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Chapman vs Constantine

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ChapmanWinner
82.2

Chapman wins: Honours

Constantine
82.2

Constantine wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Percy Chapman
82.2

Chapman leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Led England to the 1926 and 1928-29 Ashes triumphs.

1. Percy Chapman
82.2
2. Learie Constantine
82.2

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. 🇬🇧 Percy Chapman5 years played · career day 1,826295 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇹🇹 Learie Constantine5 years played · career day 1,825277 runs
-6.1% vs Chapman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Chapman004597222645
🇹🇹 Constantine004088277623

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.

MetricChapmanRetiredConstantineRetired
Ashes series won as captain2
Tests as captain17
Tests won as captain9
First-class runs16,3094,475
Test centuries1
Test wickets58
First-class wickets439
Tests played18
League seasons10
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%7880
Honours w20%8678
Statistics w15%8284

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GOAT Rank · the data
Chapman82.2
Constantine82.2
The people
Chapman
Constantine

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