884
Peak w20%8894
Longevity w20%9082
Honours w20%8680
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Collingwood85.8
Alderman85.7
The people
Collingwood
Alderman

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